Pre-season Observations from the Houston Dynamo vs. the Colorado Rapids

Houston Dynamo FC haven’t had many preseason fixtures streaming, but they did this last Saturday and I’ve provided a few of my personal thoughts on how the team and newly minted Head Coach Paulo Nagamura have done in their 3-2 win over the Colorado Rapids.

The Start

It’s preseason isn’t it! The Dynamo didn’t come out hungry, well organized, they were overly conservative, and struggled to move the ball up the pitch for extended stretches early in their first streamed game this preseason. Often times the Dynamo players were sitting too deep early into a game in a neutral venue and didn’t do a good job connecting with the forwards. The space between the defenders and the midfield also created…