Coming out of spring training in 2018, Victor Ulloa had dropped to fourth on the FC Dallas holding-mid depth chart behind Carlos Gruezo, Kellyn Acosta, and the player arguably playing the best, Jacori Hayes.
At the time, I said to several soccer people that I thought Ulloa was in danger of MLS passing him by. At the age of 26, I had seen little progression in his game over the years.
During the season, after one notably flat performance, I wrote: "Victor Ulloa was just playing in the game, not actually playing the game.