The Houston Dynamo seek to boost their fading playoff hopes on Saturday night when they visit a St. Louis City side in the thick of a front-office shakeup.

After a 2-1 home loss to San Jose last weekend, the 12th-place Dynamo (7-12-8, 29 points) begin the final August match day six points off the ninth and final Western Conference playoff spot with seven matches to play.

San Jose is one of the two teams six points ahead of Houston after last week's result. But Dynamo manager Ben Olsen has been impressed by the emotional response from his group.

"It's been a good week, a good spirit," Olsen said Friday. "We were all disappointed, to say the least, about the San Jose game. But guys bounce back, they understand that we got some results and we're still alive. And I think the week was a lot

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