D.C. United finishes a brutal week of games by flying from Canada to Texas to face the Houston Dynamo. Somehow, despite the Dynamo being the third-best team in the league on a points-per-game basis (2.00 after 10 games, only behind Seattle and LAFC), Houston doesn’t get a ton of attention. They may not have the big names, but Wilmer Cabrera’s team doesn’t give up many goals at all, and has two of the best attackers in the entire league in Alberth Elis and Mauro Manotas.
With Houston facing a similarly demanding week to the inexplicable three-games-in-six-days gauntlet United is enduring (the Dynamo had an extra day off between their first two games this week, and are at home again after Wednesday’s 1-1 draw with Portland, but close enough), let’s get into the possible rotation involved in what will almost certainly be a typical Cabrera 4231:
Goalkeeper: Joe Willis
Our old pal “Angry Joe” Willis took over as Houston’s starter about 13 months ago, and hasn’t given Cabrera any reason to make a switch.