Observations from the Houston Dynamo loss to the Colorado Rapids

Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports The Houston Dynamo had a tough loss over the weekend to the Colorado Rapids. They went down a goal early and somehow were able to get back into the game, but simply weren’t sharp enough to score and fell behind defensively on some assignments which led the Rapids to capitalize on some mistakes. Here are a few of my thoughts from the game.

1) It was an abysmal start for the Houston Dynamo. Head Coach Tab Ramos had decided to change his formation to a 5-3-2, or a 3-5-2 depending on who had possession, and it didn’t work. The early issues were that the Rapids dominated possession in our half due to spacing problems in the midfield. The Rapids pressed high with the…