HOUSTON (July\u00a025, 2026) \u2013 Houston Dynamo FC earned a 3-1 shutout victory versus in-state rivals Austin FC in front of a sold-out crowd at\u00a0Shell\u00a0Energy\u00a0Stadium tonight\u00a0after\u00a0a third-career MLS brace from attacker\u00a0Mateusz\u00a0Bogusz\u00a0and two goal contributions (one goal and one assist) from attacker\u00a0Guilherme.\u00a0Houston now holds\u00a0a strong 6-2-1 (WLD) regular season home record this year.<\/p>\n
Goalkeeper Jonathan\u00a0Bond contributed five saves tonight, helping the Dynamo secure their\u00a0fifth clean sheet of the season.<\/p>\n
Notably, Guilherme’s performance marked the fifth time this season that he has scored and assisted in the same match. Tonight also saw Mexican legend and midfielder H\u00e9ctor Herrera’s make his 100th appearance for the Dynamo in all competitions.<\/p>\n
Houston got the scoring started early, as Bogusz finished a great transition moment, receiving a diagonal ball from forward\u00a0Ezequiel\u00a0Ponce\u00a0inside the box and\u00a0slotting past Austin goalkeeper Brad Stuver in the 12th\u00a0minute.<\/p>\n
Bogusz then earned his third-career MLS brace and first brace as a member of the Dynamo in the 29th\u00a0minute, scoring in a very different way.\u00a0Guilherme played a long ball over the top, and Bogusz received it, right-footing a first-time low ball past Stuver for a two-goal lead just half an hour into the match.<\/p>\n
Just three minutes later, the lead grew to three, as Guilherme got on the scoreboard, receiving a long ball from midfielder Agust\u00edn Bouzat almost immediately after Austin restarted the match following Houston’s second goal. Guilherme took two touches outside the box and dribbled in toward Stuver, slotting low for a three-goal lead in the 32nd\u00a0minute.<\/p>\n
Ponce nearly added a tally of his own in the 15th\u00a0minute, as a terrific cross-box chip from Herrera found\u00a0the Argentinean striker\u00a0with space near the back post, but his header went just wide of frame, and the advantage remained just one.<\/p>\n
A Bogusz’s hat trick came close in the 51st\u00a0minute when the Polish attacker nearly found the inside of the far post with a curling shot from outside the box.<\/p>\n