The Mexico international is back to his best after two barren seasons in Houston, and his new coach is one of the primary reasons.
Erick “Cubo” Torres has seen quite a bit for a player so young.
He’s been a wonderkid at two teams on either side of the border, the youngest player on a U-20 World Cup squad, an Olympian, a senior international, a pariah and, most recently, a comeback story.
And he just turned 24 a few months ago.
The latest iteration of Torres has seen the Houston Dynamo striker take MLS by storm early in the 2017 campaign, much like he did when he scored 15 goals for Chivas USA in 2014 en route to an All-Star appearance and a first senior call-up for Mexico.