Houston Dynamo vs San Diego FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Houston Dynamo vs San Diego FC — MLS at PNC Stadium.
- Houston Dynamo 14 games · 22 pts (2026/26)
- San Diego FC 15 games · 17 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Rubiel Vazquez
10 games this season 🟨 2.3/game ⚽ 8.6 goals/game 🟥 2 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 14 33 2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31 3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26 4 New England Revolution 14 25 5 New York Red Bulls 15 22 6 Charlotte FC 15 21 7 FC Cincinnati 15 20 8 New York City FC 15 19 9 D.C. United SC 15 18 10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16 11 Toronto FC 14 14 12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14 13 Orlando City SC 15 14 14 Atlanta United FC 14 11 15 Philadelphia Union 15 7 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32 17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32 18 Real Salt Lake 14 26 19 FC Dallas 15 25 20 Los Angeles FC 15 24 21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24 22 Houston Dynamo 14 22 23 Minnesota United FC 15 22 24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20 25 San Diego FC 15 17 26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16 27 St. Louis City 14 16 28 Portland Timbers 14 14 29 Austin FC 15 14 30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 23 Apr San Diego FC H 1–0 W 18 Apr Orlando City SC A 1–0 W 12 Apr Colorado Rapids SC A 2–6 L 05 Apr Seattle Sounders FC H 0–1 L 22 Mar FC Dallas A 3–4 L 15 Mar Portland Timbers H 3–2 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 23 Apr Houston Dynamo A 0–1 L 19 Apr Real Salt Lake A 2–4 L 12 Apr Minnesota United FC H 1–2 L 05 Apr San Jose Earthquakes A 0–3 L 22 Mar Real Salt Lake H 2–2 D 15 Mar FC Dallas A 3–3 D Season Stats
Houston Dynamo San Diego FC #22 Position #25 22 Points 17 14 Played 15 7 / 1 / 6 W / D / L 4 / 5 / 6 19 Scored 30 23 Conceded 27 -4 GD +3 1.57 PPG 1.13 50% Win % 27% Key Stats
67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history29% Clean Sheets
Houston Dynamo this season27% Clean Sheets
San Diego FC this seasonHouston Dynamo are 22nd (22 pts). San Diego FC are 25th (17 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Houston Dynamo0-15–/216-301/231-453/246-602/361-753/276+2/2■ Scored ■ ConcededSan Diego FC0-154/516-302/231-452/746-602/161-753/276+4/5■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds PNC Stadium will turn into a battlefield for Houston Dynamo and San Diego FC.
- 5' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Houston Dynamo winning 100% of all matches.
- 10' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 14' The referee shows Houston Dynamo player a card on 14.
- 19' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 19 minutes.
- 24' Supporters expect more eagerness from Amahl Pellegrino, as he is very good at scoring at PNC Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 29' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 34' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering San Diego FC that had 44 games and scored 67 goals.
- 35' Houston Dynamo is taking the lead after the goal scored by Ibrahim Aliyu on 35.
- 38' That looks like a foul for a card for Anibal Godoy.
- 43' It’s high time Mikey Varas made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 48' It looks surprising Houston Dynamo does not make any changes. Manu Duah has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 53' San Diego FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 58' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 63' Houston Dynamo is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 66' Time for substitution for Houston Dynamo. Guilherme is replaced by Ezequiel Ponce.
- 71' It looks like no one’s ball. Houston Dynamo is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 75' Time for substitution for Houston Dynamo. Mateusz Bogusz is replaced by Lawrence Ennali.
- 77' Another change for San Diego FC made on 77 minute. Alexander Mighten leaves to be changed by David Vazquez.
- 79' The referee shows San Diego FC player a card on 79.
- 80' It’s gonna be a card for Mikey Varas.
- 85' San Diego FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 85.
- 90' Houston Dynamo receives a card for a hard tackle on 90.
- 90' The whistle greets Felipe as he departs to be replaced by Erik Sviatchenko.
- The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for San Diego FC.
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Lineups
Houston Dynamo Lineups
Starting XI
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- 31
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18
Diadie Samassekou ↓ Artur 66'
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30
Agustin Bouzat ↓ Hector Herrera 77'
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20
Guilherme ↓ Ezequiel Ponce 66'
- 19
- 9
- 21
- 24
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36
Felipe ↓ Erik Sviatchenko 90'
- 34
Bench
- 14
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16
Hector Herrera ↑ 77'
- 1
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10
Ezequiel Ponce ↑ 66'
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6
Artur ↑ 66'
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28
Erik Sviatchenko ↑ 90'
- 13
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11
Lawrence Ennali ↑ 75'
- 17
Coach Ben OlsenSan Diego FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 20
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9
Lewis Morgan ↓ Amahl Pellegrino 66'
- 10
- 77
- 8
- 97
- 6
- 33
- 18
- 26
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17
Osvald Soe ↓ Ian Pilcher 77'
Bench
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7
Marcus Ingvartsen ↑ 66'
- 21
- 1
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70
Alejandro Alvarado Jr ↑ 90'
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90
Amahl Pellegrino ↑ 66'
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19
David Vazquez ↑ 77'
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25
Ian Pilcher ↑ 77'
- 29
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Coach Mikey Varas -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Anders Dreyer 2 Ezequiel Ponce 2 Lawrence Ennali 1 Milan Iloski 1 Onni Valakari 1 Luca Bombino 1 Sergio Santos 1 Felipe 1 Head to Head
Houston Dynamo Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 41.92 Houston Dynamo xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.71 San Diego FC xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 70% + Over 2.5 goals 69%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Houston Dynamo winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.63Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 88% 12% ± 2.5 69% 31% ± 3.5 49% 51% ± 4.5 30% 70% Double Chance
Houston Dynamo or Draw 70%Draw or San Diego FC 53%Houston Dynamo or San Diego FC 77%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Houston Dynamo win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 9.6%2 – 1 8.1%1 – 2 7.2%2 – 2 6.8%3 – 1 5.1%2 – 0 4.9%1 – 0 Actual3 – 2 4.4%1 – 3 4.1%0 – 0 4%0 – 1 4%0 – 2 3.9%Asian Handicap — Houston Dynamo
Handicap Houston Dynamo covers Push San Diego FC covers -2.5 11% — 89% -2 11% 13% 76% -1.5 24% — 76% -1 24% 19% 58% -0.5 42% — 58% +0.5 66% — 34% +1 66% 16% 18% +1.5 82% — 18% +2 82% 10% 7% +2.5 93% — 7% Clean Sheet
Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet 19% ✗San Diego FC keeps clean sheet 16% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.