{"id":264756,"date":"2026-04-24T19:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/264756\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T19:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T19:12:07","slug":"match-preview-houston-dynamo-fc-to-visit-austin-fc-for-a-saturday-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/264756\/","title":{"rendered":"MATCH PREVIEW: Houston Dynamo FC to visit Austin FC for a Saturday Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HOUSTON (April 24, 2026) \u2013 Houston Dynamo FC\u00a0travel to the state capital on Saturday, April 25, to face Austin FC for a Texas Showdown at Q2 Stadium, with kickoff scheduled for 7:30 p.m. CT. Fans can follow the action live on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/sporting-event\/austin-fc-vs-houston-dynamo-fc\/umc.cse.6nq3w7h3rtyf1ibqw5hfwg0ze?ctx_brand=tvs.sbd.7000%2Ctvs.sbd.4000\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple TV<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the\u00a0Houston Dynamo FC Unified Team\u00a0will take on Austin\u2019s unified team in another Texas Showdown at Q2 Stadium following the first team match.<\/p>\n<p>One lineup note for this weekend is that midfielder\u00a0Ond\u0159ej\u00a0Lingr\u00a0will miss Saturday\u2019s fixture after being shown a red card in the midweek match versus San Diego FC.<\/p>\n<p>Houston is coming off their second consecutive shutout victory on Wednesday night after posting a 1-0 home win over San Diego behind forward\u00a0Aliyu\u00a0Ibrahim\u2019s\u00a0first goal of the season. His performance earned him\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstondynamofc.com\/news\/forward-aliyu-ibrahim-named-to-mlssoccer-com-team-of-the-matchday-after-scoring-his-first-goal-of-the-season-versus-san-diego-fc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLSSoccer.com Team of the Matchday<\/a>\u00a0honors for Matchday 9. The Dynamo held San Diego to one shot on target, securing their second clean sheet of the season and the third consecutive victory in all competitions, which includes Houston\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstondynamofc.com\/news\/houston-dynamo-fc-stop-the-locomotive-in-its-tracks-defeating-el-paso-4-1-to-reach-the-u-s-open-cup-round-of-16\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">4-1 victory<\/a>\u00a0over El Paso Locomotive FC in the Round of 32 of the U.S. Open.<\/p>\n<p>Attacker\u00a0Guilherme\u00a0is tied for third in MLS with nine goal contributions (five goals and four assists), tied for second in the league for most assists and tied for third in one-on-ones with 10, winning four for a 40 percent success rate. Forward\u00a0Lawrence\u00a0Ennali\u00a0is tied for second in MLS in one-on-ones with 11, winning eight for a 72.7 percent success rate, while recording the third-fastest top speed this season at 35.96 kilometers per hour.<\/p>\n<p>Austin currently sits 13th\u00a0in the Western Conference standings with seven points and a 1-4-4 (WLD) record and is coming off a 5-1 road defeat to the San Jose Earthquakes, with Joseph Rosales scoring the team\u2019s only goal.<\/p>\n<p>The Dynamo finished last season\u2019s regular season series against Austin with a 1-0-1 (WLD) record, earning a 2-0 victory over the in-state rivals at\u00a0Shell Energy Stadium\u00a0on April 26 before\u00a0playing to\u00a0a 2-2 on the road on August 9. Midfielder\u00a0Jack\u00a0McGlynn\u00a0scored his first-career MLS brace in that match, which secured him a spot on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstondynamofc.com\/news\/jack-mcglynn-named-to-mlssoccer-com-team-of-the-matchday\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLSSoccer.com Team of the Matchday<\/a>\u00a0for Matchday 28.<\/p>\n<p>Houston next returns to Shell Energy Stadium for a Round of 16 U.S. Open Cup match versus USL Championship side Louisville City FC on Wednesday, April 29, with kickoff set for 7:00 p.m. CT. Fans can secure their tickets for the match\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tixr.com\/groups\/houstondynamofc\/events\/houston-dynamo-fc-vs-tbd-us-open-cup-round-of-16-184992?utm_source=pressrelease&amp;utm_medium=communications&amp;utm_term=dynamo&amp;_gl=1*15fas4r*_ga*MjgyMjY1MjAxLjE3MjI5NzA3MDE.*_ga_7QZX485MHS*czE3NzcwNTU0NDgkbzIyNTckZzEkdDE3NzcwNTYyMTUkajI4JGwwJGgw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tixr.com\/groups\/houstondynamofc\/events\/houston-dynamo-fc-vs-tbd-us-open-cup-round-of-16-184992?utm_source=pressrelease&amp;utm_medium=communications&amp;utm_term=dynamo&amp;_gl=1*15fas4r*_ga*mjgymjy1mjaxlje3mji5nza3mde.*_ga_7qzx485mhs*cze3nzcwntu0ndgkbziyntckzzekdde3nzcwntyymtukaji4jgwwjggw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HERE<\/a>\u00a0via Tixr for as low as $5. Fans also can watch the match live via Paramount+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON (April 24, 2026) \u2013 Houston Dynamo FC\u00a0travel to the state capital on Saturday, April 25, to face&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,844,845,58,57,70683,13793,70216],"class_list":{"0":"post-264756","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-dynamo-news","11":"tag-houston-headlines","12":"tag-houston-news","13":"tag-jack-mcglynn","14":"tag-lawrence-ennali","15":"tag-ondrej-lingr"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264756","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=264756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}