The MLS summer transfer/trade window opened on July 10th, officially allowing teams to bring in reinforcements from other leagues and trade for intra-league players. Some clubs had signed players in the weeks leading up to the window and just now were able to add them to the roster, as was the case for the Earthquakes and their new creative midfielder, Valeri Qazaishvili.
For the Houston Dynamo, they sit in third place in the Western Conference as we hit the Gold Cup break, four points behind first-place Sporting KC with a game in hand. The attack has been one of the biggest surprises of the 2017 MLS season, and its top-tier depth rivals any other in the league.