[MLS TRANSACTIONS] FC Dallas has signed its seventh homegrown player as 16-year-old academy player Kellyn Acosta joined the MLS club.

Acosta, who represented the USA at the 2011 Under-17 World Cup, started 27 of 28 games during the 2011-12 U-17/18 Development Academy season. He was previously committed to play for the University of Maryland.

FC Dallas' academy program is one of the most successful in MLS, though its homegrown players have struggled to earn consistent playing time in MLS.

FCD HOMEGROWN PLAYERS
AGE  PLAYER GP
16 Kellyn Acosta 0
20 *Moises Hernandez 0
20 Bryan Leyva 8
20 Ruben Luna 23
18 Richard Sanchez 0
19 Jonathan Top 2
20 Victor Ulloa 1
*On loan to Comunicaciones (Guatemala)