![]() How do you expect to transfer your good form and energy back to the Dynamo?Ĭubo Torres: “Right now I am just waiting for more minutes and to get noticed by the coaches, because I am feeling very good with strong energy and I feel great physically. Now with the Dynamo, you didn’t have the best luck under Owen Coyle (former Dynamo Coach) but you’re playing very well for Mexico. CONCACAF Match Day: Philadelphia Union vs Atlas F.C.Gazdag converts PK for Union in 90th minute for 1-0 win in 1st leg vs Atlas.CONCACAF Champions League Matchday: Atlas F.C.Philadelphia Union move on to set up MLS Cup rematch.Union marred by bad bounce and a fingertip.He has star competition for playing time with the likes of Oribe Peralta, Hirving “Chucky” Lozano, and Marco Bueno at forward. On the other hand, he is the only player from outside Liga MX to make Raul Gutierrez’s Mexican Olympic roster, and to me that speaks volumes. Former coach, Owen Coyle, didn’t give him much of a chance to perform, but has been a mainstay with the U-23 Mexican national team.Ĭubo Torres clearly has what it takes to be a top striker he just hasn’t gotten settled in with the Dynamo. Ever since his return to MLS with the Houston Dynamo things have not gone so smoothly. Torres was bought by MLS and allocated to Houston on the condition that he would be loaned to Chivas in Mexico for 6 months. He looked incredibly promising scoring 17 goals at the age of 21… then Chivas USA dissolved. In his time with Chivas USA back in 2013-2014 he scored 22 times in 44 appearances making him the highest scoring mexican born striker in league history. ![]() There could be an influx of Mexicans in MLS, national teamers too, and when the league is at that level, it will be interesting to see how it is viewed both at home, and in Mexico.įor now, it is just Cubo, who is getting very different feedback from his manager than many MLS-based Americans are getting from their national team manager.By Antonio Rubio 6 years ago Houston Dynamo striker Erick “Cubo” Torres recently was named to the 18 man roster to represent Mexico in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.Ĭubo Torres is a young 23 year old striker who has proven himself in MLS. It will be on that level and it may even begin competing with the league for players. "… MLS is a growing league and very strong, with very good teams and players."Īs MLS grows, it will begin to challenge Liga MX for regional superiority. "I think, without a doubt, that Erick has done an outstanding job here in MLS," Herrera said. He's pushing one of his brighter young talents to the league. Still, it is notable that at a time when MLS has been under attack and is looking to its next phase in 2015, Herrera is heaping praise upon the league. Liga MX is also an established league that has fueled El Tri for its entire existence, so there has never been a need to push players to Europe. The system, from top to bottom, doesn't need an overhaul, like Klinsmann is trying down to the youth levels because Mexico changed their youth development several years ago. There is no great push to overhaul things within Mexican soccer and to constantly challenge a status quo that, in the opinion of the manager, has grown stale. Klinsmann also manages a very different team with a very different culture than El Tri. His opposition to the league has probably being misconstrued, with criticisms of MLS - some of them very valid, like season length, competitiveness and depth - being taken too far by observers. Of course, to say that Klinsmann is vehemently MLS would be unfair. That he is happy with someone in the league, is pushing him to the league and is valuing guaranteed playing time as opposed to always challenging themselves in Europe is very different than what we've heard from the American boss. It appears as if the Mexican manager is a bigger fan of MLS than Jurgen Klinsmann. What we want is for him to have the same activity he had this year." "It's his decision and his agent's and his family's, and what he thinks is best for him. "Without a doubt, for his benefit and for me, should continue in MLS," Herrera told in Miami last week.
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