I previewed Houston's trip to Orlando last weekend when my notes included ..............
"Dynamo
replaced Owen Coyle with Wade Barrett for the rest of this season at
the end of May and he has quickly make tightening up what was a leaky
defence a priority and with him at the helm Houston have conceded just
six goals in seven starts, after allowing 1.62 per game under Coyle.
They are coming off a 1-0 home win over highflying Philadelphia Union,
who are in second place in the Eastern Conference and afterwards
opposing head coach Jim Curtain said that Dynamo were "organized and
difficult to break down." They are starting to really build some
confidence and we had already seen glimpses of their offensive potential
in early season when they put five unaswered goals past FC Dallas and
three over Red Bulls on the road, teams who were the best in each
Conference last year. Now they need to put that all together in road
games and tonight looks a good time to be facing City, who parted ways
with head coach Adrian Heath on Tuesday after eight years at the club,
he oversaw the franchise expansion into the MLS and was a key figure at
OCFC. His number two has also left and two assistant coaches will take
charge on an interim basis.
City are in a tough period and are
coming off an extra time loss to NASL team Fort Lauderdale in the US
Open Cup last midweek and 4-0 defeat in Dallas on Monday, which means a
lot of travel, quick turnaround all added to the disruption over Heath
leaving."
That game was a bit of a bore fest to be honest, but
Dynamo were again well organised and defended well and had the best
chance of the game, being denied by the woodwork in the 90th minute.
That was another clean sheet and they are far removed from the team who
were conceding so freely in early season. They have already posted road
draws at Western Conference leaders FC Dallas and Vancouver Whitecaps
(who are both very strong at home) under Barrett and Dynamo will travel
in good heart to LA where they have had some titanic battles, including
two MLS Cup finals with Galaxy in recent years. The only defeat under
the new coach did come out here in the West, when they lost 3-2 to
Portland, that looks a bit of a throw back to the Coyle era as they led
2-0 early and blew their lead late, but Dynamo were the better team
there, both of those late goals came via penalties and the second in
injury time should never have been given and that had already been
forced to substitute their goalkeeper at half time when leading by two.
They
make the trip West without veteran left back DaMarcus Beasley who
underwent minor surgery this week and will be out for a month, that is
not good news, but the loss of Ashley Cole and Nigel de Jong for Galaxy
balances things out. The pair both sat out the 1-0 road win at Seattle
last week and that was a great result under the circumstances, but
Sounders were denied by some poor finishing, the woodwork and a whole
host of desperate late blocks and challenges and should have got
something from that, probably all three points. No issues with Galaxy as
favourites, but Houston are priced too big for my money and I take the
improving visitors to come away with yet another draw.......1-1.
Houston Dynamo +0.75 ball 2.09 asian line/Sportmarket
I previewed Houston's trip to Orlando last weekend when my notes included ..............
"Dynamo
replaced Owen Coyle with Wade Barrett for the rest of this season at
the end of May and he has quickly make tightening up what was a leaky
defence a priority and with him at the helm Houston have conceded just
six goals in seven starts, after allowing 1.62 per game under Coyle.
They are coming off a 1-0 home win over highflying Philadelphia Union,
who are in second place in the Eastern Conference and afterwards
opposing head coach Jim Curtain said that Dynamo were "organized and
difficult to break down." They are starting to really build some
confidence and we had already seen glimpses of their offensive potential
in early season when they put five unaswered goals past FC Dallas and
three over Red Bulls on the road, teams who were the best in each
Conference last year. Now they need to put that all together in road
games and tonight looks a good time to be facing City, who parted ways
with head coach Adrian Heath on Tuesday after eight years at the club,
he oversaw the franchise expansion into the MLS and was a key figure at
OCFC. His number two has also left and two assistant coaches will take
charge on an interim basis.
City are in a tough period and are
coming off an extra time loss to NASL team Fort Lauderdale in the US
Open Cup last midweek and 4-0 defeat in Dallas on Monday, which means a
lot of travel, quick turnaround all added to the disruption over Heath
leaving."
That game was a bit of a bore fest to be honest, but
Dynamo were again well organised and defended well and had the best
chance of the game, being denied by the woodwork in the 90th minute.
That was another clean sheet and they are far removed from the team who
were conceding so freely in early season. They have already posted road
draws at Western Conference leaders FC Dallas and Vancouver Whitecaps
(who are both very strong at home) under Barrett and Dynamo will travel
in good heart to LA where they have had some titanic battles, including
two MLS Cup finals with Galaxy in recent years. The only defeat under
the new coach did come out here in the West, when they lost 3-2 to
Portland, that looks a bit of a throw back to the Coyle era as they led
2-0 early and blew their lead late, but Dynamo were the better team
there, both of those late goals came via penalties and the second in
injury time should never have been given and that had already been
forced to substitute their goalkeeper at half time when leading by two.
They
make the trip West without veteran left back DaMarcus Beasley who
underwent minor surgery this week and will be out for a month, that is
not good news, but the loss of Ashley Cole and Nigel de Jong for Galaxy
balances things out. The pair both sat out the 1-0 road win at Seattle
last week and that was a great result under the circumstances, but
Sounders were denied by some poor finishing, the woodwork and a whole
host of desperate late blocks and challenges and should have got
something from that, probably all three points. No issues with Galaxy as
favourites, but Houston are priced too big for my money and I take the
improving visitors to come away with yet another draw.......1-1.
Houston Dynamo +0.75 ball 2.09 asian line/Sportmarket
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