Houston Dynamo head coach Tab Ramos is tasked with preparing his team to make a run at MLS Cup. Now in preseason, which is the bedrock of successful title challenges, the players say they are reminded by their preparations for the 2017 season, in which the Dynamo finished fourth in the Western Conference with a 13-10-11 record.
Forward Mauro Manotas says this won’t be a duplicate of how the team looked then. He ensures the system they’re learning and using is completely different. But it is similar, he concedes:
“It’s a totally different system.