Twelve points separate first-place FC Dallas from the Houston Dynamo in the Western Conference standings but whenever these two Texas teams meet on the pitch, the game — dubbed the Texas Derby — is about much more than three points.
But while the game is a derby, Houston would love nothing more than to get all three points and keep climbing the standings, where they currently sit below the playoff line with 26 points.
“It’s a game where they’re simply ahead of us in the standings, and it’s a chance for us to test ourselves against the team that’s in first place in the West right now,” Dynamo ‘keeper Chris Seitz said.