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Luchi Gonzalez: a confluence of influences

FC Dallas fans are just getting settled into the Luchi Gonzalez era, and still trying to decipher what "Luchi's Dallas" will look like. It's often said that the past defines our future to some degree, and we often see talk of coaching trees in football to show the influences a coach has received.

Luchi Gonzalez can name his two predecessors as two of his big influences. As part of the Southern Methodist University side that made it to the final four of the 2000 NCAA Tournament, Gonzalez spent four years playing under Schellas Hyndman long before the Macau-born coach took FC Dallas to MLS Cup.