The game arrives four days before the Toros’ USL regular season opener against in-state rival San Antonio FC, which will see the burgeoning rivalry between the two clubs resume for a second season. That will likely necessitate reinforcements from Houston, with the Dynamo having the week off in MLS due to the FIFA international games window.

“We’ll probably bring some Dynamo players down because it’s very close to our season opener,” said Gonzalez. “We don’t want to kill our team and play them the whole 90, but we are excited for the match.”

RGVFC took a 2-1 win against the Vaqueros in their preseason contest on Monday, with Kyle Murphy scoring the opening goal before a UTRGV own goal early in the second half. Gonzalez was pleased to get the result, but more importantly see how the large group of trialists blended with the Toros’ players and performed in a full 90 minutes.

“It was good for us to see how they implemented the tactics we’ve been working on throughout the week,” he said. “We created some goal-scoring opportunities, obviously getting a result is good, but I think there’s a lot of things we can grow on from the game.”