The Houston Dynamo Sentinel
Squad3 Aug 2026
A one-man rearguard from Jonathan Bond
There were 6 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.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
New York Red Bulls tell Houston Dynamo: AJ Marcucci is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market3 Aug 2026
Héctor Herrera raises the bar for Houston Dynamo
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Houston Dynamo heard it as anything else.
Squad3 Aug 2026
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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Houston Dynamo
Héctor Herrera 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Blake Gillingham attracts admirers
The name of Blake Gillingham has come up in conversations Houston Dynamo were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Match1 Aug 2026
Austin FC take the points off Houston Dynamo
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market3 Aug 2026
Felipe Andrade 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 ratings3 Aug 2026
Lawrence Ennali runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Squad Home is on Diadié Samassékou's mind
- Market The clock runs on Jonathan Bond's contract
- The dugout David Zardes faces the questions