Gio Johnson

Goalkeeper - Houston Dynamo
4 Aug 2043
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Gio Johnson

881 Edition

The Houston Dynamo Sentinel

15 Jun 2043
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Santiago Burgos damages knee ligaments — 19 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 19 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Gio Johnson

There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Match

No end in sight to Houston Dynamo's wait for a win

7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Houston Dynamo has to find a result from somewhere.

Market

Only the photograph left for Paul Robinson

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Paul Robinson will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Houston Dynamo the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad

Tempers go at Houston Dynamo

Joaquín Bonnin 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.

Squad

When it matters, Joaquín Bonnin plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

In brief

Back issues
839 Edition

The Houston Dynamo Sentinel

25 Aug 2042
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

A hiding for Houston Dynamo

Beaten 1‑4 by LA Galaxy, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.

Market

Grzegorz Piszczek asks to leave Houston Dynamo

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Tempers go at Houston Dynamo

Amīn-Elias Gröller 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.

Squad

Words at Houston Dynamo training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Joaquín Bonnin is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Santiago Burgos

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Boardroom

Inquest at Houston Dynamo

The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.

In brief