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The Brazos Valley Cavalry FC is going local.

The United Soccer League 2 soccer team is ending its three-year association with the Houston Dynamo but will remain in USL 2’s Mid South Division.

“It was a wonderful relationship, obviously, the talent they could supply, winning the division over and over,” Cavalry owner Uri Geva. “But there were some challenges you couldn’t overcome because of the distance.”

The Cavalry’s day-to-day operations will mirror the Brazos Valley Bombers, who also are owned and operated by Geva and his company, Clutch Media. The Bombers are preparing for their 14th season in the Texas Collegiate League.

“[The Cavalry] wasn’t very local, and we know the local part has been one of the reasons the Brazos Valley Bombers have been so successful,” Geva said. “You have the local kids who grow up and they became Bombers. And with the Aggies [on the team], you have a big, local presence.”

That’s helped in marketing the six-time champion Bombers, who have led the TCL in attendance every year. Geva wants the Cavalry to build on the success it had on the field under the Dynamo but be a more visible part of the community.