[AWARDS] The Development Academy announced conference awards for the 2011-12 U-15/16 season. They include a Best XI, Player of the Year and Coach of the Year.FC Dallas is the only team with three Best XI selections. East Conference U-15/16: Goalkeeper: Zack Steffen, FC Delco Defender: DylanGreenberg, Albertson SC Defender: Suliaman Dainkeh, D.C. United Defender: Bryce […]
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U-17/18 Development Academy all-conference teams
[AWARDS] The Development Academy announced conference awards for the 2011-12 U-17/18 season. They include a Best XI, Player of the Year and Coach of the Year.The Chicago Fire, FC Dallas and Real Salt Lake AZ led all teams with three players each named to their conference Best XI. East ConferenceU-17/18: Goalkeeper: Alex Bono, Empire United […]
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FC Dallas signs seventh homegrown product
[MLS TRANSACTIONS] FC Dallas has signed its seventh homegrown player as 16-year-old academy player Kellyn Acosta joinedthe 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 toplay for the University of Maryland. FC Dallas’ academy […]
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Spain-Portugal breaks viewership record
By Paul Kennedy Wednesday’s semifinal match between Spain and Portugal drew the largest audience ever on ESPN for the semifinals of theEuropean Championship — 1.952 million viewers, based on a 0.7 rating. The two semifinals drew an average of 1.907 million viewers, an increase of 46 percent compared to the twosemifinals in 2008. Through 30 […]
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Finalists chase dreams in Los Angeles
[SUENO MLS 2012] Six finalists from tryouts at Chivas USA and six from tryouts at the Seattle Sounders will join six players picked at an FC Dallas tryout andarrive in the Los Angeles area on Wednesday for three days of intense competition in Sueño MLS 2012. The live announcement of the national winners will take […]
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Barcelona-Chelsea and Kaka break Twitter marks
By Paul Kennedy Barcelona and Real Madrid were knocked out ofthe UEFA Champions League this week, but both clubs had roles in breaking two records in the Twittersphere. Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League game between Barcelona and Chelsea broke thetweets-per-second record for a sporting event, peaking at 13,684 messages per second. The old record: 12,233 tweets […]
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Jonathan Top excited to get first shot
[FOUR THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT …] Jonathan Top, 19, became the fourth homegrown player from the FC Dallas academy systemto debut for the first team when he came on late in the Hoops’ 1-1 tie with Real Salt Lake on Wednesday. For four things to know about Top … READY FORSHOT. Other homegrown players who […]
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FC Dallas representatives picked for finals
[SUENO MLS 2012] Six players — five field players and a goalie — were named finalists to represent FC Dallas at the Sueno MLS 2012, the nationally televisedplayer search showcased on Univision’s Republica Deportiva. Now celebrating its sixth year, Sueno MLS 2012 is being staged by three MLS clubs: first-time host Seattle, Chivas USA and […]
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Western Conference is barely recognizable
The MLS season is barely underway and already the Western Conference is barely recognizable compared to last year’s version. Some changes that had been anticipated haven’ttranspired. By now FC Dallas fans had hoped playmaker David Ferreira would have recovered from the broken ankle he suffered about a year ago. Instead, a smallfracture in his right […]
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MLS Rewind …
[WEEK 5] Ugo Ihemelu scored on a header five minutes into stoppage time to give FC Dallas a 1-0 win over the New EnglandRevolution on Thursday night at FC Dallas Stadium. Dallas keeper Kevin Hartman became the first player in MLS history to pass the 35,000 mark in minutes played.For all this week’s action … […]