HOUSTON—The Houston Dynamo kicked off the Major League Soccer season against long-time in-state rival FC Dallas on a cold, gloomy, rainy Saturday night. Houston took an early lead in the first half but conceded twice in the second half, leading to a 2-1 loss and bragging rights for the moment. After the loss, Dynamo head […]
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HOUSTON – The Houston Dynamo beat themselves in their first-round playoff series against the Seattle Sounders. That was the assessment from Dynamo head coach Ben Olsen after his side’s 6-7 penalty loss in Shell Stadium, effectively ending their postseason run. Olsen’s statement is warranted, seeing how Houston finished their playoff game a man down after
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HOUSTON – A loss like this stings. That was the feeling Houston Dynamo head coach Ben Olsen shared with reporters following his side’s 5-4 penalty loss to Toluca, which ended their League Cup run. Houston had one leg in the Round of 16, carrying a 2-1 lead into extra time, but a Toluca goal in
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HOUSTON – In three short years as a senior national team player, Argentinian goalkeeper Emiliano ‘Dibu‘ Martínez has already achieved a legendary national hero status for Argentina. The legend grew larger Thursday night in Argentina’s Copa American quarterfinal match against Ecuador, where the 6’5 goalkeeper saved two penalties to send La Albiceleste to the Copa
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HOUSTON – Urgency was the name of the game for Mexico in its Copa America 2024 group match against Jamaica, and it paid dividends as El Tri notched the 1-0 victory. Mexico, playing in the Copa America tournament for the 11th time in its history, entered Saturday’s match having lost three of its last four
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HOUSTON – The Houston Dynamo welcomed the Columbus Crew to Shell Stadium for the first leg of the Round of 16 CONCACAF Champions Cup. Columbus, the defending MLS Cup champion, found a goal in the waning moments of extra time to secure the victory and take a one-goal advantage to the second leg. After the
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HOUSTON – In the 2023 MLS season, the Houston Dynamo lost two games at home. Such was their dominance at home that Shell Stadium took on the moniker of Hell in the Shell. The name is a nod to Houston’s blistering heat and the Dynamo’s tough-minded mentality at home. Of Houston’s 51 points last season,
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HOUSTON – The Houston Dynamo entered Saturday’s MLS home opener optimistic as they looked to build on their Western Conference Finals run from a year ago, but after a 1-1 draw against Sporting Kansas City, the team left the match disappointed with its performance. Statistically speaking, the men in orange were the better side on
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HOUSTON – Franco Escobar was bored. The Houston Dynamo left-back regularly stayed behind when the Orange had a corner kick, as his assignment asked him to defend against transition moments. While the first-year Dynamo defender was engaged in his assignment, he wanted more. The Argentinian wanted in on the action. Escobar pestered assistant coach Aurélien
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HOUSTON – The Houston Dynamo are Western Conference Finals bound. It’s a sentence that deserves a re-read because no one could have predicted that. No one could have expected Houston to be in this position after five seasons of being affixed to the bottom of the standings. A team most, if not all, Major League
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