{"id":366547,"date":"2026-07-09T08:05:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T08:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/366547\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T08:05:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T08:05:49","slug":"houston-dynamo-2-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/366547\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Dynamo 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HOUSTON (July 8, 2026) \u2013 Houston Dynamo 2\u00a0was named the\u00a0MLS NEXT Pro Team\u00a0for Matchweek 18, the league announced today. This marks the third such honor for Dos this season, who also were selected as the standout team for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstondynamofc.com\/dynamo2\/news\/houston-dynamo-2-named-mls-next-pro-team-of-matchweek-10\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matchweek 3<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstondynamofc.com\/dynamo2\/news\/houston-dynamo-2-named-mls-next-pro-team-of-matchweek-3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matchweek 10<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dynamo 2 currently sit second in the Western Conference standings with a 10-3-2 (WLD) record.<\/p>\n<p>Dynamo 2 earned a dominant\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstondynamofc.com\/dynamo2\/news\/houston-dynamo-2-earn-a-4-0-victory-over-mnufc2-in-their-first-game-back-home-since-march\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">4-0 shutout victory<\/a>\u00a0over Minnesota United FC 2 at\u00a0Shell\u00a0Energy\u00a0Stadium\u00a0on Sunday afternoon. The match was highlighted by a standout performance from defender\u00a0Reese\u00a0Miller, who registered his second goal and second assist of the season. Goalkeeper\u00a0Logan\u00a0Erb\u00a0recorded his first clean sheet of the season, the team\u2019s seventh shutout of the year, while defender\u00a0Brogan\u00a0Fitzsimons\u00a0made his professional debut after coming on as a substitute in the 79th\u00a0minute.<\/p>\n<p>Houston 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<p>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<p>Dos extended their lead to three when Miller found the inside of the near post following a long ball from defender\u00a0Isaac\u00a0Mwakutuya. The play marked Mwakutuya\u2019s second assist of the year.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>Houston next host St. Louis CITY2 on Saturday, July 11, at SaberCats Stadium, with kickoff scheduled for 6:00 p.m. CT. Fans can claim their free ticket for the match\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tixr.com\/groups\/houstondynamofc\/events\/houston-dynamo-2-vs-mnufc2-173439?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=tickets-page&amp;utm_term=dynamo2&amp;_gl=1*127gase*_ga*MjgyMjY1MjAxLjE3MjI5NzA3MDE.*_ga_7QZX485MHS*czE3ODIyNTExNjgkbzI0MjQkZzEkdDE3ODIyNTMxMzUkajYwJGwwJGgw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON (July 8, 2026) \u2013 Houston Dynamo 2\u00a0was named the\u00a0MLS NEXT Pro Team\u00a0for Matchweek 18, the league announced&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6963,56,6964,58,57],"class_list":["post-366547","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\/366547","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=366547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}