The Dynamo took advantage of the summer transfer window by adding four players, but the move in which they parted ways with a fan favorite is the one getting all the attention.
Houston traded forward Giles Barnes to Vancouver Whitecaps FC last weekend and did not seem to get much in return - just allocation money and the first refusal rights to Costa Rican defender Keyner Brown, who they signed on Wednesday.
The trade is more about the future than it is the present. Barnes was on the books for a reported $700,000 a year, which is a fortune for a player who had stopped producing after signing his new contract about a year ago.