After two recent games in which the referee was one of the biggest stories, the Houston Dynamo are a team in flux. They combusted in losses at home to Philadelphia and Sporting KC, culminating in that crazy stoppage time blowup against SKC. The Tomas Martinez red was a bad call and possibly a six-point swing, but Houston now are tasked with putting their heads back on straight.
They’ve lost three straight in MLS and haven’t won in five. In a competitive Western Conference race, they are seven points back of the red line. Their path to the playoffs requires a serious run of results, and with a tough six-game gauntlet coming up (plus today’s very important US Open Cup semi against LAFC), they look unlikely to make that run.