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EDINBURG – In its first-ever match against a Major League Soccer club, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) men's soccer team fell to the Houston Dynamo 5-0 in a 60-minute friendly on Saturday at H-E-B Park.
 
The Dynamo played its first team in the first half and its second team in the second half.
 
UTRGV had an impressive defensive stop in the sixth minute when freshman Michael Faber forced Mauro Manotas wide of the net.
 
Six minutes later, though, Manotas refused to be denied when he slid to finish a cross from Romell Quioto, putting the Dynamo up 1-0.
 
The Dynamo scored again in the 22^nd minute when Alberth Elis came down the right side and sent a cross to Alex who finished to make it 2-0.
 
That was it until the 50^th minute, when Erick Torres picked up a loose ball in a scrum on the edge of the box before scoring to make it 3-0.
 
Two minutes later, Andrew Wenger fired a corner kick into the box for Angus who finished to make it 4-0.
 
Torres added another goal in the 59^th minute on a sliding ball from Vicente Sánchez to complete the scoring.
 
"This was a valuable experience for us as we got to measure our players against the professional standard," UTRGV head coach Paul Leese said. "We played well and competed right with them, but the professional ability to punish our mistakes was very evident. Overall, though, it was a great learning experience."

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