Ezequiel Ponce leads the Houston Dynamo into a matchup with Real Salt Lake following a two-goal showing against San Diego FC.

Ezequiel Ponce leads the Houston Dynamo into a matchup with Real Salt Lake following a two-goal showing against San Diego FC.

Ezequiel Ponce leads the Houston Dynamo into a matchup with Real Salt Lake following a two-goal showing against San Diego FC.

BOTTOM LINE: Ezequiel Ponce leads the Houston Dynamo into a matchup with Real Salt Lake after scoring two goals against San Diego FC. RSL is 5-9-4 in Western Conference play.

BOTTOM LINE: A game after shutting out Saint Louis City SC 1-0, the Houston Dynamo face San Diego FC. San Diego is 12-4-2 against conference opponents.

BOTTOM LINE: Minnesota United faces the Houston Dynamo in conference action. United is 5-4-5 in Western Conference play. United has a 4-0-1 record in games it scores at least three goals.

A late move to transfer the space shuttle Discovery from Virginia to Houston was blocked, at least for now, on a Senate procedural review.

Gabe Segal leads the Houston Dynamo into a matchup with Sporting Kansas City fresh off of a two-goal showing against New York City FC.

As Austin FC enters its sixth contest of the month when it hosts Houston on Wednesday in a U.S. Open Cup round of 16 match, staying 100% physically may be impossible in such a grueling stretch.