Earthquake Section in Houston for Dynamo game?

There's a Quakes fan from Houston who occasionally posts here, @rcoull, so I defer to him. You might even meet up with him and his wife, who is a Houston fan I believe.

Generally speaking, though, it's safe to sit anywhere except the home supporters section as a visiting fan in an MLS away venue. If you want to sit in the away supporters section you can do so, but I wouldn't expect a large traveling contingent from San Jose and the designated area is usually the least palatable place in the stadium. I would just pick the best seats available in your price range.

Also, you might post the fact you are visiting on the Houston board and ask for advice. Many MLS fans are welcoming to opposing fans, and not only will you be safe but you might receive extra hospitality, and at least some good tips on restaurants and the like.

 

At any MLS venue, you should be able to contact the home team's ticket office via phone or email and ask for the away section. However, if there isn't an organized group going there, you might be the only one there, and they are probably not in the best location. Often cheap, though.

 

Over the last two years, we attended games in New York (Red Bulls) and Colorado. Both times, my wife worked with the Quakes staff who helped get us tickets. In the case of New York, we went the VIP route and took advantage of access to their food court. It was a little weird walking in with all Red Bulls fans, but they were friendly.

As far as away fan locations, there wasn't many fans at either location. In New York, we saw less than five people wearing Quakes gear. Not many more in Colorado.

 

Yes, if you have a Quakes ticket rep, work with them to interface with the opposing team's ticket office.

 

Also, if you're brave enough crash a tailgate. I've done this in Toronto and Kansas City, and been warmly received on both occasions. If you bring extra libations, and/or scarves, to offer you will likely enjoy a significantly enhanced experience.

 

Since this is a thread about Houston, a brief anecdote about the Houston Texans fans I met at O'Hare Airport in December 2015. We were boarding a plane to Buffalo and it was clear from their ten-gallon hats and JJ Watt jerseys that they, like I, were headed to the Bills/Texans game that weekend. I invited them to join the Bills tailgate my hometown friends would be having and gave them my business card and told them to text me from the stadium parking lot when they arrived so I could direct them to our tailgate.

I extend such sorts of invites a lot, but they actually took me up on it. I had to alert my friends that I had invited Houston fans I'd met in the airport (giving rise to some eyebrows), but it turned out the guests thoroughly enlivened the party. The Texans arrived with an oversized cooler on wheels full of drinks of all varieties. I said to them there is no way they got that on the plane, and they told me that they had bought it in Buffalo and we could keep the cooler after they had left. They travel to all the away games, and they like to go in style. They were a hoot. Sadly, they're not also Dynamo fans.

 

Good for him.

I'm weird, so when I was in Houston I visited the local history museum and the Czech Center. https://www.czechcenter.org/home-1