Complex sentence: However, some late season lapses caused the Dynamo to drop from 2nd to 5th in the Eastern Conference and only make the playoffs as the wild card, where they would travel to Chicago to face the Chicago Fire in the MLS Wild Card Match.
Split into simpler sentences: However, some late season lapses caused the Dynamo to drop from 2nd to 5th in the Eastern Conference and only make the playoffs as the wild card. The Dynamo traveled to Chicago to face the Chicago Fire in the MLS Wild Card Match.