Gonzalez served as an assistant coach of Seattle Sounders FC S2 under Ezra Hendrickson last season. The 39-year-old was an assistant coach and served as the director of scouting under Cabrera at Chivas USA from 2013-14. Gonzalez previously served as the U.S. Boys U-15 National Team assistant coach, as well as the head scout for the U-17 National Team for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile. The California native also served as the Sounders’ head academy scout and U-14 head coach.

“I am honored and excited to join the Houston Dynamo Technical staff as the head coach of RGV FC Toros,” Gonzalez said. “I look forward to collaborating with Wilmer Cabrera and Matt Jordan to continue the RGV FC project, implementing a quality brand of soccer.”

Gonzalez’s coaching career began in 2001 as an assistant coach for the University of California, Riverside men’s program. Three years later he became the head coach and under his tenure 30 players were named All-Big West Conference– including two Big West Conference Players of the Year – and six players went on to MLS and USL careers. In 2011, Gonzalez was named the Big West Coach of the Year.

As a player, Gonzalez won the 1997 NCAA National Championship with UCLA. His collegiate career included four trips to the NCAA tournament and three Mountain Pacific Conference Championships. Gonzalez continued his playing career with the USL’s San Diego Flash and his career continued throughout California before his final stop with the Utah Blitz.

Uttley was the head coach of the Seattle Sounders FC U-13 Academy and a fitness coach for S2 in 2016. The Rhode Island native was also an assistant coach at Quinnipiac University for two seasons prior to joining the Sounders organization earlier this year.

As a player, Uttley was named the 2012 Quinnipiac University Senior Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Additionally, he was a NSCAA Adidas High School-All-American and Gatorade Rhode Island Soccer Player of the Year in his junior and senior seasons at North Kingstown High School.