North Texas SCD23 Aug · Home Minnesota United II · 1:1D29 Aug · Away St. Louis City II · 1:1W5 Sep · Home Real Monarchs · 4:1L10 Sep · Home Houston Dynamo II · 2:3D14 Sep · Home Houston Dynamo II · 0:0L20 Sep · Away Colorado Rapids II · 1:2
0:0
Finished
Kick-off was
BST
Austin IID20 Aug · Away North Texas SC · 0:0W24 Aug · Home San Jose Earthquakes II · 1:0L30 Aug · Away Portland Timbers II · 1:2W5 Sep · Away Houston Dynamo II · 2:0W14 Sep · Home Colorado Rapids II · 1:0W20 Sep · Away St. Louis City II · 2:0
In the MLS Next Pro game on 20 August 2026, North Texas SC beat Austin II 0:0. Match numbers: shots on target 6:2, corners 6:5.
Match report
North Texas and Austin II played out a 0:0 draw in regular time before Austin II won the penalty shootout at the Stadium Texas Health Mansfield on 20 August 2026. The MLS Next Pro Group Stage fixture finished 4:0 on spot-kicks after four successive visitors converted while the hosts failed to find the net. The result leaves Austin II top of the group with 56 points from 25 games, while North Texas sit fourth on 35 points after 24 matches.
And here's the thing — the shootout told its own story. E. Nys missed first for the hosts, then S. Dobrijevic and V. Danciutiu followed suit before D. Abarca's attempt also found nothing. Austin II answered cleanly through D. Barro, N. Simmonds, N. James and T. Ospina without a single error.
The match had turned before penalties arrived. L. Martins received two yellow cards on 60 and 64 minutes, leaving North Texas with ten men for the final quarter. To be fair, the home side had already been under pressure, with Austin II controlling 64 percent of possession and registering 172 attacks against 115. The red card simply accelerated what was coming.
By then the statistics showed the imbalance clearly. Austin II registered six shots on target across 172 attacks, while North Texas managed six attempts on target from 115 attacks with 36 percent possession. The visitors were dominant in the air from set plays and pinned the hosts back after the dismissal.
The draw extends Austin II's unbeaten run in recent fixtures — four wins and two draws in their last six — while North Texas continue to search for consistency after alternating between victory and heavy defeat. The table gap remains at 21 points, and the hosts still need to find answers before the group stage closes.
Prepared from match data
Key numbers
Possession, %36–64
Shots on target6–2
Shots off target8–2
Attacks115–172
HT🟨29' L. Vejrostek — Yellow card⇄46' D. Kimbrough — Substitution🟨55' E. Watt — Yellow card🟨55' J. Bery — Yellow card🟨60' L. Martins — Yellow card⇄60' A. Gonzalez — Substitution⇄60' K. Hot — Substitution⇄60' P. Gryczewski — Substitution⇄61' P. Gryczewski — Substitution🟨64' L. Martins — Yellow card🟥64' L. Martins — Red card⇄65' L. Vejrostek — Substitution⇄65' D. Baran — Substitution⇄65' I. Sall — Substitution🟨67' R. Louis — Yellow card🟨67' P. Cayelli — Yellow card⇄86' L. Feliciano — Substitution⇄86' R. Louis — Substitution⇄90+1' C. Swann — Substitution
D23 Aug · Home Minnesota United II · 1:1D29 Aug · Away St. Louis City II · 1:1W5 Sep · Home Real Monarchs · 4:1L10 Sep · Home Houston Dynamo II · 2:3D14 Sep · Home Houston Dynamo II · 0:0L20 Sep · Away Colorado Rapids II · 1:2
D20 Aug · Away North Texas SC · 0:0W24 Aug · Home San Jose Earthquakes II · 1:0L30 Aug · Away Portland Timbers II · 1:2W5 Sep · Away Houston Dynamo II · 2:0W14 Sep · Home Colorado Rapids II · 1:0W20 Sep · Away St. Louis City II · 2:0
