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Dynamo no match for Revolution
From staff and wire reports

HOUSTON — Cristian Penilla had a goal and an assist, and the New England Revolution beat the 10-man Houston Dynamo, 2-0, on Saturday night.

Teal Bunbury opened the scoring in the 15th minute for New England (2-1-1), finishing a 4-on-2 break sprung by Penilla’s takeaway.

Houston’s DaMarcus Beasley was sent off in the 35th minute for the denial of an obvious goal scoring opportunity. Beasley took down Penilla, who was on a breakaway.

In the 77th minute, Penilla gathered a long ball on the left flank, broke down defender Adolfo Machado with a cutback, and made it 2-0 with a right-footed blast.

Houston dropped to 1-2-1.

With the victory, the Revolution equaled their road win total from last season. The Revolution didn’t pick up 3 points on the road last year until the season finale against Montreal, finishing 1-13-3 away from Gillette Stadium.

Penilla picked up an assist for a third straight match, leaving him only one behind Los Angeles FC’s Diego Rossi for the league lead. Midfielder Luis Caicedo, who joined the Revolution just last week, played all 90 minutes in his first career MLS start and contributed the secondary assist on Bunbury’s goal.

Goalkeeper Matt Turner made a career-high six saves in his first career shutout.