{"id":235681,"date":"2026-04-05T04:34:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T04:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/235681\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T04:34:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T04:34:32","slug":"houston-dynamo-fc-fall-1-0-to-seattle-sounders-fc-in-hard-fought-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/235681\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Dynamo FC fall 1-0 to Seattle Sounders FC in hard-fought match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HOUSTON (April 4, 2026) \u2013 Houston Dynamo FC\u00a0fell 1-0 versus Seattle Sounders FC at\u00a0Shell\u00a0EnergyStadium\u00a0tonight in a hard-fought, rain-soaked match that saw a 30-minute delay before kickoff.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the result, Houston finished the match with far more dangerous chances than Seattle, finishing the match with a 1.4 xG, 13 shots and nine corners, compared to Seattle\u2019s 0.4 xG, five shots and three corners.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight\u2019s match saw Argentinean fullback\u00a0Franco\u00a0Negri\u00a0make his first Dynamo start and defender\u00a0Sam\u00a0Vines,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstondynamofc.com\/news\/houston-dynamo-fc-sign-u-s-national-team-defender-sam-vines\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">who signed<\/a>\u00a0with Dynamo last week, make his debut in orange. Additionally, forward\u00a0Aliyu\u00a0Ibrahim\u00a0made his 100th\u00a0MLS appearance this evening after coming onto the pitch in the 88th\u00a0minute.<\/p>\n<p>The Sounders took the lead in the 83rd\u00a0minute when Paul Rothrock found the back of the net near the far post.<\/p>\n<p>The Dynamo had their first dangerous chance in the ninth minute when a loose ball fell to attacker\u00a0MateuszBogusz\u00a0inside the box, but his right-footed strike was blocked by Seattle\u2019s backline.<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeeper\u00a0Jonathan\u00a0Bond\u00a0was called into action in the 21st\u00a0minute when the 32-year-old reacted quickly and dove low to his left to deny a shot from Jesus Ferreira.<\/p>\n<p>Attacker\u00a0Guilherme\u00a0almost found the back of the net in the 29th\u00a0minute after dribbling into the box and firing a shot towards the near post, forcing a save from\u00a0Andrew Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>Guilherme had his second shot on target in the 47th\u00a0minute after the Brazilian received a pass from forward\u00a0Ezequiel\u00a0Ponce\u00a0and pushed it forward towards the box for a right-footed strike that was denied by Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>Houston created another dangerous chance in the 65th\u00a0minute when Bogusz forced a diving save from the Seattle goalkeeper after Guilherme found the Polish playmaker making a run in behind towards the box.<\/p>\n<p>Houston next travels to face the Colorado Rapids on Saturday, April 11, at DICK\u2019S Sporting Goods Park, with kickoff schedule for 8:30 p.m. CT. Fans can watch the match live via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/sporting-event\/colorado-rapids-vs-houston-dynamo-fc\/umc.cse.2pcb86s8ame8ne6x1c93y0ot2?ctx_brand=tvs.sbd.7000%2Ctvs.sbd.4000\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON (April 4, 2026) \u2013 Houston Dynamo FC\u00a0fell 1-0 versus Seattle Sounders FC at\u00a0Shell\u00a0EnergyStadium\u00a0tonight in a hard-fought, rain-soaked&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,844,845,58,57],"class_list":["post-235681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-dynamo-fc","tag-houston-dynamo-news","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235681","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=235681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}