We back! MLS has returned, and to kick the season off, the Houston Dynamo are hosting Atlanta United in an Univision-televised Saturday afternoon match.
The eyes of the MLS world will be back on the Western Conference runner-ups at 2:30pm CT. It was a relatively quiet offseason for the Dynamo, as they kept their acquisition list to 21-year-old Venezuelan defender Alejandro Fuenmayor and a few intra-MLS depth findings. Their most notable moves were departures: Cubo Torres was sold to Santos Laguna, Alex bolted for South Korea, and Ricardo Clark signed with Columbus as a free agent.
Without a ton of obvious needs, it makes sense to conserve resources and trust the current squad to keep up last year’s success, especially given the youthful nature of that core.