LAFC handled soundly by Houston Dynamo FC at home as fatigue lingers

Ondrej Lingr #9 of Houston Dynamo FC gets fouled by Nkosi Tafari #91 of LAFC during an MLS match against LAFC on May 10, 2026 at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, California. A chance to earn a bounce-back victory in front of the home crowd came and went for LAFC , as the club ultimately fell 4-1 to Houston Dynamo FC on Sunday evening at BMO Stadium. The Black and Gold are now 6-3-3 and have lost consecutive matches, conceding four goals in each.

Houston secured just its second victory on the road this season, moving to 2-3-0 away from Shell Energy Stadium. Jack McGlynn led the charge, scoring his first two goals of 2026. "It's clear that we dominated possession and were on their half the majority of the game," said head coach Marc Dos Santos.

"But every time we lost the ball, it seemed like we didn't have the capacity to deal with their three players in transition. When you're at this moment in the season where we've given so much physically, there's lapses of quality and concentration that were missing. " With leading scorer Denis Bouanga (yellow card accumulation) out for the match, Nathan Ordaz provided the only tally on the evening for LAFC in the 45th minute, with the squad already trailing 2-0.

He met Jacob Shaffelburg's cross towards the middle of the box and managed to ricochet it past Houston goalkeeper Jonathan Bond for his third goal across all competitions. . @LAFC pull one back before the break!