Brayan Gómez

Central Midfielder - Houston Dynamo
7 Nov 2029
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Brayan Gómez

168 Edition

The Houston Dynamo Sentinel

15 Oct 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Jonathan Bond decides it from twelve yards

2 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.

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Nothing got past Nikola Djordjevic

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 35 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

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Nothing got past Erico Cuello

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 32 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

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Nobody could get near Brayan Gómez

Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

John Pulskamp keeps Houston Dynamo in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Squad

Héctor Herrera in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Houston Dynamo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

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Nelson Quiñones in the eights

A performance of 9.01 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match

Houston Dynamo get the job done against San Jose Earthquakes

A 2‑0 win over San Jose Earthquakes, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Kevin Fernández signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Kevin Fernández and Houston Dynamo agree another 3 years.

In brief

Back issues
151 Edition

The Houston Dynamo Sentinel

18 Jun 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Brayan Gómez says Houston Dynamo went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

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Ibrahim Aliyu runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Tempers go at Houston Dynamo

Héctor Herrera was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

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One of those days for Guilherme

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.22, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Match

Lawrence Ennali the difference as Houston Dynamo beat Minnesota United FC

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Lawrence Ennali. 2‑1 against Minnesota United FC, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

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Lawrence Ennali in the eights

A performance of 8.77 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

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Jack McGlynn in the eights

A performance of 8.54 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

Home is on Sajjad Ashouri's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Houston Dynamo are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

Squad

No hiding place for Alvas Powell

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alvas Powell, and the manager let it.

In brief

114 Edition

The Houston Dynamo Sentinel

2 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Brayan Gómez: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Houston Dynamo have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Ezequiel Ponce in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Houston Dynamo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Diadié Samassékou stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Diadié Samassékou and Houston Dynamo agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief