ORLANDO (April 18, 2026) \u2013 Houston Dynamo FC\u00a0earned a 1-0 shutout road victory versus Orlando City SC at Inter&Co Stadium tonight behind midfielder\u00a0H\u00e9ctor Herrera\u2019s\u00a0first goal of the season.<\/p>\n
The result also marked Houston\u2019s first clean sheet this season and first-ever victory at Orlando in MLS play.<\/p>\n
Notably, tonight\u2019s match saw Dynamo captain\u00a0Artur\u00a0made his return to the pitch as a second half substitute, completing his comeback from a knee injury that he suffered during the preseason.<\/p>\n
Additionally, rookie Argentinean defender\u00a0Agustin\u00a0Resch\u00a0made his first-career MLS start, while veteran goalkeeper\u00a0Jimmy Maurer\u00a0made his first MLS appearance since March 2025, entering the match to start the second half.<\/p>\n
Houston broke the scoreless tie in the 75th\u00a0minute when a bouncing ball in the box fell to Herrera, who confidently fired the ball into the back of the net for his first goal of the season.<\/p>\n
The first dangerous chance of the match came in the 40th\u00a0minute when\u00a0Diadi\u00e9 Samass\u00e9kou\u00a0whipped in a cross from the right side of the box to a leaping\u00a0Felipe Andrade, but the defender\u2019s strong header was tipped over the bar by a quick-reacting Maxime Crepeau.<\/p>\n
Orlando almost broke the scoreless draw in the 45th\u00a0minute when a ball to the back post fell to the feet of Tiago Souza, but his attempt was rejected by the near post.<\/p>\n
Maurer was called in to action in the 66th\u00a0minute, batting away a dangerous corner delivery, while the Houston defense made multiple clearances in the box to eventually quell the danger. The veteran goalkeeper made three saves in the second half.<\/p>\n
Forward\u00a0Ezequiel Ponce\u00a0had a headed attempt that carried just past the far post in the 68th\u00a0minute after an accurate cross from the right side of the box by attacker\u00a0Mateusz Bogusz.<\/p>\n
Maurer stepped up again in the 81st\u00a0minute, diving low to his left to corral a shot from inside the box by Justin Ellis. The veteran shot stopper made another stop in the 86th\u00a0minute on a low shot by Iago Teodoro from outside of the box.<\/p>\n
Bogusz had a shot on goal in second half stoppage time, but his low shot was not enough to challenge Crepeau.<\/p>\n
Attacker\u00a0Guilherme\u00a0had a scoring opportunity on the break, but his tight-angle shot from the left side of the penalty box was blocked by the body of Crepeau.<\/p>\n
Bogusz capped the match with a direct attempt on goal from a set piece just outside of the penalty box, forcing Crepeau to dive down to his left to protect the bottom corner of his goal.<\/p>\n
The Dynamo return to\u00a0Shell\u00a0Energy\u00a0Stadium\u00a0on for a midweek matchup versus San Diego FC on Wednesday, April 22, with kickoff scheduled for 7:30 p.m. CT. Fans can secure their tickets for the match via Tixr\u00a0HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO (April 18, 2026) \u2013 Houston Dynamo FC\u00a0earned a 1-0 shutout road victory versus Orlando City SC at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[57361,76949,139,141,140],"class_list":["post-237511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-houston-dynamo-fc","tag-houston-dynamo-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}