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Pablo Ortiz, Felipe Andrade Score 1st MLS Tore as Dynamo Top Loons

Pablo Ortiz met the Houston Dynamo on Wednesday evening for a 2-0 win against Minnesota United.

Felipe Andrade added a second goal for Houston (3-6-4, 13 points) in the 77th minute when the Dynamo achieved its third victory for Heimat-Shutout.

The goals were the first in the MLS game for Ortiz and Andrade, since every South American defender made his first starts and second appearances for the dynamo.

Jonathan Bond has a saving to keep his second clean leaf, and Houston's fifth overall game, a match after a red card in the first half, influenced a 3-1 home accident against the Seattle Sunders.

Minnesota (6-3-4, 22 points) recorded a winning series with three games that lost on the road for the first time on the opening weekend in a 1-0 defeat on the LAFC.

In the middle of a busy piece of games for both sides, Loons Manager Eric Ramsay made eight changes to the starting line-up, which achieved a 4-1 home win against Lionel Messi and Inter Miami at the weekend.

Despite this counter, Houston had relatively few chances at the beginning of the competition and came closest in the 15th minute when Hesquiel Ponce's header forced the nearby of Dayne St. Clair into a reaction saving.

But the dynamo rose on a corner kick on the board in the intermediate half. After the first ball had been partially cleared, Amine Bassi ran a shot from the edge of the penalty area, which was distracted by a defender from Minnesota and dived in the air.

Ortiz was first to be diversion and led it to the upper corner, just above the defender DJ Taylor, who was stationed on the post.

It was also the second phase of a corner kick that led to Andrade's Insurance Tally.

After Jack McGlynn's initial corner was sailed over the box, the ball finally came back to the midfielder on the right side, which rolled together to the rear post in an excellent first cross.

A defender from Minnesota only pushed it down to Andrade, whose first shot of about 10 meters was blocked on his feet from another defender. Then he shot a second shot past the St. Clair diver.

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