Quick Observations from the Houston Dynamo season opener vs. Real Salt Lake

In the season opener for Houston Dynamo FC, the club faced off against the traveling Real Salt Lake at PNC Stadium on early Sunday evening. The atmosphere was electric with many fans having regained confidence in the club’s direction with a new majority owner in Ted Segal, new General Manager Pat Onstad, and new Head Coach Paulo Nagamura along with several key additions to the roster. The direction is certainly oriented correctly, but there’s still progress to be made evidenced by the 0-0 draw. Here are a few of my brief observations from the match:

Hot Start

Houston have a great record for home openers coming into the 2022 campaign with a 7-2-7 record. While they added a draw to that tally,…