Back in Houston after playing the final four months of his fifth MLS season in Vancouver, former Dynamo forward Giles Barnes is trying to move on from a year many expected and hoped would be significantly more productive.
In his first 10 appearances of the 2016 season with Houston, Barnes scored four goals. On May 23 he left Houston to join Jamaica in advance of Copa America.
He could not have guessed that when he returned to the Dynamo three weeks later that everything would be different - and also that it would only be the beginning of a downward spiral he hopes to leave far behind.