Recovered from Chivas USA debacle, Wilmer Cabrera ready to lead Dynamo

When Wilmer Cabrera agreed to coach Chivas USA in January 2014 he thought it was his big break in coaching soccer.

The 10-year old MLS franchise seemed moribund for several years. Cabrera was eager for a chance to turn around the Los Angeles club and show he could succeed in the league.

Less than two months after that the league pulled the carpet out from under Cabrera and his players when it announced it had bought the club with plans to shut it down until 2017.

Cabrera said he felt like he had been blindsided.

"As a coach you take lessons and classes for tactics and how to manage a locker room, but no one teaches you how to deal with a team that is going to disappear for good," Cabrera said…