Who: Inter Miami v. Houston Dynamo When: Wednesday, September 27 @ 7:30 pm CDT Where: DRV Pink Stadium; Ft. Lauderdale, FL Records: Inter Miami (9-15-4), 13th, MLS East Houston Dynamo (12-11-7), 4th, MLS West TV: English: CBS Sports Network/Paramount+ & Spanish: Universo/Peacock Radio: ??? This is the sixth U.S. Open Cup game for the Dynamo and for Miami this year. Inter Miami got past Miami FC (USLC), 2-2 (pks 3-5); Charleston Battery (USLC), 1-0; Nashville (MLS) 2-1; Birmingham Legion (USLC) 0-1; and Cincinnati (MLS) 3-3 (pks 4-5) to get to the Final. Houston is going for a 2nd US Open Cup title. Inter Miami lost in the Round of 16 to Orlando in 2022. That was their only other appearance in the tournament due to the cancellations in 2020 and 2021. Open Cup games play overtime before going to penalties. The teams have never met in the U.S. Open Cup. The most recent MLS meeting was a home win, 1-0, for the Dynamo in April of 2023. Houston won, 1-3, in Miami in MLS play in April of 2022. The only other meeting was a 1-0 loss in Miami in 2020. Miami is 3-1-0 in their last 5 games in all competitions, scoring 12 goals and allowing 8. Their most recent game was a at Orlando on Sunday, September 23. MIA is 12-5-3 in home games in all competitions so far this year. Their next game is hosting NYCFC on Saturday, September 30. The Dynamo are 2-1-2 in the last 5 games in all competitions scoring 8 goals and allowing 4. Houston is 4-9-4 in away games this year in all competitions. The Dynamo next return home to host Dallas on Saturday, September 30, and then travel to Montreal on Wednesday, October 4, before returning home to host Colorado on Saturday, October 7, in the regular season home finale.
Dynamo @ Inter Miami, all-time: 10/10/20 MIA 1-0 HOU 04/02/22 MIA 1-3 HOU That's 1-1-0 with 3 goals scored and 2 allowed.
The hour is at hand. Let's see what HH and our players can accomplish in 2023. Win a trophy for Houston!!! VAMO' HOUSTON!!!
I just realized I didn't update part of this post after the Miami game on Sunday night: Who: Inter Miami v. Houston Dynamo When: Wednesday, September 27 @ 7:30 pm CDT Where: DRV Pink Stadium; Ft. Lauderdale, FL Records: Inter Miami (9-15-5), 14th, MLS East Houston Dynamo (12-11-7), 4th, MLS West TV: English: CBS Sports Network/Paramount+ & Spanish: Universo/Peacock Radio: ??? This is the sixth U.S. Open Cup game for the Dynamo and for Miami this year. Inter Miami got past Miami FC (USLC), 2-2 (pks 3-5); Charleston Battery (USLC), 1-0; Nashville (MLS) 2-1; Birmingham Legion (USLC) 0-1; and Cincinnati (MLS) 3-3 (pks 4-5) to get to the Final. Houston is going for a 2nd US Open Cup title. Inter Miami lost in the Round of 16 to Orlando in 2022. That was their only other appearance in the tournament due to the cancellations in 2020 and 2021. Open Cup games play overtime before going to penalties. The teams have never met in the U.S. Open Cup. The most recent MLS meeting was a home win, 1-0, for the Dynamo in April of 2023. Houston won, 1-3, in Miami in MLS play in April of 2022. The only other meeting was a 1-0 loss in Miami in 2020. Miami is 3-1-1 in their last 5 games in all competitions, scoring 13 goals and allowing 9. Their most recent game was a 1-1 draw at Orlando on Sunday, September 23. MIA is 12-5-3 in home games in all competitions so far this year. Their next game is hosting NYCFC on Saturday, September 30. The Dynamo are 2-1-2 in the last 5 games in all competitions scoring 8 goals and allowing 4. Houston is 4-9-4 in away games this year in all competitions. The Dynamo next return home to host Dallas on Saturday, September 30, and then travel to Montreal on Wednesday, October 4, before returning home to host Colorado on Saturday, October 7, in the regular season home finale.
I’ve never been a big USOC fan (usually most years it’s one good team vs one subpar team that went all in on the tourney, got lucky with the draw, beat a few USL teams, etc,) but this one game has gotten the Dynamo more media attention (Segal long interviews and articles on MLS site, The Athletic, local TV; articles on Olsen, etc) than probably the entire season combined. Yeah, it’s due to Messi, but team trying to capitalize on it so @DynamoManiac argument to rest for the weekend looks worse each day. Two rounds ago, it’s a different equation but no one can deny how high profile these games vs Miami have become.
yeah, it would’ve been different if Miami would’ve gone out in the group stage of Leagues Cup or if they had been mathematically eliminated from the MLS playoffs by now. however, as it is now we have a chance to be the first team that eliminates Messi & Friends. add the chance of Messi hobbling of the bench and it ramps up to possible Willis Reed bum leg/Curt Schilling bloody sock level heroics.
no Jordi and maybe no 90 mnts for Messi IF we win, then the critique will be that we didn't do it against a full Miami team I DON"T CARE! JUST GIVE ME THE DAMN TROPHY! I think this game might need more than two goals to win it. Can we get that done?
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/te...namo-u-s-open-cup-miami-overview-18388256.php Interesting piece about the Dynamo and their awareness of this match's greater implications. Olsen's comments in the last graf were noticeable.
Our once proud club, akin to a proud battleship, we got torpedoed below the water line and the last 10 years almost sunk our ship. A torpedo that was amazingly self inflicted by the previous regime. Coach after coach was hired and fired. Then a new owner and a new coach. Olsen was tasked with turning this battleship around. And that was a task to undertake! This in January. Now here he is with the quote from above about restarting a culture of our once proud club. He has really dug deep and the players responded with him. This effort has been great to see unfold in 2023. GO GET 'EM BOYS! LET'S GO DYNAMO!!! QUEREMOS LA COPA!!!
https://x.com/intermiamicf/status/1707178699978629187?s=46&t=fA6Gl5UqoCUxBLVBGEYvKg He’s not playing. Maniac was right (or whoever said he wasn’t playing). Still think there will be much more coverage than 2018 but it’s a letdown.
Baird My frustration for him only grows by the game Escobar What a mental clown. He's gonna cost us a game sooner or later
I dont completely understand everything he does and my impulse is to criticize him. Then I remember that he is leading the line on team producing goals. No matter what I think that is the most important fact. It is working. That doesnt suggest the Dynamo should not have a 9 on their shopping list.