Playbook Optional with Daniel Gotera
Nov 3, 2026 · 51 min · 9 segments
**Houston loves soccer. So why doesn't that passion translate to the Houston Dynamo?** Houston recently experienced the excitement of the World Cup. The city embraced the sport, fans packed into…
Glenn DavisGuest
Daniel GoteraHost
Well, I will speak to that part that you said about growing the game, whether it's MLS from the World Cup.
What's the impact on MLS from the World Cup? Well, my son wasn't really into soccer.
He plays it all the time, but I will say the world cup reinvigorate or invigorated this passion in him.
But at no point was he like, Hey, what are the dynamo doing? Or like, what is it like? We're going to gravitate to the international side of things.
And maybe that's just the natural way of things, right? You see these big stars and you don't even gravitate.
We were in Paris and France and we all of a sudden became PSG fans and he loves Real Madrid.
Cause stuff like that but I mean that I think that kind of goes to the point that you were talking about right how do you loop that excitement into the local instead of going international which is great because you're interested in soccer anyway but at the same time how do you get that excitement and I think that's where the disconnect is
He's worked in the youth community forever down here, right? He was a member of the Houston Hot Shots indoor team that played back at the summit.
Well, I will speak to that part that you said about growing the game, whether it's MLS from the World Cup.
What's the impact on MLS from the World Cup? Well, my son wasn't really into soccer.
He plays it all the time, but I will say the world cup reinvigorate or invigorated this passion in him.
But at no point was he like, Hey, what are the dynamo doing? Or like, what is it like? We're going to gravitate to the international side of things.
And maybe that's just the natural way of things, right? You see these big stars and you don't even gravitate.
We were in Paris and France and we all of a sudden became PSG fans and he loves Real Madrid.
Cause stuff like that but I mean that I think that kind of goes to the point that you were talking about right how do you loop that excitement into the local instead of going international which is great because you're interested in soccer anyway but at the same time how do you get that excitement and I think that's where the disconnect is
He's worked in the youth community forever down here, right? He was a member of the Houston Hot Shots indoor team that played back at the summit.
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