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.

USA vs Chile playing at BBVA Compass Stadium

Pulisic scores, leaves games with injury, and other thoughts from USMNT vs Chile

HOUSTON – The US men’s national team and Chile traded goals within the first 10 minutes of the game in a 1-1 draw at BBVA Compass Stadium. The USMNT got things started in the fourth minute when Gyazi Zardes brought down the ball with a beautiful first touch. On his second touch, Zardes sprung Christian […]

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Steven and Cheeze at White Cup Ent

Two local photographers find beauty in the ordinary

HOUSTON – “There’s a lot of beauty in ordinary things.” Pam Beesly, from the highly-touted sitcom The Office, said that line during the finale of the show, but it also sums up the current photography work of Stephen ‘Steve’ Ramos and Steven ‘Cheeze’ Martinez. The two local Bayoucitians showcased their latest photography artwork earlier this

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Memo talking to reporters after Vancouver home game

Memo Rodriguez’s first career brace lifts Dynamo past Vancouver 3-2

HOUSTON – Before the start of the season, Memo Rodriguez knew what kind of mentality he was going to have for the 2019 Major League Soccer season. The Dynamo Homegrown Player was going to keep pushing all season to get starter’s minutes. Three games into the Dynamo’s MLS season, Rodriguez has two starts and three

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Dynamo player Memo Rodriguez

Memo’s rocket blast, and other observations from Houston’s win over Montreal

The Houston Dynamo nabbed their first win of the season Saturday defeating the Impact 2-1 — but it didn’t come easy. Here are three observations from the game: Memo’s rocket blast I’m no betting man, but I’d put money on Memo Rodriguez’s equalizing goal being named MLS Goal of the Week. What a strike from

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Dynamo midfielder Tommy McNamara (11) crosses the ball into the box.

Three observations from the Dynamo’s 2-0 loss to Tigres in CONCACAF Champions

HOUSTON – Two second-half goals in the span of three minutes sunk the Houston Dynamo against Tigres 2-0 in Tuesday’s CONCACAF Champions match. Here are three observations from the match. Tigres quality on display For 77 minutes, it looked like the Houston Dynamo would leave Leg 1 of their CONCACAF Champions match against Tigres with

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Mauro Manotas addresses reporters after the game

Dynamo forward Mauro Manotas wants to become clubs’ all-time leading scorer

HOUSTON – Mauro Manotas’ objective since joining the Houston Dynamo in 2015 has been to score more goals than the previous year and 2019 is no different. “The objective is to qualify for the playoffs and in the Champions League, to get as far as possible. For the cup, it’s to win it,” Manotas said.

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Soccer field with close up of ball on sidelines

Welcome to Bayoucitian FC

There is never enough soccer coverage in the fourth largest city in the U.S. so welcome to the Bayoucitian FC. A home for Houston Dynamo content and soccer in the Bayou City. Expect to see game coverage, features, photos, videos, and a podcast. It’s a one-man-show for the most part but doesn’t be surprised to

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Houston skyline panoramic

Letter From The Editor

Welcome to The Bayoucitian. What is The Bayoucitian? To start, a Bayoucitian is a resident or native of The Bayou City. And The Bayoucitian is a webzine that will be a collection of feature stories, columns, podcasts, videos, and ramblings. In the beginning, most of the content will be generated by myself and my lovely

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