Alan Pulido scored another double and took a point from Hector Herrera's Houston Dynamo
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The Mexican striker continues to show off his lethality in front of the goal and added his third double of the season in the duel of Mexicans that he experienced against “HH” and the Houston Dynamo
Alan Pulido has become the figure of the , this after demonstrate his profitability as the team's goalscorer, after scoring 10 goals in the campaign, since his return after an injury that took him away from the courts practically all of 2022 and that denied him the possibility of fighting for a place to play in the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
However, those dark times are behind us and, while various teams dispute his signing, the striker continues to bear fruit and score goals for his club. This time he added his 9 and 10 annotations during the match in which his team salvaged a point against the Houston Dynamo.
In the duel between Mexicans, where “Puligol” faced Hector Herrera and both started, points were divided after the 2-2 final at the Shell Energy Stadium. Alan came out of the field at minute 90 while “HH” he stayed on the pitch throughout the game.
Pulido opened the scoring at minute 25, with a shot from his right leg after Gadi Kinda's serve. It looked like Sporting Kansas City would lead at halftime, but in stoppage time Ibrahim Aliyu scored for the Dynamo.
Alan's goal gives us the 1-0 lead in H-town!
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For the second half, through a penalty, “Puligol” once again gave his club the lead at minute 62, signing his third double of the season, after applying the same dose in previous weeks to the LA Galaxy and Austin FC.
Calm, collected, and buried from the spot. @alanpulido gives us the lead again tonight!
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And again in extra time, Sporting Kansas City received a goal and at 90' + 8' Iván Franco, who had come on as a substitute, gave the Houston Dynamo an equalizer.
With this last-minute draw, the Kansas City team added a visiting point, although they were left wanting to accumulate their seventh victory of the season, and rose to 10th place in the Western Conference of the MLS, while the Houston Dynamo remained in position 8 of the same table.