The Dallas Morning News
FC Dallas mascot Tex Hooper walks around the field before the final leg of the MLS Western Conference Finals between the Portland Timbers and FC Dallas at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas Sunday November 29, 2015. Portland advanced to the next round, beating Dallas 2-2. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)
FRISCO -- FC Dallas technical director Fernando Clavijo had to think back to remember the last time he was this excited about a team he's been involved with.
Eventually he settles on 1997. "It was a team I managed that went on to be the champion," Clavijo said of the Seattle SeaDogs, an indoor team that played in a league that folded after the SeaDogs reigned supreme.