The San Jose Earthquakes and the Houston Dynamo have a long, intertwined history that makes each matchup between the two teams a loaded one. The franchise, technical and player ties between the Quakes and the Dynamo date back more than a decade.
Notably, the Quakes franchise moved to Houston in 2005, head coach Dominic Kinnear coached the Dynamo for nine seasons before returning to the Quakes in 2015 and forward Chris Wondolowski played three and a half seasons with the Dynamo between 2005 and 2009.
This Friday, the Houston side will return to Avaya Stadium for the second time this season for the third and final match between the two teams.