Nick Markanich

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Houston Dynamo
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The Houston Dynamo Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match19 Aug 2026

Lawrence Ennali sends Houston Dynamo through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Lawrence Ennali obliged against New England Revolution. 3‑1 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Houston Dynamo.

Squad24 Aug 2026

3 goals for Lawrence Ennali

The match ball belongs to Lawrence Ennali, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.

Market24 Aug 2026

Guilherme wants European nights

The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Guilherme beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 23. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad24 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Houston Dynamo

Agustín Bouzat and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The terraces24 Aug 2026

Houston Dynamo supporters have found a favourite in Samuel Gidi

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Samuel Gidi has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Lawrence Ennali was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.23. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Nick Markanich in the eights

A performance of 8.07 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match22 Aug 2026

Houston Dynamo caught on 94 minutes

The board was up, the win was priced in, and then Portland Timbers scored. There is no worse minute to concede in and the ground emptied in the silence that follows one.

In brief

Back issues
3 Edition

The Houston Dynamo Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match12 Aug 2026

Houston Dynamo march on in the cup

CF Montreal are out and Houston Dynamo go through, 3‑1 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Houston Dynamo baulk at the price for Chris Brady

Chicago Fire wanted more than $2.5M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Artur goes up and wins it — 7.93

A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.93 for the rest of it.

Market17 Aug 2026

Colorado Rapids come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Houston Dynamo did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Houston Dynamo

Agustín Bouzat and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Nick Markanich was on a different afternoon to everybody else

9.10. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Match15 Aug 2026

Houston Dynamo come up short against Vancouver Whitecaps

Vancouver Whitecaps left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

One of those days for Duane Holmes

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.03, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Felipe Andrade falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

In brief

  • Squad Houston Dynamo are still strangers to each other
  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
  • Player ratings Ibrahim Aliyu was unplayable