The Houston Dynamo are taking a huge step up in opponent class with the matchagainst Valencia. And they'll be doing it with several of the team's mainstayson various national team duty — including the high-flying Je-Vaughn Watson.

It's unlikely the Dynamo would have been able to lure Valencia to town withoutthe new BBVA Compass Stadium.

Will goalie Tally Hall be up to the challenge?

The heat at the Houston Dynamo's new stadium is already notorious. Here, you cansee it in midfielder Brad Davis' sweat.

Valencia doesn't figure to be left down and out by the heat in a night match —like the LA Galaxy's David Beckham was in the heart of the day.

The Houston Dynamo's new stadium is beautiful — but the team needs more starpower.

If Brad Davis or Will Bruin aren't scoring for the Dynamo, who will?

David Beckham will be the star in the new Dynamo stadium. Though, he is expectedto be wearing a shirt.

The Dynamo are putting pressure on goalies, but not always converting.

Gordo, Calvo y Bajito (Short, Bald and Fat) is animated in the rotoscopetechnique that Richard Linklater used to make Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly.

In in the title role of El Estudiante, Esteban Lamothe gives a subtleperformance.

Latin Wave 7 film festival continues through Sunday.