David Horst has one thing in abundance; guts. He will literally throw himself at anything, he’s one of the hardest workers on the team both on the field when he’s playing and in practice at Houston Sports Park.
“If I’m playing or not playing i’m always going to be working hard and working every week towards the game. That’s just the way it is, i’m a good pro” says Horst. He is, he’s one of the most professional (and intimidating) people I’ve worked with in Houston.
“I didn’t get in a few games there but I kept working hard earned my spot back and hopefully I can keep it here for a while.”
Dynamo fans will be hoping he does, too.
Horst faces the LA Galaxy this weekend
When David Horst starts for the Houston Dynamo, their record is 3-1-2, the one loss being against Orlando when Tyler Deric mis-controlled Horst’s back-pass and Orlando City stole a point from the Dynamo.
The Houston Dynamo have won 11 of their 16 points this season in games that David Horst has started in. Without him in the starting XI Houston’s record is a dismal 1-3-2.
It could be a coincidence but when you consider that Horst has won 3 “player of the match” awards in games for the Dynamo on independent performance metric websites I might beg to differ. That’s not even getting into the fact that the Dynamo average 1.3 shots less on their own goal every game that Horst starts.
What about Kofi Sarkodie?
“In terms of defensive options of course Kofi’s Sarkodie’s a fantastic player and he’ll play again,” said Owen Coyle after the game adding, “that’s what we want; competition for places. That was an important message after the game. Our strength will be as a group that’s what shone brightly tonight and it was great to see.”
Strength as a group is something the Houston Dynamo have always tried to encompass — Forever Orange, Forever One is not just a slogan for the fans, it’s for the team and its players, too. Recently it seemed like the Dynamo had lost their identity and while it’s not completely back until they make the playoffs this season, we are starting to see the signs of the Houston Dynamo sides that painted the playoffs orange over the last 10 seasons.
Houston travel to California this weekend where they will play the Los Angeles Galaxy at StubHub Center in Carson, CA.
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