First season, first playoff game, and a player pipeline that’s delivering results for both clubs—it’s been quite a start for the partnership between the Dynamo and the Rio Grande Valley FC Toros.
The Dynamo and RGV FC formed a hybrid affiliation in July last year. It’s an agreement that sees the MLS club control the coaching and roster construction, while RGV’s ownership—which also runs the NBA D-League affiliate of the Houston Rockets—oversees business operations.
The youth development project taps into the potential and passion for soccer in the Valley, a region of some 1.3 million people, 350 miles from Houston and 240 miles from San Antonio, where the narrow, winding Rio Grande river defines the border between Texas and Mexico.