{"id":352992,"date":"2026-06-27T21:44:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T21:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/352992\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T21:44:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T21:44:01","slug":"houston-dynamo-2-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/352992\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Dynamo 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON (June 27, 2026) \u2013\u00a0Houston Dynamo 2\u00a0travel west to face LAFC2 on Sunday, June 28, marking the only regular season meeting between the two sides this season. The match closes a league-record 10-match road trip that already saw them win seven matches. Kickoff is set for 9:00 p.m. CT at USC \u2013 Rawlinson Stadium, and fans can follow the action live on\u00a0MLSNEXTPro.com<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0OneFootball<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dos holds the upper hand in the all-time series against Los Angeles, with a 3-1-1 (WLD) record in regular season play. Both clubs matched up once in 2025, with Houston earning a 1-0 home victory versus LAFC2 behind a goal from midfielder\u00a0Diego Gonzalez, who is\u00a0currently on loan<\/a>\u00a0with Portland Hearts of Pine.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Houston opened the 2026 season with a team-record 11-match unbeaten streak, where they recorded 31 points, 28 goals and 20 assists, while leading in fewest goals conceded in open play (four) during that span. Despite recent results, Dynamo 2 still leads MLS NEXT Pro with just 10 goals conceded this season.<\/p>\n

Dynamo 2 currently sits second in the Western Conference standings with a 9-1-2 (WLD) record. Individually, goalkeeper\u00a0Pedro\u00a0Cruz\u00a0is tied for second in the league in clean sheets (five) and ranks third with 48 saves, while forward\u00a0Austin\u00a0Brummett\u00a0is tied for fourth in goals scored (seven). Striker\u00a0Arthur\u00a0Sousa\u00a0leads Dynamo 2 with three assists.<\/p>\n

Dynamo 2 is coming off just their second defeat of the season, falling 2-1 on the road to Tacoma Defiance in a tightly contested match on June 17. Defender\u00a0Vinicius\u00a0Silva\u00a0scored Houston\u2019s lone goal with a strike from 40 yards out. The Brazilian has now scored in back-to-back matches, following his goal versus Ventura County FC on June 6.<\/p>\n

The match also saw goalkeeper\u00a0Logan\u00a0Erb\u00a0and forward\u00a0David\u00a0Garcia\u00a0make their 2026 season debuts, while midfielder\u00a0D\u2019Alessandro\u00a0Herrera\u00a0made his first start of the campaign. Additionally, Dynamo Academy midfielder\u00a0Dylan\u00a0Reyes\u00a0made his professional debut after coming on as a substitute in the 87th\u00a0minute.<\/p>\n

LAFC2 is coming off a win and loss in their last two matches, falling 2-0 at Austin FC on June 7 before earning a 1-0 victory versus MNUFC2 on June 24. The team closed the month of May with a 3-0-1 (WLD) record and currently sits ninth in the Western Conference with 24 points and a 6-4-4 (WLD) record overall. Individually, Tommy Mihali\u0107 leads the team with six goals, while Gavin Zambrano leads the team with four assists.<\/p>\n

Notably, first team midfielder\u00a0Matthew\u00a0Arana\u00a0and Dynamo Academy defender\u00a0Brogan\u00a0Fitzsimons\u00a0were\u00a0selected\u00a0to represent the Club<\/a>\u00a0at the\u00a02026 MLS NEXT All-Star Game, presented by\u00a0Allstate, on Monday, July 27, at Mecklenburg County Sportsplex in Matthews, NC. Arana signed a Homegrown contract with the first team in February this year, while Fitzsimons plays with the Academy\u2019s U-18s at the age of 15.<\/p>\n

Houston returns to\u00a0SaberCats\u00a0Stadium\u00a0for the first time since March 21 to face MNUFC2 on Sunday, July 5 with kickoff scheduled for 9:00 p.m. CT. Fans can secure their tickets\u00a0HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON (June 27, 2026) \u2013\u00a0Houston Dynamo 2\u00a0travel west to face LAFC2 on Sunday, June 28, marking the only…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6963,56,6964,58,57],"class_list":["post-352992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-dynamo-dos","tag-houston","tag-houston-dynamo-2","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352992","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=352992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}