Scouting Report: How to short-circuit the Houston Dynamo

Troy Taormina-USA TODAY SportsThe first place team in the Western Conference, Houston Dynamo (ed. note: what did I just read.), will be welcomed to CenturyLink Field by the Seattle Sounders this Sunday night. This is the second and final regular season meeting between the two teams. Houston defeated Seattle 2-1 in the season opener, behind goals from Erick Torres and Romell Quioto. Clint Dempsey scored the Sounders lone goal.

The Dynamo are coming off a 5-1 domination of Real Salt Lake, while the Sounders were embarrassed once again on the road, this time 3-0 by Columbus Crew SC. With their win Wednesday night, Houston has 23 points through 14 games played (1.64 ppg) and with Seattle’s loss,…