{"id":426441,"date":"2026-09-04T20:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T20:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/426441\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T20:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T20:48:10","slug":"match-preview-houston-dynamo-fc-travel-east-for-an-interconference-matchup-versus-charlotte-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/426441\/","title":{"rendered":"MATCH PREVIEW: Houston Dynamo FC travel east for an interconference matchup versus Charlotte FC"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON (Sept. 4, 2026) \u2013 Houston Dynamo FC\u00a0hit the road on Saturday, Sept. 5, traveling east for an interconference matchup versus Charlotte FC at Bank of America Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CT, and fans can stream the action live on\u00a0Apple TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Houston remains one of the hottest teams in the Western Conference, currently sitting second in the Western Conference with 39 points and a 12-7-3 (W-L-D) record, the highest point total in team history through 22 matches. Notably, Houston recently tied a league-record with a five-match shutout victory streak and held opponents scoreless for an impressive 485 minutes, the second-longest run over the last decade for the Dynamo.<\/p>\n

Saturday’s fixture will mark the third meeting in the all-time regular season series between Houston and Charlotte, with each team winning one match. In their most recent matchup, the Dynamo\u00a0defeated The Crown 1-0<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0Shell\u00a0Energy\u00a0Stadium\u00a0in June 2024 thanks to a goal from forward\u00a0Aliyu\u00a0Ibrahim.<\/p>\n

Houston is coming off a scoreless home draw versus the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night,\u00a0marking the team’s tenth clean sheet of the season, and the sixth shutout in the last seven matches. The result added to the team’s home record this season, which now stands at 7-2-2 (WLD), and also maintained a strong all-time home record versus San Jose, supplementing a 13-3-2 (WLD) record.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Charlotte is coming off a 2-0 road victory versus Atlanta United FC on Aug. 29 and is currently on a four-match unbeaten streak, winning two and drawing two during that span. They currently sit fifth in the Eastern Conference with 35 points and a 10-7-5 (W-L-D) record. Pep Biel leads the team’s attack with 11 goals and nine assists.<\/p>\n

Dynamo attacker\u00a0Guilherme\u00a0has now scored or assisted on 63.3% of Houston’s goals this season, one of the highest rates in MLS so far, and he is pursuing the all-time single-season record set by Sebastien Le Toux in 2010 for the Philadelphia Union at 71.4%. The Brazilian recently managed a four-match scoring streak, just one short of the Club\u2019s all-time record, as forward Mauro Manotas managed five in 2019.<\/p>\n

At the close of the league\u2019s Secondary Transfer Window, the Dynamo\u00a0announced the signing<\/a>\u00a0of English Premier League forward\u00a0Lyle\u00a0Foster\u00a0on loan from Burnley FC. The South African international joins the Dynamo after spending the past four seasons with Burnley, making 89 league appearances and scoring 11 goals across the Premier League and EFL Championship, while earning 33 senior caps at the international level and scoring 11 goals. The latest transfer window saw Houston acquire two other impact players, including veteran\u00a0defender\u00a0**Marcelo**\u00a0**Saracchi**<\/a>\u00a0on full transfer from the Argentinian top-flight’s CA Boca Juniors on Aug. 11 and\u00a0forward\u00a0**Duncan**\u00a0**McGuire**<\/a>\u00a0in a trade with Orlando City SC on July 10.<\/p>\n

The Dynamo return to Shell Energy Stadium on for a midweek matchup versus Real Salt Lake on Wednesday, Sept. 9. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. CT, and fans can secure their tickets for the match via Tixr\u00a0HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON (Sept. 4, 2026) \u2013 Houston Dynamo FC\u00a0hit the road on Saturday, Sept. 5, traveling east for an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,844,845,58,57],"class_list":["post-426441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-dynamo-fc","tag-houston-dynamo-news","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426441","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=426441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}