Soccer starts at home.
That’s the message the world-renowned youth soccer trainer Tom Byer conveyed to a crowd of more than 100 leaders of the Houston youth soccer community Tuesday evening at BBVA Compass Stadium. Byer, who is based in Japan, is in Houston as part of a nationwide tour to spread his paradigm-shifting methodology.
The connection between Byer and the Dynamo originally came through club legend Brian Ching, who read Byer’s book and reached out via Twitter before connecting him with the Dynamo Academy Director Paul Holocher. From there, Holocher and Byer began brainstorming potential opportunities between the club and the instructor that ultimately resulted in a pair of “Ignition Events” this week in Houston.