{"id":226131,"date":"2025-09-14T12:25:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T12:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/226131\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T12:25:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T12:25:05","slug":"houston-dynamo-2-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/226131\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Dynamo 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON (Sept. 13, 2025) \u2013<\/strong> Houston Dynamo 2<\/strong> travel to face Colorado Rapids 2 on Sunday, Sept. 14, at the University of Northern Colorado\u2019s Jackson Stadium, marking the third and final meeting between the two teams this season. Kickoff is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. CT, and fans can stream the action live via MLSNEXTPro.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dos have four regular season matches remaining in their push for the MLS NEXT Pro Playoffs<\/strong>, including two at home and two on the road.<\/p>\n

Dynamo 2 currently sit 11th in the Western Conference with 31 points and a 7-11-6 (WLD) record.<\/p>\n

Houston is coming off a 2-2 home draw versus St. Louis CITY2 on Aug. 31 and claimed two points in the ensuing penalty shootout. Forwards Tom\u00e1s<\/strong> Romero<\/strong> and Joshua<\/strong> Bolma<\/strong> found the back of the net for Dos in relegation, while goalkeeper Pedro<\/strong> Cruz<\/strong> made two key stops in the penalty shootout to secure Houston\u2019s fourth shootout victory of the season.<\/p>\n

Notably, the match marked the return of First Team player Nelson<\/strong> Qui\u00f1\u00f3nes<\/strong>, who played 15 minutes after coming on in the second half\u2013his first action since Dec. 2, 2023.<\/p>\n

Last week, Dynamo 2 announced the signings of Dynamo Academy products **Noah** **Betancourt**<\/a> and **Enrique** **Correa**<\/a>. Betancourt joins Dynamo 2 directly from the Dynamo Academy, where he joined in June 2022 at the age of 16 and represented the Club in various tournaments during his three-year Academy tenure, including the 2024 Generation Adidas Cup with the U-17 squad, where he helped the team reach the Round of 16. The midfielder has already featured for Dos this season, registering 21 appearances and 1,503 minutes. Correa also joins Dynamo 2 directly from the Dynamo Academy, where he joined the U-17 team in September 2022 and represented the squad at the 2023 MLS NEXT Fest and 2023 Generation Adidas Cup. The 18-year-old has made 14 appearances for Dos, while recording two goals and one assist. Notably, both are one of 11 Academy players who have made their professional debuts this year.<\/p>\n

Two Academy players that play on Dynamo 2 returned from international duty earlier this week. Defender Daniel<\/strong> Barrett<\/strong> and Midfielder Mattheo<\/strong> Dimareli<\/strong> are back in Houston after reporting to training camp with the U.S. U-17 Men\u2019s National Team for the September Identity Training Camp in Fayetteville, Ga. Dynamo 2 player David<\/strong> Garcia<\/strong> also returned from international duty with the Venezuela U-17 National Team, scoring one goal across four appearances in a series of international friendlies versus Honduras and Panama.<\/p>\n

Colorado enters the match third in the Western Conference with 45 points and a 13-6-5 (WLD) record. Rapids 2 are coming off a 3-2 victory over Sporting Kansas City II on Aug. 31 behind a goal from James Cameron and a brace from Alex Harris. Billo Diop leads the team\u2019s attack with 12 goals, while Antony Garcia and Sam Bassett are tied for first with five assists.<\/p>\n

In their first matchup this year, Dynamo 2 earned their first penalty kick shootout victory of the year following a scoreless draw on May 9, edging Colorado 5-4 on penalty kicks. The result in regulation marked the team\u2019s second clean sheet of the season, backed by four saves from goalkeeper Pedro<\/strong> Cruz<\/strong>. The two sides met again on July 6, where Dos fell 2-1 on the road. Forward Stephen<\/strong> Annor<\/strong> scored Houston\u2019s lone goal in the 70th minute.<\/p>\n

Houston next host Tacoma Defiance on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at SaberCats Stadium, with kickoff scheduled for 7:00 p.m. CT. Fans can claim their free tickets to the match HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON (Sept. 13, 2025) \u2013 Houston Dynamo 2 travel to face Colorado Rapids 2 on Sunday, Sept. 14,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":226132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[19715,4345,19716,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-226131","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-dynamo-dos","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-houston-dynamo-2","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115202642673591590","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}