Overview
- Ezequiel Ponce put Houston ahead in the 35th minute from an Ondřej Lingr pass for his career-high eighth MLS goal.
- Lucas Sanabria, on as a 61st-minute substitute, leveled in the ninth minute of second-half stoppage time with assists to John Nelson and Gabriel Pec.
- Houston remains three points behind San Jose for the last playoff spot in the West with just over a month left in the regular season.
- The defending champion Galaxy continued their away struggles at 0-9-6 and moved to 4-16-8 overall, while the Dynamo sit at 8-12-9.
- JT Marcinkowski made one save in his first Galaxy start and Jonathan Bond recorded three for Houston, which also saw defender Ethan Bartlow exit injured in the 76th minute.