Wilmer Cabrera and Oscar Pareja were always different.
A city boy from Cartagena, Colombia, Cabrera preferred many options for outings with friends.
A country boy from Medellin, Pareja mostly wanted to hang out with his family on the farm.
Without soccer, they would have been strangers forever. With soccer, they were roommates, best friends and coaches of the same team.
On Sunday night, their coaching paths will cross once again.
Cabrera’s Dynamo will face Pareja’s FC Dallas squad in a match-up of second-place teams at Toyota Stadium in Frisco.