New England 3, Houston 0

Houston	0	0	—	0
New England	1	2	—	3

First Half_1, New England, Borrero, 1 (Wood), 42nd minute.

Second Half_2, New England, Wood, 1 (Jones), 53rd; 3, New England, Bye, 1 (Blessing), 65th.

Goalies_Houston, Steve Clark, Andrew Tarbell; New England, Djordje Petrovic, Earl Edwards Jr..

Yellow Cards_Dorsey, Houston, 18th; Carrasquilla, Houston, 24th; Clark, Houston, 37th; Buck, New England, 46th; Bartlow, Houston, 87th; Jones, New England, 88th.

Referee_Fotis Bazakos. Assistant Referees_Brian Poeschel, Ian McKay, Kevin Broadley. 4th Official_Alyssa Nichols.

A_13,176.

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Lineups

Houston_Steve Clark; Ethan Bartlow, Teenage Hadebe, Tate Schmitt; Artur (Luis Caicedo, 77th), Corey Baird (Nelson Quinones, 66th), Adalberto Carrasquilla, Griffin Dorsey, Hector Herrera, Thorleifur Ulfarsson (Carlos Sebastian Ferreira Vidal, 59th); Ivan Franco (Amine Bassi, 66th).

New England_Djordje Petrovic; Brandon Bye, DeJuan Jones, Henry Kessler, Dave Romney; Dylan Borrero (Emmanuel Boateng, 69th), Noel Buck (Christian Makoun, 62nd), Carles Gil, Matt Polster; Latif Blessing (Justin Rennicks, 85th), Bobby Wood (Giacomo Vrioni, 69th).