Houston Dynamo vs Louisville City FC: Highlights, stats, and quotes
(image via Aldo Canale)
The Houston Dynamo advanced to the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup quarterfinals after beating Louisville City FC 2-1 after added extra time on Wednesday night at Shell Energy Stadium.
MATCH SUMMARY
Houston Dynamo FC 2-1 (AET) Louisville City FC
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Venue: Shell Energy Stadium - Houston, Texas
Referee: Marcos de Oliveira
Attendance: not listed
Weather: 81 degrees, partly sunny
SCORING SUMMARY
LOU: Ray Serrano (Chris Donovan) 67’
HOU: Erik Sviatchenko (Hector Herrera) 89’
LOU: Ezequiel Ponce (Hector Herrera) 101’
DISCIPLINE SUMMARY
LOU: Brandon Dayes (caution; foul) 40’
HOU: Ondrej Lingr (caution; foul) 78’
LOU: Cameron Duke (caution; foul) 117’
LOU: Ray Serrano (caution; foul) 120+1’
LINEUPS & STATS
Houston Dynamo FC: Jimmy Mauer (Jonathan Bond 46’); Franco Negri (Felipe Andrade 81’), Antônio Carlos (C), Erik Sviatchenko (Augustin Resch 91’), Duane Holmes; Aliyu Ibrahim, Augustin Bouzat (Héctor Herrera 69’), Diadié Samassékou (Artur 58’); Mateusz Bogusz (Ezequiel Ponce 58’), Ondřej Lingr, Jack McGlynn (Lawrence Ennali 46’)
Unused substitutes: None
Total shots: 22
Shots on goal: 10
Fouls: 12
Offside: 1
Corner kicks: 10
Saves: 3
Louisville City FC: Collin Haus; Kyle Adams (C), Brandon Dayes, Amadou DIa, Emanuel Perez (Joshua Jones 75’); Jansen Wilson (Ray Serrano), Carlos Moguel Jr. (Samuel Gleadle 58’), Zachary Duncan (Cameron Duke 86’), Evan Davila (Mukwelle Akale 75’), Taylor Davila; Abiola Showunmi (Christopher Donovan 58’)
Unused Substitutes: Ryan Troutman
Total shots: 12
Shots on goal: 4
Fouls: 12
Offside: 4
Corner kicks: 3
Saves: 8
HOUSTON DYNAMO HEAD COACH BEN OLSEN
On the result:
"The Open Cup is never the way you draw it up. That's the most consistent thing about the Open Cup - it's always a grind. And on any run like this - you have a game like this - and they're hard. I talk about the lineup and trying to share minutes and think ahead for Colorado, but we also put a group out there that can get the job done. We had a good start. The missed PK was a little ominous - that would have made the game a lot easier. But, this is the Open Cup.”
On the performance from Louisville City FC:
“I thought that their goalkeeper played very well tonight. He made a couple big time saves, including the PK. And they're a good team. They're gutsy. They were rested. They looked like they had a little bit more energy than us. Again, a lot of those guys were rested, so some of that's normal. Our quality was okay. It just was a little bit off of the tempo that we needed to play with, and we continued to need better ideas on how to create more opportunities. We had 10 shots on goal, 22 shots. That's good, but I think we could have created higher quality chances with just a little bit more quality.”
On Hector Herrera coming in and changing the match:
“You're spot on there. I thought he came in and gave us exactly what he does: it's breaking down low pressure. It's circulating the ball and having different ideas. And he also understood that sometimes you just serve the frickin' ball; that's what we needed to do more. He has a sense of what the game needs, because he's (played) hundreds of games, and at a high level, and he just is one of the guys that's able to process what's going on. But, uh, he played a lot of minutes on the weekend, and he is 35 years old. So, we have to also be careful with his minutes. But, again, I thought he came in and did a good job, and it was unfortunate they scored right before. But overall, he did a very good job of settling the game.”
