Those who watched Saturday's final Austin FC match at the 2026 Coachella Valley Invitational — a 2-0 loss to Sporting Kansas City — saw a Verde team that looked incredibly exciting and threatening at times and defensively haphazard at others. That's not lost on the coach and one of its veteran leaders.
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