SAN JOSE, Calif. – The Houston Dynamo finally broke their road winless streak on Friday, after 406 days and 20 regular-season matches.
The funny thing is, it wasn’t a peak performance that got the job done.
“It was not a perfect game, from our side of things,” Houston interim head coach Wade Barrett said. “But it’s a perfect result.”
Despite dodging bullets from a desperate San Jose Earthquakes team for much of Friday night, a goal early in each half – Ricardo Clark in the sixth minute and David Horst in the 50th – was enough to carry Houston to a 2-1 victory.