| Austin FC | 1 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Houston | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
First Half_1, Austin FC, Zardes, 3 (Lima), 22nd minute; 2, Houston, Herrera, 3, 37th.
Second Half_3, Houston, Franco, 1 (Steres), 87th.
Goalies_Austin FC, Bradley Stuver, Matt Bersano; Houston, Steve Clark, Andrew Tarbell.
Yellow Cards_Cascante, Austin FC, 30th; Quinones, Houston, 67th; Micael, Houston, 90th+4.
Referee_Ted Unkel. Assistant Referees_Ryan Graves, Nick Balcer, Jorge Gonzalez. 4th Official_Meghan Mullen.
A_16,055.
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Lineups
Austin FC_Bradley Stuver; Julio Cascante, Nicholas Lima, Adam Lundqvist; Sofiane Djeffal (Jhojan Valencia, 63rd), Ethan Finlay (Diego Fagundez, 63rd), Hector Jimenez (Jon Gallagher, 46th), Daniel Pereira, Alexander Ring (Aleksandar Radovanovic, 64th); Emiliano Rigoni, Gyasi Zardes (Maximiliano Urruti, 74th).
Houston_Steve Clark; Ethan Bartlow, Franco Escobar, Micael, Daniel Steres; Artur, Corey Baird (Nelson Quinones, 65th), Adalberto Carrasquilla, Hector Herrera; Ibrahim Aliyu (Thorleifur Ulfarsson, 70th), Amine Bassi (Ivan Franco, 80th).
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