The Houston Dynamo drew their third straight game last Saturday night against Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium. The game had two very different and defining halves for the Dynamo which highlight some of their problems and simultaneously solutions to those problems. Here are a few of my observations and takeaways from the game.
1) Let’s start with the bad. Essentially the Dynamo came out completely flat and while that can be bad enough, especially on the road, they also fell into their trap of turning the ball over. Turning the ball over has been a repeated problem for Houston for much of this season and its problems are two-fold: first it hinders the offense from creating any chances by denying them the ability to.