{"id":400966,"date":"2026-08-08T06:38:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/400966\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:38:17","slug":"houston-dynamo-2-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/400966\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Dynamo 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON (Aug.\u00a07, 2026) \u2013\u00a0Houston Dynamo 2\u00a0return to\u00a0SaberCats\u00a0Stadium\u00a0to open a three-match homestand on Saturday, Aug. 8,\u00a0hosting\u00a0Real Monarchs\u00a0for what\u00a0is\u00a0the second of\u00a0two\u00a0meetings\u00a0this\u00a0season.\u00a0Kickoff is set for 6:00 p.m. CT, and fans can secure their free tickets\u00a0for the match\u00a0HERE<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dos, who were just\u00a0named\u00a0July\u2019s\u00a0Team\u00a0of the Month<\/a>\u00a0for the\u00a0second time this\u00a0season,\u00a0will\u00a0look to\u00a0extend\u00a0their unbeaten home streak to start the season, which now stands at eight matches, the longest unbeaten home streak in team history.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dynamo 2\u00a0hold\u00a0the upper hand in the all-time series against Real Monarchs with\u00a0a 6-1-1 (WLD) record\u00a0in eight regular season meetings.\u00a0Earlier this\u00a0season, Houston earned a\u00a01-0 shutout victory<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0the Real Salt Lake affiliate behind a goal from forward\u00a0Jahmani “JJ” Bell\u00a0and a seven-save performance from\u00a0goalkeeper\u00a0Pedro\u00a0Cruz, which earned him\u00a0MLS NEXT Pro Player of Matchday 7<\/a>\u00a0honors.\u00a0Cruz is\u00a0currently on loan<\/a>\u00a0with El Paso Locomotive FC in the USL Championship.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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

Houston is coming off just their fourth defeat of the season, falling 3-2 at Sporting Kansas City II on July 31. Forwards\u00a0Arthur\u00a0Sousa\u00a0and\u00a0Austin\u00a0Brummett\u00a0were the team’s goalscorers, with Sousa\u00a0tallying his third goal of the season and Brummett his ninth of the year. Notably, Dynamo 2 wrapped up\u00a0the month of July\u00a0with a 3-1-1 (WLD) record, including a three-match winning streak to begin the month.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dynamo 2 currently sits third in the Western Conference with 42 points and a 12-4-3 (WLD) record. The team\u00a0is also tied for\u00a0fourth in\u00a0goals scored (42),\u00a0scoring\u00a0at least one goal\u00a0every match,\u00a0while Brummett\u2019s\u00a0nine goals\u00a0are\u00a0tied for fifth\u00a0in\u00a0the league.\u00a0Dos has\u00a0also\u00a0conceded the\u00a0second fewest\u00a0goals\u00a0(19) across the league this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Real Monarchs finished July with a\u00a01-2-1 (WLD) record and are coming off a 3-0 road loss to St. Louis CITY2 on Aug. 2. They currently sit 11th\u00a0in the Western Conference table with 26 points and a\u00a06-11-4 (WLD) record.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Just this week, Dynamo 2\u00a0signed 20-year-old Brazilian midfielder\u00a0Vitor\u00a0Andr\u00e9\u00a0on a free transfer\u00a0from Brazilian top-flight\u2019s SE Palmeiras. He arrives in Houston after progressing through the youth ranks of Brazilian soccer, making his mark with\u00a0Ituano\u00a0Fuetbol\u00a0Clube (2021-22) and S\u00e9rie A giants SE Palmeiras (2022-26). Andr\u00e9 appeared in 12 matches for\u00a0Ituano\u00a0FC’s academy, before becoming a regular for Palmeiras’ U-17 and U-20 squads, totaling 75 appearances and four goals across both levels. The\u00a0midfielder\u00a0helped\u00a0the club\u00a0win the Campeonato Brasileiro U-17, Copa do\u00a0Brasil\u00a0U-17, Campeonato Paulista U-17, Campeonato Paulista U-20\u00a0and Campeonato Brasileiro U-20.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last week, midfielder\u00a0Matthew\u00a0Arana\u00a0and Dynamo Academy defender\u00a0Brogan\u00a0Fitzsimons\u00a0participated<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a02026 MLS NEXT All-Star Game, presented by\u00a0Allstate,\u00a0on July 27, with both players earning nods in the starting lineup and playing the entire first half. In addition to the match, both players took part in gear hauls, All-Star\u00a0photoshoots\u00a0and other\u00a0events throughout the week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bell returns from international duty after\u00a0representing\u00a0the Jamaica U-20 National Team at the 2026 Concacaf U-20 Championship in Mexico.\u00a0He\u00a0started every match for the Reggae\u00a0Boyz\u00a0during the tournament, helping them finish second in their group before bowing out in the quarterfinals versus Canada’s U-20 team.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Houston next host Ventura County FC on Friday, Aug. 14, at SaberCats Stadium, with kickoff scheduled for 6:00 p.m. CT. Fans can secure their free tickets for the home match\u00a0HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON (Aug.\u00a07, 2026) \u2013\u00a0Houston Dynamo 2\u00a0return to\u00a0SaberCats\u00a0Stadium\u00a0to open a three-match homestand on Saturday, Aug. 8,\u00a0hosting\u00a0Real Monarchs\u00a0for what\u00a0is\u00a0the second…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6963,56,6964,58,57,73516,97210],"class_list":["post-400966","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","tag-matthew-arana","tag-pedro-cruz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400966","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=400966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}