\n Team Snapshot<\/p>\n
Houston’s winter signing spree was highlighted by Designated Player attackers\u00a0Mateusz Bogusz<\/a> and Guilherme<\/a>, adding a final-third threat to complement USMNT midfielder Jack McGlynn<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n How much have Houston upgraded in 2026? Ben Olsen called this Dynamo side \u201cprobably one of the most competitive teams\u201d he\u2019s had in his 15-plus years as a head coach.<\/p>\n \n Key Signings<\/p>\n Mateusz Bogusz: Bogusz arrives for reportedly up to $10 million from LIGA MX side Cruz Azul. The Polish international previously starred in MLS at LAFC<\/a>.
\nAgust\u00edn Bouzat: Bouzat<\/a> bolsters the Dynamo\u2019s midfield after captaining Argentina\u2019s V\u00e9lez Sarsfield to a historic treble in 2024.\u00a0
\nGuilherme: The veteran winger, acquired<\/a> as a DP from Brazilian S\u00e9rie A side Santos FC, has 95g\/44a in 429 career appearances.\u00a0
\nLucas Halter: Halter<\/a> is a long-term building block for the Dynamo\u2019s defense. He arrives from Brazilian S\u00e9rie A side Botafogo and spent the 2025 season captaining Vit\u00f3ria while on loan.
\nH\u00e9ctor Herrera: The former Mexican international is back in Houston, arriving as a free agent after spending 2025 with LIGA MX champions Toluca. He\u2019s a two-time MLS All-Star and 2023 MLS Best XI midfielder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Team Snapshot Houston’s winter signing spree was highlighted by Designated Player attackers\u00a0Mateusz Bogusz and Guilherme, adding a final-third…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,844,58,57,68172,68173,68174,9441],"class_list":{"0":"post-167970","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-houston-dynamo-fc","10":"tag-houston-headlines","11":"tag-houston-news","12":"tag-houvschi-02-21-2026","13":"tag-mls-is-back","14":"tag-season-preview","15":"tag-sendtonews"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167970","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=167970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}