Didn't like the opening goal, but dynamo looked superior to Portland most of that half. Wish the Canadian would have finished there

Portland's two-tone jersey is horrendous

That second goal conceded was horrendous

I agree but it looks like he is frozen out of Wolfsburg first team and wants playing time so he is thinking about coming back to the states to get some form back

Still very suspicious of the positive feelings I'm having about this team.

Dropping points at home when you zero success on the road

EXCLUSIVE: Real Estate developer Ted Segal, is buying MLS team, @HoustonDynamo and NWSL @HoustonDash for ~ $400 million https://t.co/AR4Ks9HoLu

— Sportico (@Sportico) May 19, 2021

Good

The valuations of MLS teams are incredible. I am a Dynamo fan. But, $400mm for a team not many people care about is amazing.

The Saudis are trying to take over Newcastle for 300mm.

Good I suppose but initial reaction is that this person doesn't seem like "let's throw a bunch of money into this club" guy. Maybe wrong but his profile is very Breneresque.

Furlock Bones said:

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The valuations of MLS teams are incredible. I am a Dynamo fan. But, $400mm for a team not many people care about is amazing.

The Saudis are trying to take over Newcastle for 300mm.

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Tells you the real story about the Super League in a single post. A club that would otherwise be in League 1 in England is worth $100mm more than a big-but-underperforming Premier League side simply because its spot in the top flight of American soccer is owned instead of earned.

To be fair he is buying both the mens and womens teams. Idk how much that effects the valuation of the club though.

ThunderCougarFalconBird said:

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Furlock Bones said:

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The valuations of MLS teams are incredible. I am a Dynamo fan. But, $400mm for a team not many people care about is amazing.

The Saudis are trying to take over Newcastle for 300mm.

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Tells you the real story about the Super League in a single post. A club that would otherwise be in League 1 in England is worth $100mm more than a big-but-underperforming Premier League side simply because its spot in the top flight of American soccer is owned instead of earned.

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I'd say that it's more of a function of the single-entity aspect of MLS. All the owners of the teams are really owners of MLS itself. It doesn't matter too much if the team is awful as long as the league does well.

Currently sitting in 4th place in the West. I for one am pleasantly surprised by this team this season. Hopefully we continue to grow into the season and dont drop off like in seasons past.

So last night the match was not on Quest or KUBE. Is Spanish channel the only way to watch Houston Dynamo on TV in Houston these days?

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So last night the match was not on Quest or KUBE. Is Spanish channel the only way to watch Houston Dynamo on TV in Houston these days?

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It depends on if it is a national broadcast. The way I understand it, if the game is selected as a national broadcast (Uni-Mas, along with ESPN, etc.) there is no local broadcast. For the rest of the games, like this Wednesday vs. Portland, they are on KTBU (Channel 55) in Houston.

Also, for the national broadcasts on Uni-Mas you can watch either on the local channel 67 or the national Uni-Mas feed if you have it. We have DirecTV, so we get both. The national Uni-Mas feed (HD) on DirecTV is channel 408 I believe.

That is important because the local Uni-Mas affiliate (channel 67 - Houston) DOES NOT have the Secondary audio function enabled on their broadcasts to switch to the English language commentators using the SAP function. The national Uni-Mas broadcasts for MLS, on the other hand, DO HAVE the Secondary audio function enabled on their broadcasts, enabling you to switch to English commentators if you want.

Thank you for that explanation. I guess I watched it en español without even trying to figure out if there's a SAP secondary audio option or how to do that on my Xfinity remote.

That's what I thought when I saw this news the other day. There's no way that these numbers actually make sense.

bump de pagina dos.

Dynamo haven't won a match since May.

I prefer to think of it as we have only lost once since May.

Make it 2 now...

Gosh this team is hard to follow. Just when you think they have turned a corner they just stagnate. Really making it hard for me to follow this club.

If only they could find a way to score more goals and concede fewer goals, I could really get behind these guys.

need a talent infusion...

I want Tab Ramos to succeed in Houston.

I miss Alberth Elis and his attitude.

If the owners step up and sign a real super star goal scorer, it would help tremendously with supporters.

But see that requires them to spend money

Matt Jordan was hired as the technical director/general manager in November 2014. It really can't be overstated just how much abject horror he's overseen.


2015: Finished 8th of 10 in conference; 15th of 20 in MLS; missed playoffs
2016: Finished last in conference; 19th of 20 in MLS; missed playoffs
2017: Finished 4th in conference; 10th of 22 in MLS; made WCF of playoffs
2018: Finished 9th of 12 in conference; 17th of 23 in MLS; missed playoffs
2019: Finished 10th of 12 in conference; 19th of 24 in MLS; missed playoffs
2020: Finished last in conference; 25th of 26 in MLS; missed playoffs
2021: Currently 11th of 13 in conference; 21st of 27 in MLS; going to miss playoffs

So other than 1 midtable season with a lucky playoff run and a random USOC win, there he has overseen the turdiest turd sandwich that MLS has ever seen over a 7 year period. And he still has a job.

If the new owners don't can him, then I will have zero faith in their seriousness with this club.

There's so much parity in mls, if dynamo can muster 3pts for once instead of 1 or 0, they could jump from 11th in the west to 7th and in playoff contention.

They suck and they've already played 1-2 more games than many of the teams ahead of them, so playoffs are extremely unlikely for this year's dynamo squad, but worth pointing out how close a large clump of teams are in the league.

No wonder they struggle to fill the stands. No one wants to watch a crap product on the field. I'd honestly rather watch paint dry at times than watch us defend.

I go to about 1 Dynamo game a year and the fan experience keeps getting worse. They really need to do something to reinvigorate the supporter groups. They are what made the early Dynamo experience so good.

The organization in general appears to be on the ropes....I'm kind of worried they will end up in San Antonio one day.

I feel San Antonio would rather move their USL team to MLS than relocate the Dynamo to SA

more likely they fold like Chivas USA than move to another location, IMO... with minority ownership stars like Oscar de la Hoya and James Hardin, I wish they put some effort into attracting more supporters and more enthusiasm for the organization.

There are a lot of high profile personalities that are invested in MLS but none of them are invested for any purpose other than seeking a good ROI. My guess is that MLS is a similar investment to minor league baseball...low risk with solid, if unspectacular, reward.

Yeah, there's so many other celebrity owners all over mls I wonder what tax attorneys are telling people about investing in mls clubs. I went to bbva on Saturday night. It's a shame they can't figure it out as it could be such a great place if they can build the culture. I'm guessing the high profile minority owners like Oscar de la Hoya and James Hardin don't care as long as they make a little money on the investment or I wonder if they want their mls investments to operate at a loss for a tax offset from some of their other (better) investments.