{"id":783182,"date":"2026-05-09T01:27:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T01:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/783182\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T01:27:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T01:27:17","slug":"houston-dynamo-2-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/783182\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Dynamo 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>HOUSTON (May 8, 2026) \u2013 Houston Dynamo 2<\/strong>\u00a0midfielder\u00a0<strong>Gilberto<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Rivera<\/strong>\u00a0will join Phoenix Rising FC in\u00a0USL\u00a0Championship on loan for the remainder of the 2026 season, both teams announced today.<\/p>\n<p>Rivera has totaled eight appearances for Dos this season, recording two goals and one assist in the team\u2019s undefeated start to the season as they sit atop the Western Conference standings.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old midfielder was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstondynamofc.com\/news\/houston-dynamo-fc-selects-five-players-in-the-2026-mls-superdraft-signs-two-dynamo-academy-products\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">drafted<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<strong>Houston Dynamo FC<\/strong>\u00a0with the 88th\u00a0overall pick in the\u00a0<strong>2026 MLS SuperDraft<\/strong>\u00a0out of San Jose State University, where he concluded his junior season with 52 appearances, three goals and 10 assists. Rivera later\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstondynamofc.com\/dynamo2\/news\/houston-dynamo-2-sign-three-2026-mls-superdraft-picks-to-mls-next-pro-contracts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">signed with Dynamo 2<\/a>\u00a0in February.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TRANSACTION<\/strong>: Houston Dynamo 2 loaned midfielder Gilberto Rivera to USL Championship side Phoenix Rising FC\u00a0for the remainder of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON (May 8, 2026) \u2013 Houston Dynamo 2\u00a0midfielder\u00a0Gilberto\u00a0Rivera\u00a0will join Phoenix Rising FC in\u00a0USL\u00a0Championship on loan for the remainder&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":783183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,19715,19716,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-783182","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-dynamo-dos","12":"tag-houston-dynamo-2","13":"tag-phoenix","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116542023162141141","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783182","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=783182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}