HOUSTON (July 22, 2026) \u2013 Houston Dynamo FC\u00a0played D.C. United to a 1-1 draw at Shell Energy Stadium tonight in the Club\u2019s return to MLS play after the World Cup, supplementing a strong 5-2-1 (WLD) regular season home record this year.<\/p>\n
Despite temperatures near 100 degrees Fahrenheit at kickoff, the crowd of 17,137 was the highest for a Wednesday match in Houston since 2022.<\/p>\n
The Dynamo took the lead in the 40th\u00a0minute when a free kick delivery from midfielder\u00a0Jack McGlynn\u00a0was headed down to midfielder\u00a0H\u00e9ctor Herrera, who controlled the ball masterfully and fired a low shot into the bottom right corner of the net. The play marked the Mexican international legend\u2019s second goal of the season.<\/p>\n
D.C. United leveled the match in the 78th\u00a0minute when Tai Baribo found the back of the net with a header inside the box, following a set-up pass from Nathan Ordaz.<\/p>\n
Notably, forward\u00a0Duncan McGuire, who Houston acquired from Orlando City SC earlier this month, made his Dynamo debut as a starter tonight. The 25-year-old American spent three-and-a-half (2023-26) seasons with the Lions where he has totaled 109 appearances, 32 goals and seven assists in all competitions, during which time they have earned three consecutive MLS postseason berths.<\/p>\n
After a few dangerous-looking attacks for each team, the first shot on goal came in the 26th\u00a0minute when attacking midfielder\u00a0Mateusz Bogusz\u00a0drove down the right side of the pitch, firing a low shot inside the box and forcing a quick, low save from goalkeeper Sean Johnson.<\/p>\n
Bogusz created another dangerous chance in the 47th\u00a0minute, dribbling through The Red and Black\u2019s backline and blasting a right-footed shot inside the box, which forced Johnson to come off his line and get low for the save.<\/p>\n
The Dynamo continue a two-match homestand at Shell Energy Stadium, hosting in-state rivals Austin FC in a Texas Showdown on Saturday, July 25, with kickoff scheduled for 7:30 p.m. CT. Tickets are available\u00a0HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON (July 22, 2026) \u2013 Houston Dynamo FC\u00a0played D.C. United to a 1-1 draw at Shell Energy Stadium…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383687,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[130823,53397,56,844,845,58,57,59944],"class_list":["post-383686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-duncan-mcguire","tag-hector-herrera","tag-houston","tag-houston-dynamo-fc","tag-houston-dynamo-news","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-mateusz-bogusz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383686","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=383686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}