Monday, January 20, 2020

Houston Dynamo hold first training session of 2020

Story and photo by Lou Roesch
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HOUSTON, TEXAS (January 20, 2020) The Houston Dynamo opened the 2020 campaign with a spirited first training session under head coach Tab Ramos. Ramos, a decorated American soccer player and the highest profile coach the organization has had since Dominic Kinnear. Ramos, a soccer Hall of Famer and the only coach to a USA national team to a title has been tabbed with job of returning Houston soccer to the promised land.

Ramos made it clear following practice that there is really for all intent and purposes only one goal; win a championship. He little doubt also as ot what he expects from his players.

“I am a very determined coach. I am one that accepts nothing but the best from the players on the field and maybe that is a culture I have brought from having with the (U.S.) youth national teams, that type of winning culture.”

The Dynamo showed a lot of energy and enthusiasm on day and going forward, the Dynamo coach said they will look to bottle it.

“The players have been off for a long time, so I know they are excited about that. They are excited about starting with a new coach and starting a new season, so we have to sort of bottle all of that excitement the first couple of days to make sure that physically we are getting exactly what we need.”

The Houston Dynamo have a plethora of experience and now youth on their side something General Manager Matt Jordan wanted to achieve during the offseason.

“We feel we have a team and a roster that could compete with anyone in Major League Soccer. A big offseason objective of ours was to get younger. And we feel we accomplished that, getting younger in each of our lines throughout the team.”

Houston opens the season against newly signed “Chixharito and the L.A. Galaxy on Saturday, February 29, 2020.

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