The Houston Dynamo Sentinel
Squad8 Mar 2027
A fracture rules Jimmy Maurer out for 102 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Houston Dynamo will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market8 Mar 2027
Mateusz Bogusz wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Houston Dynamo hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Héctor Herrera stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Héctor Herrera and Houston Dynamo agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Houston Dynamo
Agustín Bouzat 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.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Nobody could get near Mateusz Bogusz
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
Graduation day at Houston Dynamo
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Agustín Bouzat gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market8 Mar 2027
Eyes on Nelson Quiñones again
The phone has started ringing about Nelson Quiñones again, and this time the name on the line is FC Dallas. Houston Dynamo are listening politely and promising nothing.
The terraces8 Mar 2027
Houston Dynamo supporters have found a favourite in Jack McGlynn
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Jack McGlynn 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.
In brief
- Market Tim Brooks steps up from the Houston Dynamo academy
- Market Houston Dynamo promote Michael Sargent from within
- Boardroom Houston Dynamo are making the ground bigger