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.

Davy Arnaud, Boniek Garcia, and Darwin Ceren speak to the media
From left, Dynamo interim head coach Davy Arnaud, Boniek Garcia, and Darwin Ceren, address the media after training. (Jesus Acevedo Jr./The Bayoucitian)

Dynamo look to get first win under interim head coach Davy Arnaud

HOUSTON – After a 5-1 drubbing at the hands of heated in-state rival FC Dallas in the Texas Derby, the Houston Dynamo look to bounce back against another rival — Sporting Kansas City — Saturday at Children’s Mercy Park. Both teams are still mathematically in contention for a playoff spot, with Sporting KC sitting in […]

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Mauro Manotas vs FC Dallas
Mauro Manotas, right, evades FC Dallas midfielder Edwin Cerillo, left, during the first Texas Derby of the 2019 season. (Courtesy of DeporteTotalUSA)

Texas Derby: Bragging rights, playoff hopes, are on the line for the Dynamo

HOUSTON – There’s no love lost between Houston and Dallas. And that extends to sports and most certainly to the Houston Dynamo and FC Dallas. Anytime two teams from Houston and Dallas face-off, the banter between the two cities ratches up a notch. And it’s no different when it comes to the only two —

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Tigres after winning Leagues Cup Semifinal
Tigres celebrates after defeating America in their Leagues Cup semifinal bout. (Jesus Acevedo Jr./The Bayoucitian)

Tigres prevail over America in penalties, advance to Leagues Cup Final

HOUSTON – Tigres UANL outlasted America 5-3 in a penalty shootout to advance to the first-ever Leagues Cup Final. The Liga MX giants clashed in front of 22,532 fans at BBVA Stadium. The second-largest crowd to watch a soccer game there, 129 less than the 2017 Western Conference Finals between the Houston Dynamo and Seattle

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Christian Ramirez
Christian Ramirez takes a shot during his second game with the Houston Dynamo. (Courtesy of Houston Dynamo)

Dynamo forward Christian Ramirez wants to continue his scoring ways in Houston

HOUSTON – In 77 Major League Soccer matches, new Dynamo forward Christian Ramirez has scored 29 goals. Now as a member of the Houston Dynamo, Ramirez hopes to continue his goal-scoring ways. And Dynamo fans didn’t need to wait long to see Ramirez score a goal. In his first match in orange, a road game

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Mauro Manotas goal celebration
Mauro Manotas, center, celebrates after scoring the game tying goal against the Colorado Rapids (Courtesy of Houston Dynamo)

Mauro Manotas brace, in-game formation switch, salvages a point at home for Dynamo

HOUSTON – With 16 minutes left in regulation against the Colorado Rapids, the Houston Dynamo were staring at their fourth straight loss at home. The next five minutes changed all that in large part due to Mauro Manotas and an in-game formation switch. The Dynamo surrendered two first-half goals and found it difficult to break

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Boniek Garcia, left, and A.J. DeLaGarza, right, were taken by surprise by Wilmer Cabrera's ouster as head coach. (Jesus Acevedo Jr./The Bayoucitian)

Dynamo players surprised by Cabrera’s ouster as head coach

HOUSTON – Houston Dynamo players knew the 2019 Major League Soccer season wasn’t going as planned, but even they were surprised when the club decided to part ways with Wilmer Cabrera with nine games still left in the season. The club made the decision on Tuesday to go in a different direction, one which Dynamo

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Davy Arnaud
Davy Arnaud answers questions during his first press conference as interim head coach of the Houston Dynamo. (Courtesy of Nigel Brooks)

Davy Arnaud to do anything possible to get Dynamo back on track

HOUSTON – While Davy Arnaud always envisioned becoming a head coach at some point during his coaching career, he never could have expected it would come midseason to take over a team in a downward spiral. That’s the situation Arnaud, a Nederland, Texas native, now finds himself in after being named interim head coach of

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Matt Jordan
Matt Jordan addresses the media a day after Wilmer Cabrera was let go. (Jesus Acevedo Jr./The Bayoucitian)

Matt Jordan: Coaching change is opportunity for fresh prespective

HOUSTON – With nine games left in the 2019 Major League Soccer season, the Houston Dynamo wanted to shake things up to finish the year and opted to part ways with head coach Wilmer Cabrera. The news trickled out onto social media Tuesday evening with the club confirming the rumors to be true. Why now?

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Houmans: The Series an update and crowdfunding incentives survey

When my creator and I first started talking about Houmans, we always envisioned self-funding the project. We wrote the nine-episode series with that in mind. Unfortunately, we were both recently laid off from our respective jobs. Now, both of us are hustling to generate income to pay bills, which leaves little in the way of

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Matias Vera with ball
Matías Vera shields the ball from Sporting KC's Yohan Croizet. (Courtesy of Houston Dynamo)

Matías Vera: The Houston Dynamo’s ball winner

HOUSTON – While the 2019 Major League Soccer season is still ongoing, it’s clear that first-year Houston Dynamo midfielder Matías Vera has made himself indispensable to the Orange. Of the 23 games the Dynamo have played this season, the 23-year-old has started 21 of them. He’s also logged the most minutes, 1839, out of any

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