Houston, TX - A Facebook group for a subgroup of Houston Dynamo fans was officially designated as a Historic Landmark as the group illustrates the rise and fall of fan interest in the team over the past 15 years.

Wikipedia is where you go for depressing encapsulations of the Dynamo over the last 8 years.

“Historians have long looked at Orange Fever as a bellwether of the rise and then decline of the Houston fan,” stated Soccer historian Ralph Eustice. “You can see the build to the launch of the Dynamo to the moments of passion and love following the championships and then the slow leak of frustrated fans who just disappear and stop posting anything to the declining like counts and interactions.”

According to formerly active group members, Orange Fever used to be a place where fans would show videos from games at Robertson Stadium and songs/chants from other locations.

“It was like our living room,” stated Jason Henderson. “And now it’s just waiting for a tumbleweed to go through.”

Historians indicate that you can see the total decline of engagement as the team struggled from just after the moment they opened BBVA Stadium til now.

“Here is the perfect example of a post that previously would’ve generated some level of interest,” stated Dr. Laura Hughes of the University of Houston. “And now it just sits there with one like and no comments and no one caring enough to be bothered to do anything. Even though many people left the group, the overall number of people still connected to it is high, it’s just that no one seems to care anymore.”

Fans state that a number of things have caused the decline but they lay most of the problems at the feet of an ownership group that simply doesn’t care.

“If they don’t care, then why should I?” stated one anonymous fan. “There’s only so much that anyone can take. One or two years of mediocrity is one thing, but actively finding ways to make sure that fans want to stay home and watch Chivas or Manchester United instead has just robbed the club of any kind of momentum.”

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as the group receives a historical plaque designated their contribution to the history of the Dynamo.