Despite all their accomplishments, Sviatchenko believes the Dynamo still have something to prove when they open the playoffs against the Seattle Sounders on the road on Monday in the first game of a best-of-three series.
"We have to go and raise our bottom level," he said. "I'm proud of where we are, but I also want to just keep pushing. That's why I think you can feel my passion. I want us to be the talk of the town, basically. That's why I'm always trying to do all the stuff that we can, so we can be so in tune that we are talked about. And when I see caps in the city, I would love to see Dynamo caps and less Astro caps. And if that's an MLS Cup that needs to be won, we're going to do that."