Houston Dynamo beat Sounders on road for first time 1-0

SEATTLE (AP) — Houston defender Lucas Halter scored in the first half and Jonathan Bond made it stand up as the Dynamo beat the Seattle Sounders for the first time on the road 1-0 on Wednesday night.

Match detail

Houston (14-9-9) entered with a 0-13-4 all-time record in Seattle and hadn’t even earned a point there since 2016. The victory vaults the Dynamo into fourth place in the Western Conference with the top four teams earning home-field advantage in the best-of-3 first round.

Houston grabbed the lead in the 26th minute when Halter took a corner kick from Mateusz Bogusz and used his head to score his first goal in his 20th MLS appearance. It was the fifth assist this season for Bogusz.

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— Major League Soccer (@MLS) October 29, 2026

Bond finished with six saves to earn his 13th clean sheet of the season for Houston — tied for second most in the league.

Andrew Thomas did not have a save for Seattle (11-11-10), which fell to eighth in the West with two matches remaining and a two-point lead over the 10th-place Los Angeles Galaxy. The top nine clubs in each conference advance to the postseason.

The Sounders beat the Dynamo 1-0 in Houston to begin April.

Houston had played to four straight draws this month entering play, while the Sounders were coming off back-to-back ties.

Up next

Houston: At Portland Timbers on Sunday.

Seattle: At Vancouver Whitecaps on Sunday.

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