HOUSTON (AP) — Mateusz Bogusz scored two goals, his first multi-goal game in MLS since 2024, and Jonathan Bond had four saves to help the Houston Dynamo beat Austin FC 3-0 on Saturday night. The Dynamo (8-6-2) are unbeaten in four straight. Guilherme Santos — known simply as “Guilherme” — added a goal and two assists for Houston.
Ezequiel Ponce, on the counter-attack, played a first-touch cross from the right side to Bogusz for a tap-in goal in the 12th minute. Bogusz, in the 29th, outraced the defense to long ball-ahead played by Guilherme and rolled a first-touch shot inside the back post to make it 2-0. Bogusz, who had a career-high 15 goals last season, has four goals in 16 appearances (15 starts) this season.
Guilherme beat goalkeeper Brad Stuver one on one to give Houston a three-goal lead in the 32nd minute. Bond had his fourth shutout this season. Austin (4-8-5), which beat Seattle 3-1 at home on Wednesday, has lost four of its last five.
Austin beat the Dynamo 2-0 at home on April 25. ___ AP soccer: https://apnews.com/soccer Source (AP) — All-Stars Pep Biel and Ashley Westwood scored goals in the opening minutes, Kristijan Kahlina had five saves, and Charlotte FC beat the New York Red Bulls 2-0 on Saturday night.
Charlotte (7-6-4), which is unbeaten in four straight overall, snapped a three-game road losing streak and won at Sports Illustrated Stadium for the first time (1-3-1). The Red Bulls (6-7-4) played a man down after Adri Mehmeti was shown his second yellow card in stoppage time. Liel Abada darted from the left side to the corner of the penalty area and played a low cross to Biel for a first-touch finish from just behind the penalty spot that opened the scoring in the seventh minute.
Kerwin Vargas raced down the right side and tapped a pass back Westwood, who slipped a rising first-touch shot inside the near post from the edge of the penalty arc to make it 2-0 in the 12th. Ethan Horvath stopped one shot for New York. Dean Smith, who was named Charlotte’s coach prior to the 2024 season, has 40 regular-season wins in his first three seasons are a club-best and tied for 11th in MLS history (post-shootout era).
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