{"id":256952,"date":"2026-04-19T15:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T15:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/256952\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T15:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T15:15:07","slug":"houston-dynamo-2-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/256952\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Dynamo 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HOUSTON (April 19, 2026) \u2013\u00a0Houston Dynamo 2\u00a0continue their Club-record 10-match road trip out west at Real Monarchs on Sunday, April 19, with kickoff scheduled for 4:30 p.m. CT at Zions Bank Stadium. Fans can follow the action live via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlsnextpro.com\/video\/live-streams\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLSNEXTPro.com<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tv.onefootball.com\/en\/live-matches\/2665508?_gl=1*9nauu1*_gcl_au*MTU2NzE0MjcwNC4xNzczMjQ1MDMw*_ga*MTg5MTc1ODYzNy4xNzczMjQ1MDMx*_ga_3M2V1VH3R0*czE3NzYyODk0MjUkbzUkZzEkdDE3NzYyODk0MzEkajYwJGwwJGgw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OneFootball<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The fixture marks the first of two meetings between the sides this season, with Dynamo 2 set to host Real Monarchs on August 8. Houston holds the upper hand in the all-time series with five wins and one draw in seven regular season meetings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The last time Dynamo 2 visited the Real Salt Lake affiliate, they earned a 1-1 draw on June 15, 2025, with former Dynamo 2 player Joshua Bolma scoring the lone goal and forward\u00a0Exon\u00a0Arz\u00fa\u00a0providing the assist.<\/p>\n<p>Dynamo 2 enters Sunday\u2019s match undefeated to start the season under\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstondynamofc.com\/dynamo2\/news\/houston-dynamo-2-interim-head-coach-jeremy-hurdle-and-goalkeeper-pedro-cruz-earn-mls-next-pro-monthly-awards\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">**March\u2019s MLS NEXT Pro Coach of the Month**<\/a>,\u00a0Jeremy\u00a0Hurdle, and leads the league with just one goal conceded this season.<\/p>\n<p>Houston drew 1-1 on the road against in-state rivals Austin FC II in their last outing and claimed the two points after a penalty kick shootout victory.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstondynamofc.com\/dynamo2\/news\/houston-dynamo-2-interim-head-coach-jeremy-hurdle-and-goalkeeper-pedro-cruz-earn-mls-next-pro-monthly-awards\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">**MLS NEXT Pro Goalkeeper of the Month for March**<\/a>,\u00a0Pedro\u00a0Cruz, made a crucial save on the fifth penalty to keep the result alive, while defender\u00a0Gavin\u00a0Wolff\u00a0converted what would be the match-winning penalty as Austin missed their sixth and final attempt high to the left. The match also saw defender\u00a0Vinicius\u00a0Silva\u00a0make his first Dynamo 2 start, while forward\u00a0Myles\u00a0Gardner\u00a0made his first start of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>Real Monarchs finished March with a 2-1-1 (WLD) record and are coming off a 2-0 road loss to Ventura County FC on April 12. The team currently sits fifth in the Western Conference standings with 10 points and a 2-1-2 (WLD) record.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the Dynamo\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstondynamofc.com\/news\/houston-dynamo-fc-sign-cy-fair-houston-native-mattheo-dimareli-as-homegrown-player\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced the signing<\/a>\u00a0of Dynamo Academy product\u00a0Mattheo\u00a0Dimareli\u00a0to an MLS NEXT Pro contract through\u00a0June 2027. The\u00a016-year-old attacker will then\u00a0join the first team\u00a0on an MLS contract as a Homegrown Player starting in\u00a0July 2027. Notably,\u00a0the\u00a0Cy-Fair\u00a0(Houston) native\u00a0is the 21st\u00a0Dynamo Academy product to sign a Homegrown contract with the first team and the\u00a010th\u00a0signed by President of Soccer\u00a0Pat\u00a0Onstad\u00a0since he took charge of soccer operations in February 2022. Additionally, Dimarlei\u00a0is\u00a0the\u00a012th\u00a0Dynamo Academy product to sign a professional contract with Dynamo 2.<\/p>\n<p>Houston next travels to face Sporting Kansas City II on Sunday, April 26, at Victory Field at Swope Soccer Village, with kickoff scheduled for 7:00 p.m. CT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON (April 19, 2026) \u2013\u00a0Houston Dynamo 2\u00a0continue their Club-record 10-match road trip out west at Real Monarchs on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6963,56,6964,58,57],"class_list":{"0":"post-256952","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\/256952","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=256952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}