Houston Dynamo has announceda bombshell addition to facing the 2022 MLS season in a better way. The new player of the Texan team is a talented midfielder that Diego Simeone has almost forgotten that existsin Atlético Madrid.
In June 2021, businessman Ted Segal became the new majority owner of Dynamo. Segal’s goal since then has been to revitalize a team that has looked rudderless for many seasons, save for a single, brief moment of glory in 2018 when it won the only U.S. Open Cup in its history.
To avoid finishing a third consecutive MLS season as the worst team in the Western Conference, Houston Dynamo hired Paulo Nagamura as its new head coach. A tough mission for the rookie Brazilian coach, who has never manageda first-team before and has one of the most limited squads in the league.
Atletico Madrid’s international midfielder to join Houston Dynamo
Houston Dynamo has made theofficial announcement ofthe arrival ofMexican midfielder Hector Herrera, who plays for Atletico Madridbut is usually overlooked by coach Diego Pablo Simeone (only 71 appearances in 3 seasons).
Herrera will join Paulo Nagamura’s team until the summer, as his contract with the Colchoneros expires until then. The nearly 32-year-old arrived in Madrid in 2019 as a free player after 6 seasons at FC Porto where he became a club icon and captain.
Hector Herrera will join Houston Dynamo soon. (Twitter: @HoustonDynamo)
Hector Herrera is going to be one of the 3 Designated players of the Houston Dynamo, confirming his place as one of the club’s key players. For Herrera, this wasa great reason to accept to come to American soccer as he wants to have more regularity ahead of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 that he would play with Mexico.
Hector Herrera has played 2 World Cups so far withel Tri(Brazil 2014 and Russia 2018), with whom he boasts 93 appearances and 10 goals scored. He started his professional path in soccer with Club Pachuca in 2010. Another one of the achievements of his brilliant career is the Olympic gold medal he conquered for Mexico in London 2012.
