{"id":266183,"date":"2026-04-25T19:23:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T19:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/266183\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T19:23:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T19:23:19","slug":"houston-dynamo-2-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/266183\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Dynamo 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON (April 25, 2026) \u2013\u00a0The undefeated\u00a0Houston Dynamo 2\u00a0continue a Club-record 10-match road trip on Sunday, April 26, traveling to face Sporting Kansas City II at Victory Field at Swope Soccer Village, with kickoff scheduled for 1:00 p.m. CT.<\/p>\n

The match marks the first of three regular season matchups between the two sides this year, and fans can follow the action live via\u00a0MLSNEXTPro.com<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0OneFootball<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dos leads the all-time series versus SKC II with a 6-3-1 (WLD) record. Their most recent win at Kansas came in August 2025 in a\u00a03-1 road victory<\/a>, including a goal from attacker\u00a0Mattheo\u00a0Dimareli.<\/p>\n

Dynamo 2 enter Sunday\u2019s match on a six-game unbeaten streak to start the season, under\u00a0**March\u2019s MLS NEXT Pro Coach of the Month**<\/a>,\u00a0Jeremy\u00a0Hurdle,\u00a0scoring 15 goals while leading the league with five clean sheets. The team sits second in the Western Conference with 17 points and a 5-0-1 (WLD) record, and they remain the only team in the league to have conceded just one goal (a penalty) in 2026 and none from open play. Additionally, Houston has totaled 26 goal contributions this season, with 12 different players already finding the back of the net.<\/p>\n

Dynamo 2 most recently secured a\u00a01-0 shutout road victory<\/a>\u00a0against Real Monarchs at Zions Bank Stadium behind forward\u00a0Jahmani \u201cJJ\u201d Bell\u2019s\u00a0second goal of the season and a seven-save performance from goalkeeper\u00a0Pedro\u00a0Cruz, which earned him\u00a0MLS NEXT Pro Player of Matchday 7<\/a>\u00a0honors. Notably, the 22-year-old Brazilian leads the league with four cleans sheets.<\/p>\n

The match also saw defender\u00a0Eiji\u00a0Hata\u00a0make his first professional start, while forward\u00a0Alan\u00a0Martins\u00a0made his professional debut in the 59th\u00a0minute after\u00a0signing on loan<\/a>\u00a0with Dynamo 2 from Comercial Futebol Clube Tiet\u00ea in February.<\/p>\n

Kansas City II enters Sunday\u2019s fixture with one victory in their last five matches, most recently earning a 3-2 home victory versus Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 on April 19. Missael Rodriguez, Kashan Hines and Zamir Loyo Reynaga were the three goal scorers that night. The team currently sits 12th\u00a0in the Western Conference with six points and a 1-5-2 (WLD) record.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last week, the Houston Dynamo\u00a0announced the signing<\/a>\u00a0of Dimareli to 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, Dimareli is\u00a0the\u00a012th\u00a0Dynamo Academy product to sign a professional contract with Dynamo 2.<\/p>\n

Houston next travels to face Colorado Rapids 2 on Sunday, May 3, at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium, with kickoff scheduled for 7:00 p.m. CT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON (April 25, 2026) \u2013\u00a0The undefeated\u00a0Houston Dynamo 2\u00a0continue a Club-record 10-match road trip on Sunday, April 26, traveling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6963,56,6964,58,57],"class_list":{"0":"post-266183","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\/266183","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=266183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}