{"id":386044,"date":"2026-07-25T05:56:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T05:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/386044\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T05:56:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T05:56:21","slug":"match-preview-houston-dynamo-fc-close-two-match-homestand-hosting-austin-fc-in-a-texas-showdown-on-h-town-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/386044\/","title":{"rendered":"MATCH PREVIEW: Houston Dynamo FC close two-match homestand, hosting Austin FC in a Texas Showdown on H-Town Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON (July 24, 2026) \u2013 Houston Dynamo FC\u00a0wrap up a two-match homestand on Saturday, July 25, hosting in-state rivals Austin FC in a Texas Showdown at\u00a0Shell\u00a0Energy\u00a0Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. CT, and fans can secure their tickets for the rivalry\u00a0HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Club will also celebrate\u00a0everything\u00a0Houston during\u00a0H-Town Night, presented by\u00a0College Ave, where fans can look forward to an exclusive Trae the Truth collaboration shirt in the Team Store and delicious Houston cuisine offerings.<\/p>\n

Houston currently holds a strong 5-2-1 (WLD) regular season home record this year and owns a 4-2-0 (WLD) home record against Austin. The team’s most recent meeting versus Austin at Shell Energy Stadium came last year, when Houston earned a\u00a02-0 victory<\/a>\u00a0behind goals from attackers\u00a0Ezequiel\u00a0Ponce\u00a0and\u00a0Ond\u0159ej\u00a0Lingr.<\/p>\n

The Dynamo managed a strong finish during the run into the World Cup break, earning a 5-2-1 (WLD) record in their final eight MLS matches, while posting four clean sheets. They currently sit seventh inside the Western Conference playoff line with a 7-6-2 (WLD) record and 23 points, just three points off the top four spots in a tightly contested table.<\/p>\n

Houston is coming off a\u00a01-1 home draw<\/a>\u00a0versus\u00a0D.C. United on July 22 in front of a crowd of 17,137, the highest attendance for a Wednesday match in Houston since 2022. Mexican international legend\u00a0H\u00e9ctor Herrera\u00a0scored Houston’s lone goal, marking his second goal of the season.<\/p>\n

Notably, forward\u00a0Duncan\u00a0McGuire, who Houston\u00a0acquired<\/a>\u00a0from Orlando City SC earlier this month, made his Dynamo debut as a starter this week during Wednesday’s match. 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

Notably, several Dynamo players have had standout performances since the start of the season. Attacker\u00a0Guilherme\u00a0leads the team with 13 goal contributions, including eight goals and five assists. Forward\u00a0Lawrence\u00a0Ennali\u00a0continues to provide support on both ends of the pitch, contributing three goals and two assists. After dealing with an injury earlier this season, U.S. Men\u2019s National Team midfielder\u00a0Jack\u00a0McGlynn\u2019smagical left foot was on fire. Herrera has provided invaluable leadership both on and off the pitch, while scoring two goals and recording two assists.<\/p>\n

Austin currently sits 14th\u00a0in the Western Conference standings with 17 points and a 4-7-5 (WLD) record and is coming off a 3-1 home victory versus Seattle Sounders FC. Myrto Uzuni leads the team\u2019s attack with six goals and five assists.<\/p>\n

Houston next travel to face Sporting Kansas City on Saturday, Aug. 1, at Sporting Park, with kickoff set for 7:30 p.m. CT. Fan can follow the action live via\u00a0MLS on Apple TV.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON (July 24, 2026) \u2013 Houston Dynamo FC\u00a0wrap up a two-match homestand on Saturday, July 25, hosting in-state…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[130823,70218,70212,53397,56,844,845,58,57,70683,13793,70216],"class_list":["post-386044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-duncan-mcguire","tag-ezequiel-ponce","tag-guilherme","tag-hector-herrera","tag-houston","tag-houston-dynamo-fc","tag-houston-dynamo-news","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-jack-mcglynn","tag-lawrence-ennali","tag-ondrej-lingr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386044","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=386044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}