“I wanted to start playing right away. I don’t want to be doing days where we’re not touching the ball, just working on fitness, because that kind of gets you nowhere.” Houston Dynamo coach Dominic Kinnear reveals that he sent an e-mail to players three weeks ago instructing them to show up already fit for preseason training. Houston plays Mexican club Atlante at home in the first leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup quarterfinal on Feb. 24.