Going into the 2021 season, we all assumed that Justin Che was going to go the route of Chris Richards for FC Dallas. In other words, we’d see him as a Homegrown player on the roster but one that we’d likely never see in a Dallas uniform as he was set to stay with Bayern Munich following a successful training stint and then loan in the spring.
But as injuries struck the Dallas defense, Che’s value to the club grew even more as the team needed healthy bodies to start a lot of games during the summer portion of the season.