Jesus Acevedo Jr.

Jesus Acevedo Jr. is the Editor-in-Chief of The Bayoucitian. He's an award-winning bilingual journalist from Houston, TX. A graduate of the University of Houston, he has written for the Houston Chronicle, La Voz de Houston, MLSsoccer.com, and ProSoccerUSA. Before becoming a journalist, Jesus spent his early 20s drumming his way across Houston with two bands — Shortcomings and InsertNameHere. The memories that Jesus made as a musician were the seeds that started the idea for the comedy, Houmans: The Series.

Houston's newcomer Guilherme netted twice to give Houston a comeback win against the Chicago Fire. [Chris Jones | The Bayoucitian]

Three Thoughts from Houston’s 2-1 win over the Chicago Fire

HOUSTON – The Houston Dynamo kicked off the Major League Soccer season with a 2-1 come-from-behind win against the Chicago Fire. The win marks Houston’s first season-opening match victory since 2021. Here are three thoughts from the Dynamo’s first three points of the season. Nonchalant First Half Despite the large number of new signings in […]

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The Houston Dynamo dropped their first Leagues Cup match of the tournament and will rue the costly mistakes (Courtesy of Leagues Cup)

Self-inflicted mistakes cost Houston in 4-1 loss to Tigres

HOUSTON – The Houston Dynamo were in a giving mood in their first Leagues Cup match of the year, gifting the visiting side Tigres UANL two scoring opportunities that the Liga MX side capitalized on en route to a 4-1 win. Heading into the half, Houston trailed by a goal, but aside from the goal, the

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Despite early goal, US falters against Mexico 2-1 in Gold Cup Final

HOUSTON – Mexico captured its region-leading 10th Gold Cup title after defeating old-time rival the United States 2-1 in the Final in front of a sell-out NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. The U.S. took an early lead when centerback Chris Richards headed a Sebastian Berhalter cross off the post and across the goal line. The

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First-year starter Houston Dynamo 'keeper Andrew Tarbell had five saves on the day. (Credit Houston Dynamo)

Three Thoughts on the Dynamo’s road point at Columbus

The Houston Dynamo walked into Lowe Field Saturday against perennial title contenders and talent-loaded Columbus Crew, earning a point in a nil-nil draw. Here are three thoughts from the match. Dynamo’s defensive prowess Over the past two seasons, Houston has been a darling of a certain section of MLS fandom due to their possession-based style

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