When FC Dallas leaves its locker room at Pachuca's Estadio Hidalgo and goes onto the field Tuesday, its goal will be simple: Keep the one-score advantage it holds from the first leg and become just the second American team to make the CONCACAF Champions League final.
One Dallas native, who had his first taste of club soccer at Campbell Green Park, will be doing everything in his power to make sure that doesn't happen.
U.S. national team member Omar Gonzalez has played for Pachuca since the winter of 2016. The center back helped the club to a title in his first tournament there (the Mexican league contests two short tournaments in one year, an "opening" and "closing" season) and has become a fixture for coach Diego Alonso's team.