After scoring an own goal in the first half and giving up the tying goal by Club América in the 90th minute while playing a man short, Minnesota United lost in the eighth round of a penalty kick shootout in a Leagues Cup match on Saturday night at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston.

Club América’s Sebastián Cáceres tied the score at 3-3 in the 90th minute, scoring on a header off a corner kick from Brian Rodriguez.

In the shootout, each team converted seven penalty kicks before the Loons’ eighth attempt — by Nicolás Romero — was stopped by goalkeeper Ángel Malagón. Isaías Violante then converted his attempt to end the match.

“Tough,” the Loons’ Tani Oluwaseyi told reporters in Houston after the game. “I think we probably think we deserve a little bit more from that, but you know, I think this has become a bit of a pattern for us dropping points late, so you know, it’s one of those we can’t really dwell on it too much. Go to recover and get ready for the next game.”

Carlos Harvey’s goal gave the Loons a 3-2 lead in the 65th minute, three minutes after América’s Igor Lichnovsky was given a red card following his second yellow card in the 62nd minute. Lichnovsky had received his first yellow card only 13 minutes earlier.

Club América, the Mexican giant based in Mexico City, trailed 2-1 at halftime before tying it in the 53rd minute on a goal by Raúl Zúñiga, again on a header from close range was assisted by Álex Zendejas.

Oluwaseyi scored in the 16th minute to put the Loons on top on a left-footed shot off a pass from Joaquín Pereyra.

Club América tied it 1-1 in the 27th minute on an own goal by the Loons’ Michael Boxall. But four minutes later, Bongokuhle Hlongwane restored the Loons with a with a right-footed shot from close range, with Pereyra again earning an assist.