As the first hybrid partnership between a local ownership group and an MLS club, the Houston Dynamo, a lot of eyes were trained on Rio Grande Valley FC in the club’s inaugural season. After a second-place finish in the USL’s Western Conference that saw the side play some outstanding soccer throughout the year, the Toros proved a strong success.

From a record-setting shutout streak in midseason to outstanding attacking play from the likes of Memo Rodriguez, Ruben Luna, T.J. Casner and Emilio Garcia, the question now will be what the side brings to the table in Year 2, with Head Coach Wilmer Cabrera having ascended to become the Dynamo’s new boss this offseason.