FC Dallas puts extra emphasis on communication if off week to help defense improve

FCD attributed plenty of their CCL elimination and dropping points in the first week of the season to a lack of chemistry in the back line. 19-year-old Reggie Cannon is playing some of his first professional minutes as the starting right back while center back Reto Ziegler is new to the club.

During the off week, there "were many, many things we tried to achieve," Pareja said, but one of those was helping the defenders work on communication.

"We used that week to train together, especially I think the defense, because we saw that we were a bit unlucky also but we have to improve our defense and try to avoid the chances from the opponent. When you watch the last game, they had maybe two, three…