13th in Western Conference
\n7 points, 1W-4L-4D<\/p>\n
Austin are winless in seven straight games, including a 5-1 midweek defeat<\/a> at Supporters’ Shield leaders San Jose Earthquakes<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n But there’s no time like the present for Nico Est\u00e9vez’s side to turn things around, especially against an in-state rival in front of their home fans.\u00a0<\/p>\n Plus, per Est\u00e9vez<\/a> earlier this week, there’s an outside chance that homegrown midfielder Owen Wolff<\/a> could make his season debut as he recovers from sports hernia surgery.<\/p>\n Facundo Torres: The club’s marquee winter signing has 1g\/4a in nine matches as he looks to crack Uruguay’s\u00a02026 FIFA World Cup<\/a> squad. Austin’s starting lineup could look far different if DP forward Myrto Uzuni<\/a> and Canadian international Jayden Nelson<\/a> return in time from injury.<\/p>\n 9th in Western Conference \n What to know<\/p>\n One of the most active teams<\/a> during the winter transfer window, Houston appear to be hitting their stride.<\/p>\n They’re winners of three straight games across all competitions and have rattled off two consecutive 1-0 victories in league action. That includes Wednesday’s 1-0 home triumph<\/a> over San Diego FC<\/a>, courtesy of Aliyu Ibrahim<\/a>‘s 35th-minute goal.<\/p>\n Houston will look to keep the good times going at Q2 Stadium, where they’re undefeated in their last two league visits (1W-0L-1D).\u00a0<\/p>\n Jack McGlynn<\/a> scored a brace in Houston’s most recent trip<\/a> to Austin. The USMNT<\/a> midfielder has missed the club’s last five games due to injury.<\/p>\n Guilherme: A winter DP signing from Brazil’s Santos, Guilherme<\/a> has been Houston’s most dangerous attacker this year with 5g\/4a. After Ond\u0159ej Lingr<\/a> was red-carded on Wednesday, Ponce<\/a> could get the start up top.<\/p>\n Houston have the edge in form and momentum, but Austin are desperate to turn things around.\u00a0<\/p>\n If the Verde & Black can set the tone early and get the Q2 Stadium crowd going, they very well may come out on top.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"13th in Western Conference 7 points, 1W-4L-4D Austin are winless in seven straight games, including a 5-1 midweek…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[98797,132,135,134,133,844,98796,98795,9441],"class_list":{"0":"post-263820","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-atxvshou-04-25-2026","9":"tag-austin","10":"tag-austin-fc","11":"tag-austin-headlines","12":"tag-austin-news","13":"tag-houston-dynamo-fc","14":"tag-priority-match","15":"tag-saturday-showdown","16":"tag-sendtonews"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263820","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=263820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBrad Stuver:\u00a0Stuver<\/a> is Austin’s all-time appearances leader with 192 matches played. He’s been their No. 1 goalkeeper since their inaugural 2021 campaign.
\nJon Gallagher: A fellow holdover from Austin’s 2021 expansion season, Gallagher<\/a> has a second-best 188 appearances for the club.
\nIlie S\u00e1nchez: The FC Barcelona product has often captained the Verde & Black since joining the team in 2025.
\nChristian Ram\u00edrez: The veteran striker has two goals in his debut season with Austin.<\/p>\n
\n12 points, 4W-4L-0D<\/p>\n
\nMateusz Bogusz: The Dynamo spent a reported $10 million this offseason to acquire Bogusz<\/a>, who’s in his second MLS stint after starring for LAFC<\/a> from 2023-24.
\nEzequiel Ponce:\u00a0The club’s third DP is looking to open his 2026 account after leading Houston with 10 goals last season.
\nLawrence Ennali: The speedy winger is also a final-third threat, scoring two goals this season.
\nH\u00e9ctor Herrera: The Mexican legend is in his second tenure with Houston and scored the game-winner in their recent 1-0 victory<\/a> at Orlando City<\/a>.<\/p>\n