HOUSTON -- Tomás Martínez caught Wilmer Cabrera’s eye at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Now the Argentine playmaker is an integral part of the Colombian coach’s lineup as the Houston Dynamo aim for a repeat trip to the postseason.
There wasn’t much tactical mystery to the Dynamo’s success in their first year under Cabrera, when they reached the Western Conference Championship with a devastating counterattacking style that made full use of the speedy direct running of forwards Alberth Elis, Mauro Manotas and Romell Quioto.
Second season around, the Dynamo don’t carry the same surprise factor.