{"id":442111,"date":"2026-09-20T16:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T16:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/442111\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T16:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T16:12:11","slug":"houston-dynamo-2-74","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/442111\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Dynamo 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON (Sept. 20, 2026) \u2013\u00a0Houston Dynamo 2\u00a0close 2026 regular season on Sunday, Sept. 20, with a\u00a0Decision Day\u00a0matchup versus Sporting Kansas City II at\u00a0SaberCats\u00a0Stadium. This match is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. CT, and fans can secure free tickets via\u00a0Tixr\u00a0HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Notably, Dynamo 2 have a chance to make history on Sunday, as a victory would set the team\u2019s single-season wins record with 15. The current 14-win total ties the mark set during their inaugural 2022 season.<\/p>\n

Houston has\u00a0already clinched<\/a>\u00a0a spot in the\u00a0**MLS NEXT Pro 2026 Playoffs**<\/a>, securing their berth on Aug. 23 with a penalty shootout victory over St. Louis CITY2 on the road. Dos currently sits fourth with a 14-7-6 (W-L-D) record and 52 points and will look to finalize their position in the Western Conference standings, with a chance to move up to the third seed ahead of Ventura County FC.<\/p>\n

Sunday will mark the third meeting between Dynamo 2 and Sporting II, with the two teams splitting their first two matches of the season. Houston took the first match back in April,\u00a0defeating SKCII 2-1<\/a>\u00a0behind a first-career MLS NEXT Pro brace from striker\u00a0Austin\u00a0Brummett\u00a0and a six-save performance from goalkeeper\u00a0Pedro\u00a0Cruz,\u00a0who is on\u00a0loan<\/a>\u00a0with USL Championship team El Paso Locomotive FC. Notably, Dos leads the all-time series versus Kansas City II with a 7-4-1 (WLD) record.<\/p>\n

Dynamo 2 enter Decision Day following a two-match week on the road versus in-state rivals North Texas SC. Houston won the first matchup on Sept. 9, earning a\u00a0dramatic 3-2 comeback victory<\/a>\u00a0before playing to a\u00a0scoreless draw<\/a>\u00a0four days later. Dos finished their season series against North Texas with a 2-0-1 (W-L-D) record.<\/p>\n

Kansas City II is coming off a five-game losing streak, most recently falling 5-1 to LAFC2. They currently sit 13th\u00a0in the Western Conference with 20 points and a 5-18-4 (W-L-D) record. Tega Ikoba leads the team\u2019s attack with eight goals.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dynamo 2 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.<\/p>\n

Houston also opened the season with a team record nine-match unbeaten streak, recording eight victories and one draw. The run included a four-match home winning streak to open the season, as well as a three-match home winning streak to begin July.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Aug. 14 marked the first time Houston was held scoreless this campaign, ending a 20-match scoring streak in which the team found the back of the net at least once in every game.<\/p>\n

MLS NEXT Pro\u2019s\u00a0Pick-Your-Opponent format returns for the fourth consecutive year and will be utilized during the first two rounds of the 2026 playoffs. Information regarding this year\u2019s Pick-Your-Opponent live stream will be shared following Decision Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON (Sept. 20, 2026) \u2013\u00a0Houston Dynamo 2\u00a0close 2026 regular season on Sunday, Sept. 20, with a\u00a0Decision Day\u00a0matchup versus…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6963,56,6964,58,57],"class_list":["post-442111","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"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442111","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=442111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}