Duane Holmes

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20 Oct 2026
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Duane Holmes

7 Edition

The Houston Dynamo Sentinel

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Jonathan Bond

There were 10 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 Blake Gillingham

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

Squad

Tempers go at Houston Dynamo

Artur 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.

Match

Houston Dynamo come up short against St. Louis CITY SC

St. Louis CITY SC left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Logan Erb out for 31 days

The medical room confirms 31 days on the sidelines for Logan Erb, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

In brief

Back issues
3 Edition

The Houston Dynamo Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Duane Holmes runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 37. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Jonathan Bond is the hero from the spot

A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Jonathan Bond: 2 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.

Match

Houston Dynamo taken apart

1‑5 to Vancouver Whitecaps, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.

Match

The small margins put Houston Dynamo out

Out, 0‑0 to CF Montreal, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Market

Houston Dynamo turn down Inter Miami CF for Ondřej Lingr

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Ezequiel Ponce moves on

Everton pay $9.7M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

The terraces

Houston Dynamo sell a favourite for $9.7M

The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Ezequiel Ponce was one of the reasons people came, and $9.7M does not replace that by itself.

The terraces

The boos come down from three sides

“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 5 of the 25 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.

Market

Blake Gillingham is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Houston Dynamo is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

In brief