{"id":132172,"date":"2026-01-21T17:55:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/132172\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T17:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:55:12","slug":"houston-dynamo-2-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/132172\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Dynamo 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HOUSTON (Jan. 21, 2026) \u2013 MLS NEXT Pro\u00a0announced today this year\u2019s full 28-game regular season schedule for\u00a0Houston Dynamo 2.<\/p>\n<p>Fans can claim free tickets to every Dynamo Dos home match\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstondynamofc.com\/dynamo2\/tickets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>. Broadcast details for all MLS NEXT Pro matches will be shared at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>The league enters its fifth season in 2026, with Dynamo Dos beginning the campaign in its second year under head coach\u00a0Marcelo\u00a0Santos, the second Dynamo 2 head coach in Club history. Notably, the 2025 season saw Dos\u00a0field\u00a0the\u00a0youngest team\u00a0in MLS NEXT Pro, with an average age of just 18.9 years old. A total of 13 Dynamo Academy players made their professional debuts, while four of them scored their first professional goals, including midfielder\u00a0Noah\u00a0Betancourt, midfielder\u00a0Enrique\u00a0Correa, midfielder\u00a0Lionel\u00a0Gitau\u00a0and defender\u00a0Omar\u00a0Flores.<\/p>\n<p>Dynamo 2 kicks off their season with four home matches in their first five games. The slate starts on Opening Weekend versus Colorado Rapids 2 on Sunday, March 1, followed by Tacoma Defiance on March 8, Portland Timbers2 on March 15 and in-state rivals North Texas SC on March 21, the first of three meetings between the sides this season. In 2025, Dynamo 2 finished with a 2-1-0 (WLD) record against North Texas, earning both victories at home.<\/p>\n<p>Dynamo Dos open April with a 10-game road trip, the longest of the season and in team history, beginning against Austin FC II on April 12. Last season, the team earned a 2-1 home victory over Austin II on April 27, with goals from forward Exon Arz\u00fa and Correa. The teams met again on May 30, drawing 1-1 on the road before Dynamo 2 claimed two points in the ensuing penalty shootout following two crucial saves by goalkeeper\u00a0Pedro\u00a0Cruz, who earned the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstondynamofc.com\/dynamo2\/news\/houston-dynamo-2-goalkeeper-pedro-cruz-wins-2025-goalie-wars-title-at-mls-all-star-skills-challenge\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2025 Goalie Wars<\/a>\u00a0title during the MLS All-Star Skills Challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Houston continues the road trip with matches versus Real Monarchs (April 19), Sporting Kansas City II (April 26), Rapids 2 (May 3), St. Louis CITY2 (May 9), Minnesota United FC 2 (May 16), Timbers2 (May 24), Ventura County FC (June 6), Tacoma (June 17) and LAFC2 (June 28).<\/p>\n<p>The team will close the 2026 regular season at home when they host Kansas City II on Decision Day on Sunday, Sept. 20.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Dynamo 2 today announced their 2026 preseason schedule, hosting four of them at\u00a0HoustonSports\u00a0Park. See below for details:<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, Jan. 25 \u2013 Houston Dynamo 2 vs. Houston Christian University (NCAA) @ Houston, TX<br \/>\nSaturday, Jan. 31 \u2013 Houston Dynamo 2 vs. University of the Incarnate World (NCAA) @ Houston, TX<br \/>\nSaturday, Feb. 7 \u2013 Houston Dynamo 2 vs. Austin FC II @ Houston, TX<br \/>\nWednesday, Feb. 11 \u2013 Houston Dynamo 2 at St. Louis CITY2 @ St. Louis<br \/>\nSaturday, Feb. 21 \u2013 Houston Dynamo 2 at San Antonio FC (USL Championship) @ San Antonio, TX<\/p>\n<p>The full Houston Dynamo 2 regular season schedule is available below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON (Jan. 21, 2026) \u2013 MLS NEXT Pro\u00a0announced today this year\u2019s full 28-game regular season schedule for\u00a0Houston Dynamo&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132173,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6963,56,6964,58,57],"class_list":{"0":"post-132172","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-dynamo-dos","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-houston-dynamo-2","11":"tag-houston-headlines","12":"tag-houston-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}