Oh, how the mighty have fallen. It might take a moment to remember, but Houston used to be the most dominant team in MLS. They won back-to-back MLS cups in 2006 and 2007 with Dwayne De Rosario and Brian Ching; add to that three deep playoff runs in 2011, ‘12, and ‘13. De-Ro moved on after 2007, and Ching retired in 2013. And then the wheels came off. Houston haven’t made the playoffs since.
In 2016, Houston had 10 losses by 1 goal. 5 of those goals were scored in the final 20 minutes. In 2 matches, against New York on March 19 and against the Portland Timbers on June 26 the Dynamo, held the lead with fewer than 12 minutes to go, and ended up losing.