Houston Dynamo vs CF Pachuca: Highlights, stats, and quotes
(image via Aldo Canale)
The Houston Dynamo finished their disappointing Leagues Cup run with a 2-1 loss to Pachuca at Shell Energy Stadium on Tuesday night.
MATCH SUMMARY
Houston Dynamo FC 1-2 CF Pachuca
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Venue: Shell Energy Stadium - Houston, Texas
Referee: Adonis Carrasco Garcia
Assistants: William Arrieta, Juan Carlos Mora Araya
Fourth Official: Juan Gabriel Calderon Perez
VAR: Anthony De Los Angeles Bravo
Attendance: 9,383
Weather: 83 degrees, mostly clear
SCORING SUMMARY
PAC: Luis Quiñones 1 (unassisted) 24’
HOU: Amine Bassi 1 (penalty kick) 82’
PAC: Gastón Togni 1 (Alán Bautista 1) 85’
DISCIPLINE SUMMARY
PAC: Elías Montiel (caution; foul) 90’+1’
PAC: Alexandre Zurawski (caution; foul) 90’+5’
LINEUPS & STATS
Houston Dynamo FC: Jonathan Bond; Griffin Dorsey (Amine Bassi 65’), Femi Awodesu, Ethan Bartlow, Felipe Andrade (Daniel Steres 83’); Duane Holmes, Artur (Brooklyn Raines 74’), Júnior Urso; Sebastian Kowalczyk, Ondřej Lingr (Toyosi Olusanya 64’), Jack McGlynn (Lawrence Ennali 45’)
Unused substitutes: Jimmy Maurer, Erik Dueñas, Michael Halliday, Sebastián Rodríguez, Blake Gillingham, Pablo Ortiz
Total shots: 8
Shots on goal: 4
Fouls: 8
Offside: 3
Corner kicks: 3
Saves: 3
CF Pachuca: Carlos Moreno; Daniel Aceves, Sergio Barreto, Eduardo Gabriel dos Santos Bauermann, Carlos Sánchez (Brian García 69’); Pedro Pedraza (Gastón Togni 77’), Elías Montiel; Luis Quiñones (Robert Kenedy Nunes 61’) Victor Guzmán (Alán Bautista 45’), Alexei Domínguez; Illian Hernández (Alexandre Zurawski “Alemão” 61’)
Unused Substitutes: Javier López, Luis Rodríguez, José Eulogio, Israel Luna, Jorge Berlanga, Oussama Idrissi, Alexandre Zurawski, David Shrem
Total shots: 12
Shots on goal: 5
Fouls: 15
Offside: 0
Corner kicks: 4
Saves: 3
HOUSTON DYNAMO HEAD COACH BEN OLSEN
On the team’s focus moving forward:
“Our focus is on the last 10 regular season games now, so we will put this tournament to bed. We learned a bit about ourselves and saw some things we wanted to see. We did not get the results that we wanted, but we are better for going through this. Now, it is about seeing what we can do to get into the postseason. That has been our goal and what we talked about on the first day here. When I first got to this Club, I talked about being a team in the postseason year after year and bringing sustainability to what we are doing here. It is still doable. There are a lot of points up for grabs, and we are looking forward to getting back to focusing on the league this week.”
On takeaways from Leagues Cup:
“We saw a lot of different guys play, and those game minutes help players. You can tweak some things when you want to see certain relationships, which provides you with useful snapshots throughout the tournament. The tricky part is trying to do that and still win games. So, I will put some of that on me, because still wanting to see new things at this stage of the season sometimes costs the team results. The message to the group is to show up at the training facility tomorrow with a different energy and let’s make a run at the playoffs with some fire in our bellies. It is not too late.”
