HOUSTON (July 5, 2026) \u2013 Houston Dynamo 2\u00a0earned a dominant 4-0 victory over Minnesota United FC 2 at\u00a0Shell\u00a0Energy\u00a0Stadium\u00a0on Sunday afternoon, improving their all-time series against MNUFC2 to seven wins, four draws and two losses.<\/p>\n
The match was highlighted by two goal contributions from defender\u00a0Reese\u00a0Miller, who registered his second goal and second assist of the season. Notably, defender\u00a0Brogan\u00a0Fitzsimons\u00a0made his professional debut after coming on as a substitute in the 79th\u00a0minute.<\/p>\n
Dynamo 2 took the lead in the 35th\u00a0minute following a stunning individual play from forward\u00a0Alan\u00a0Martins. The young Brazilian received the ball on the right flank and dribbled towards the box before quickly changing direction to his right and firing a right-footed missile into far post for his first professional goal. The play also marked midfielder\u00a0Noah\u00a0Betancourt\u2019s\u00a0first assist of the season.<\/p>\n
Forward\u00a0Jahmani \u201cJJ\u201d Bell\u00a0extended Houston\u2019s lead in the 41st\u00a0minute after converting a penalty kick, calmly finding the bottom left corner. The penalty was earned when midfielder\u00a0Gustavo\u00a0Dohmann\u00a0was deemed to have been fouled inside the box.<\/p>\n
Dos extended their lead to three when defender\u00a0Reese\u00a0Miller\u00a0found the inside of the near post following a long ball from defender\u00a0Isaac\u00a0Mwakutuya. The play marked Miller\u2019s second goal of the season and Mwakutuya\u2019s second assist of the year.<\/p>\n
Striker\u00a0Austin\u00a0Brummett\u00a0scored Houston\u2019s fourth and final goal of the match in the 81st\u00a0minute, beating the Minnesota goalkeeper in one-on-one situation to notch his eighth goal of the season.<\/p>\n
Houston\u2019s first dangerous chance came early in the third minute of the match when attacker\u00a0SamirMohammad\u00a0received a ball inside the box from defender\u00a0Gavin\u00a0Wolff\u00a0and fired a left-footed shot towards the near post.<\/p>\n
Bell had Houston\u2019s second shot on target in the fifth minute, sending a free kick from 25 yards out into the hands of Minnesota\u2019s goalkeeper Kai Zeruhn.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dynamo 2 generated another dangerous attack in the 10th\u00a0minute when a cheeky backheel from Bell found Brummett at the top of the box for a powerful right-footed strike that almost found the inside of the far post after the MNUFC2 goalkeeper put his fingertips to it.<\/p>\n
Forward\u00a0Arthur\u00a0Sousa\u00a0had a shot on goal in the 58th\u00a0minute, forcing a quick reaction save from Alexander Witte, who came on during halftime, with a right-footed blast from inside the box.<\/p>\n