SEATTLE—A mixture of frustration and pride spread throughout the Houston Dynamo locker room after Thursday night’s 3-0 loss to the Seattle Sounders in Leg 2 of their Audi 2017 MLS Cup Playoffs Western Conference Championship series. Frustration with the 5-0 aggregate loss, pride in simply having reached the penultimate round for the first time since 2013 – and doing so in head coach Wilmer Cabrera’s first season.
“No one expected us to get this far but us,” said veteran defender DaMarcus Beasley. “It still leaves a bad taste in your mouth. We were really confident coming into this series, especially how we’ve been at home.