AUSTIN\u00a0(April\u00a012, 2026) \u2013 Houston Dynamo 2\u00a0drew 1-1 on the road against in-state rivals Austin FC II earlier this evening and claimed the two points\u00a0after a penalty\u00a0kick\u00a0shootout victory. Goalkeeper\u00a0Pedro\u00a0Cruz made a crucial save on the fifth penalty to keep the team alive, while defender\u00a0Gavin\u00a0Wolff\u00a0scored\u00a0the go-ahead\u00a0penalty\u00a0and\u00a0Austin missed\u00a0their\u00a0sixth and final\u00a0attempt\u00a0high to the left.\u00a0Additionally, the match\u00a0entered a\u00a0temporary\u00a0weather delay in\u00a0the 88th\u00a0minute.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dynamo 2 currently sits second in the Western Conference with 14 points and a 4-0-1 (WLD) record, remaining undefeated so far this season. Under the leadership of March\u2019s MLS NEXT Pro Coach of the Month<\/a>,\u00a0Jeremy\u00a0Hurdle, Dos is also the only team in the league to have conceded just one goal in 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n Notably, the match also saw defender Vinicius Silva\u00a0make\u00a0his first Dynamo start, while forward\u00a0Myles\u00a0Gardner\u00a0made his first start of the\u00a02026\u00a0season.\u00a0<\/p>\n Dynamo 2 took the lead in the 61st minute after forward\u00a0Arthur\u00a0Sousa lobbed the ball over Erik Lauta and into the far post after recovering the ball inside the box following a clearance error from Ausitn\u2019s backline. The goal marked his second of the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n Jorge Alastuey later forced a penalty shootout for Austin after equalizing from the penalty spot in second half stoppage time. The penalty was given to the host after first team player Reese\u00a0Miller\u00a0was\u00a0deemed\u00a0to have handled the ball in the box.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Forward\u00a0Jahmani \u201cJJ\u201d Bell\u00a0had his first shot on target in the seventh minute, taking his chances from deep with a right-footed strike that found the hands of Lauta.\u00a0<\/p>\n Cruz, who earned\u00a0MLS NEXT Pro Goalkeeper of the Month<\/a>\u00a0for March,\u00a0was called into action in the 24th\u00a0minute after getting high and pushing\u00a0a shot from Kenan Hot over the crossbar.\u00a0The Brazilian shot stopper finished the night with five saves.\u00a0<\/p>\n Houston had a dangerous chance in the 31st minute when a blocked shot from Sousa landed in front of midfielder Samir\u00a0Mohammad\u00a0for a header\u00a0that was denied by Lauta at the near post.\u00a0<\/p>\n Cruz delivered a crucial save in the 77th\u00a0minute, diving high to his right to deny\u00a0a long-range shot\u00a0from\u00a0Kenan Hot.\u00a0<\/p>\n Houston will continue their 10-match road trip by facing Real Monarchs on Sunday, April 19, at Zions Bank Stadium, with a kickoff set for 4:30 p.m. CT. Fans can tune in to the live action via\u00a0MLSNEXTPro.com<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0OneFootball<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN\u00a0(April\u00a012, 2026) \u2013 Houston Dynamo 2\u00a0drew 1-1 on the road against in-state rivals Austin FC II earlier this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6963,56,6964,58,57],"class_list":{"0":"post-247411","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\/247411","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=247411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}