{"id":369138,"date":"2026-07-11T04:49:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T04:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/369138\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T04:49:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T04:49:37","slug":"houston-dynamo-2-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/369138\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Dynamo 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON (July\u00a010, 2026) \u2013 Houston Dynamo 2 continue their four-match homestand\u00a0on Saturday, July 11, when they host St. Louis CITY2 at\u00a0SaberCats\u00a0Stadium, marking the second of three meetings between the two sides this season. Kickoff is set for 6:00 p.m. CT, and\u00a0fans can secure their free tickets\u00a0HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dynamo 2 visited St. Louis earlier this year, earning a 4-1 victory\u00a0in May, with four different players finding the back of the net, including attacker\u00a0Mattheo\u00a0Dimareli, midfielder\u00a0Noah\u00a0Betancourt, forward\u00a0Jahmani \u201cJJ\u201d\u00a0Bell\u00a0and striker\u00a0Austin\u00a0Brummett.\u00a0Notably, the four-goal\u00a0performance earned the team\u00a0MLS NEXT Pro Team of Matchweek 10<\/a>\u00a0honors.<\/p>\n

Dos\u00a0opened 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.\u00a0All that was despite a league-record 10-match road trip\u00a0that\u00a0stretched from March to July due to DR Congo\u00a0calling SaberCats home during the\u00a0FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Houston is now coming off a dominant\u00a04-0 shutout victory<\/a>\u00a0over Minnesota United FC 2 at\u00a0Shell Energy Stadium\u00a0last weekend,\u00a0earning\u00a0Dos\u00a0MLS NEXT Pro Team of Matchweek\u00a018<\/a>\u00a0for the third time this season.\u00a0The match was highlighted by a standout performance from defender\u00a0Reese\u00a0Miller, who registered his second goal\u00a0and second assist of the season.\u00a0Goalkeeper\u00a0Logan\u00a0Erb\u00a0recorded his first clean sheet of the season, the team\u2019s seventh shutout of the year, while Dynamo Academy defender\u00a0Brogan\u00a0Fitzsimons\u00a0made his professional debut after coming on as a substitute in the 79th\u00a0minute.<\/p>\n

Dynamo 2 currently\u00a0sit\u00a0second in the Western Conference standings with a\u00a010-3-2 (WLD) record. Individually,\u00a0goalkeeper\u00a0Pedro\u00a0Cruz\u00a0sets third\u00a0in the league in clean sheets (five) and\u00a0is tied for\u00a0third with 48 saves, while Brummett is tied for\u00a0third\u00a0in goals scored (eight).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

CITY2 is coming off a 3-0 loss\u00a0at North Texas SC on July 4. They closed\u00a0the month of June\u00a0with a 0-2-1 (WLD) record\u00a0and currently sit fifth in the Western Conference standings with\u00a029 points and a 7-5-5 (WLD) overall record. Individually,\u00a0Palmer Ault leads the team\u2019s attack with eight goals and five assists.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Just this week,\u00a0Cruz, the reigning Goalie Wars champ,\u00a0was\u00a0selected\u00a0to participate in the 2026 Goalie Wars<\/a>\u00a0as part of a revamped\u00a02026 MLS All-Star Skills Challenge, presented by\u00a0AT&T, on Tuesday, July 28, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, NC.<\/p>\n

Additionally, first team midfielder\u00a0Matthew\u00a0Arana\u00a0and Fitzsimons were\u00a0selected to 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\u00a0next host\u00a0Colorado Rapids 2\u00a0on Saturday, July 18, at SaberCats Stadium, with kickoff scheduled for 6:00 p.m. CT. Fans can claim their free ticket for the match\u00a0HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON (July\u00a010, 2026) \u2013 Houston Dynamo 2 continue their four-match homestand\u00a0on Saturday, July 11, when they host St.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6963,56,6964,58,57],"class_list":["post-369138","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\/369138","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=369138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}