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Dynamo lose home playoff match for only the second time

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The Houston Dynamo have a remarkable 10-2-3 home playoff record (Robertson and BBVA Compass Stadiums) since moving to Houston from San Jose before the 2006 season.  Unfortunately one of those two losses came last night when the Dynamo were soundly beaten 2-0 by the Seattle Sounders in a sold-out BBVA Compass Stadium. I am not going to spend a lot of time talking about this match because: It was depressing and writing about it doesn’t improve the result. Seattle is defending MLS Cup Champions for a reason, and that is…. If you honestly look at the rosters both teams put … Continue reading Dynamo lose home playoff match for only the second time

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The Dynamo are back in the MLS Western Conference Finals (whether anybody outside of Houston likes it or not)

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Seven Conference finals in the Houston Dynamo’s twelve years of existence.  Four MLS Cup final appearances and two trophies.  Apparently this history doesn’t earn much respect from Merritt Paulson, Portland Timbers owner, who after his teams semifinal loss to the Dynamo said in an interview recently that Houston’s next opponents, reigning MLS Champions Seattle Sounders, “has a pretty easy path to MLS Cup”. Seattle has been established as a prohibitive favorite by the league’s pundits, many of whom are still disturbed that the Dynamo destroyed the cool match that so-called neutral observers expected with a Portland-Seattle Western Conference Final.  But … Continue reading The Dynamo are back in the MLS Western Conference Finals (whether anybody outside of Houston likes it or not)