Despite the draw, neither team expects the upcoming game tomorrow night to be an easy win.

“Nothing is decided. Just like we tied (in Houston), they can do damage at the away game. It would be a grave error to think we’re in the semi-final,” said Atlante’s technical director José Guadalupe ‘el Profe’ Cruz.

The fact that no MLS team has won in Mexico didn’t sway Cruz. He acknowledged the Dynamo’s back-to-back championship success and complimented the team’s efforts.

“If we’re depending on history to play the game we could be very wrong. We can’t underestimate these teams on a club level or national team level,” Cruz said.

At the same time, Dynamo head coach remains optimistic about his team’s chances in Cancún.

“I do think when teams play against us, they understand they’re in for a tough night on both sides of the ball because we have good defenders and guys who attack well,” Kinnear said.

The Men in Orange defeated the Montreal Impact 3-2 in a scrimmage over the weekend. The win wasn’t without its share of drama, after a scuffle broke out in the second half due to Impact’s Roberto Brown red card ejection. That same day, Atlante played Cruz Azul in FMF to a 0-0 draw. Both Gabriel Prereyra and Clemente Ovalle drew yellow cards in the match.

More than 20 members of the Texian Army, in addition to other Dynamo fans, will be in attendance for Tuesday’s match. At last week’s game, TA debuted their newest addition to 231, the Texian Bateria. The Bateria consists of snares, quads and bass drums acquired over the off-season.

The winner of the home-and-home aggregate-scoring series will move on to face either the Impact or Santos Laguna.

“We’re going down there and we’re going to attack and we’re going to try to win the game,” midfielder Stuart Holden said.

Additional reporting by Reynaldo Gallegos. You can listen to Gallegos and the rest of the soccer badasses on 1560 AM The Game Soccer Show every Monday, 7-8 p.m. Podcasts for previous shows are available here.