The Houston Dynamo are coming off something that resembled a game in their 1-3 defeat to the Philadelphia Union. Despite looking in control for most of the match, some poor defending and poor officiating did the home Dynamo in and the Union capitalized on their opportunities. Portland will be the fifth game in two weeks for the Dynamo and Head Coach Wilmer Cabrera has not exactly rested his starting XI for most of that time. Following the game against the Union, options for Cabrera will be more limited which should make for an interesting starting XI.