FC Dallas finally played a statement game on the road yesterday afternoon. Despite walking away with a season ending loss to the Seattle Sounders, Luchi Gonzalez’ year long plan of having this team put together a 90 (er, 120) minute performance that he will no doubt use as the DNA and blueprint to build out of for 2020.
Play the kids
With the exception of Eric Alexander, every field play option on the bench was aged 24 or younger. The signal of intent was that when this team needs a boost, a job done or a moment of brilliance, Luchi Gonzalez was going to turn to the kids.