Tonight, D.C. United will be facing a Houston Dynamo side that looks a lot different than they have for most of the season. That's not really a surprise, given that the Dynamo have been sitting somewhere in MLS's bottom three for much of the year; it was time for a change. Owen Coyle made it easy on Houston, as he somehow walked straight into a new job despite his problems in MLS, and assistant coach Wade Barrett has stepped into the void.
Barrett played most of his pro career under Dominic Kinnear, and that has shown through in his lineup choices since taking over as the Dynamo's interim head coach.