Houston Dynamo FC have officially announced the signing of Mexican midfielder Hector Herrera as their Designated Player. Herrera will join Dynamo this summer at the end of his current contract with Atletico Madrid in the Spanish La Liga.
Herrera has 96 caps for the Mexican national team and has played for Pachuca in Mexico, FC Porto in Portugal and currently Atletico Madrid in Spain. The midfielder has a highly decorated career, including an Olympic gold medal at the London 2012 Games, the 2015 Gold Cup and league titles in Portugal in 2017-18 and Spain in 2020-21. He represented Mexico at the 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cups and will most certainly play for El Tri at the 2022 World Cup this winter.
“On behalf of the City of Houston and our loyal and passionate football fans, I am honored to welcome Héctor Herrera to the Houston Dynamo Football Club,” Majority Owner Ted Segal noted. “General Manager Pat Onstad and I have been focused on identifying a difference maker for our club and Héctor’s talents make him a perfect fit. Through this signing process, I have been encouraged to hearing Héctor’s commitment to our club and the city of Houston, and I look forward to him joining our community very soon.
Segal and GM Pat Onstad worked hard on this signing. Onstad also expressed his excitement at the signing. “It is a momentous day for our club, the city and our league to add a player of the quality and pedigree of Hector. He embodies the new ambition that Ted has brought to our club,” Onstad said. “And while Hector was attracted to our sports project, he was even more motivated to be a champion for this city. He chose Houston and we couldn’t be happier to have him.
Head coach Paulo Nagamura may never have a birthday present as big or as expensive as this. “The arrival of a player like Hector validates the new direction and ambitions of our club. He is the type of player who will raise our standards at every level,” Nagamura said. “Credit goes to our ownership group, Pat and Asher, for all the hard work they put in in such a short time.”
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