{"id":468161,"date":"2026-10-16T20:38:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T20:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/468161\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T20:38:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T20:38:38","slug":"match-preview-houston-dynamo-fc-host-in-state-rivals-fc-dallas-in-texas-derby-on-ring-of-honor-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/468161\/","title":{"rendered":"MATCH PREVIEW: Houston Dynamo FC host in-state rivals FC Dallas in Texas Derby on Ring of Honor Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON (Oct. 16, 2026) \u2013 Houston Dynamo FC\u00a0return to\u00a0Shell Energy Stadium\u00a0to host in-state rivals FC Dallas in a Texas Derby matchup on Saturday, Oct. 17, on what will be\u00a0Ring of Honor Night, presented by\u00a0Heriberto Ramos & Associates. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. CT, and fans can secure their tickets to the match and festivities via Tixr\u00a0HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Dynamo can clinch a spot in the Audi 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs this weekend through one of the following five scenarios:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Houston win vs. Dallas\u00a0or…
\nHouston draw vs. Dallas AND San Diego draw at LA AND Portland lose\/draw vs. Colorado\u00a0or…
\nHouston draw vs. Dallas AND San Diego lose at LA AND Portland lose\/draw vs. Colorado AND Salt Lake lose\/draw at Kansas City\u00a0or…
\nSan Diego lose\/draw at LA AND Portland lose vs. Colorado AND Salt Lake lose at Kansas City\u00a0or…
\nSan Diego draw at LA AND Portland lose vs. Colorado AND Salt Lake draw at Kansas City<\/p>\n

The Club has named Dynamo legend and three-time MLS Cup Champion\u00a0Brian\u00a0Ching\u00a0as the\u00a0inaugural inductee to the\u00a0**Houston Dynamo Ring of Honor**<\/a>, which will recognize former Dynamo players, staff and executives that have made significant impact on the Club and the city of Houston. The former goalscorer will be officially presented with the honor during a special halftime ceremony on Saturday’s Texas Derby. The recognition celebrates Ching’s stellar career in Houston that embodied what the city is all about \u2013 grit, hustle and resiliency.<\/p>\n

With five regular season matches remaining, Houston currently sits fifth in a tightly contested Western Conference table, just five points shy of the top three. The Dynamo hold a 13-9-7 (W-L-D) record on 46 points, the third-highest total through 29 matches in team history. The team has also avoided defeat in 12 of 15 matches since returning from the World Cup break.<\/p>\n

Saturday’s home match will mark the 51st\u00a0regular season meeting between the two Texas sides. Houston currently holds a strong home record against FC Dallas, with a 10-5-11 (W-L-D) mark. Notably, Dynamo President of Soccer, and then goalkeeper,\u00a0Pat\u00a0Onstad\u00a0still holds several regular season individual series records over the Texas rival, including seven victories, four clean sheets and 38 saves. Dallas does not hold an individual regular season series record other than losses and goals allowed.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Houston won the\u00a02025 Copa Tejas, finishing first ahead of Dallas and Austin FC with three points to claim El Capit\u00e1n.<\/p>\n

The Dynamo are coming off a\u00a03-3 road draw<\/a>\u00a0at San Diego FC on Wednesday night. The high-scoring affair featured attacker\u00a0Guilherme’s\u00a0second brace with the Dynamo and attacker\u00a0Mateusz\u00a0Bogusz’s\u00a0seventh goal of the season. All three of Houston’s goals came in the first half, marking the first time the team has scored three goals in a half since July 25, when they earned a\u00a03-0 home victory<\/a>\u00a0over Austin FC.<\/p>\n

Notably, Guilherme\u2019s performance earned him\u00a0MLSSoccer.com Team of the Matchday honors<\/a>\u00a0for Matchday 30. His display also made him the\u00a0first Dynamo player in team history<\/a>\u00a0to record three goal contributions in a half multiple times in a single season (at FC Dallas and versus Austin FC). Additionally, Guilherme has now contributed to 25 of Houston\u2019s 39 goals this season (64.1%), one of the highest rates in MLS so far, and became the\u00a0second Brazilian player in MLS history<\/a>\u00a0to record at least 25 goal contributions in their debut season (Gabriel Pec, 2024).<\/p>\n

Goalkeeper\u00a0Jonathan\u00a0Bond\u00a0currently ranks among the league’s top five in clean sheets this season with ten. The English shot stopper is just two shutouts shy from tying former Dynamo goalkeeper Tally Hall’s Club record of 12 clean sheets in a single season. Bond also recently helped Houston tie 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

Dallas enters this weekend’s match in third place in the Western Conference with 50 points and a 14-7-8 (W-L-D) record. The team has already secured their spot in the Audi 2026 MLS Cup Playoffs after defeating Seattle Sounders FC 1-0 at Toyota Stadium. Dallas has won five of their last seven matches, while Petar Musa leads the team’s attack with 19 goals and ranks second in the MLS Golden Boot race. Joaquin Valiente leads the squad with 13 assists.<\/p>\n

Houston has a former FC Dallas player on their roster in goalkeeper\u00a0Jimmy\u00a0Maurer, who was signed by the Dynamo ahead of the 2025 season. The veteran keeper spent eight seasons with Dallas, making 75 appearances in all competitions for the club. Maurer made his Dynamo debut versus Real Salt Lake on March 15, 2025.<\/p>\n

The Dynamo also faced Dallas in this year’s preseason, defeating them 2-1 in a\u00a0**Torneo de Tejas**<\/a>\u00a0match. Houston went on to\u00a0win the tournament<\/a>\u00a0after securing a 3-2 victory over Red Bulls New York at Shell Energy Stadium during the\u00a02026 Season Kickoff Fan Fest, behind a hat trick from Guilherme. The Dynamo finished atop the four-team table with eight points and a 2-0-1 (WLD) record, also earning points versus Eastern Conference opponent Atlanta United FC.<\/p>\n

Houston continues a two-match homestand on Saturday, Oct. 24, hosting Minnesota United FC on\u00a0Space City Night, presented by\u00a0DUDE\u00a0WIPES. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. CT, and fans can secure tickets to the match via Tixr\u00a0HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON (Oct. 16, 2026) \u2013 Houston Dynamo FC\u00a0return to\u00a0Shell Energy Stadium\u00a0to host in-state rivals FC Dallas in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,70212,844,845,96261,70214],"class_list":["post-468161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-guilherme","tag-houston-dynamo-fc","tag-houston-dynamo-news","tag-jimmy-maurer","tag-jonathan-bond"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468161","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=468161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}