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Dynamo/Dash Delivery: Houston Dynamo building a contender one fighter at a time
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If nothing else, the Houston Dynamo will be a team of fighters in 2021. This is the identity head coach Tab Ramos and general manager Matt Jordan have been looking for since the end of the 2020 campaign that saw the team finish last for the second time in three years. Ramos is not interested in building a team to win in five years but a team that will fight to win now.
Houston may have cured all its ills in one fell swoop. No longer will they be an inconsistent scoring offense or be a patsy with late game swoons. No longer will the Dynamo have a an indecisive midfield or backline that is more like a sieve then a wall in front of keeper Marko Maric. Dynamo head coach Tab Ramos and Dynamo general manager Matt Jordan may have had the best 30 days or so in franchise history working to build a new identity for 2021 ending with the MLS SuperDraft. Let’s chronicle the moves.