Before Andy Najar, another player who tore up the U.S. youth ranks also chose to represent his native Honduras. RamonNunez, who grew up in Dallas and played for SMU before turning pro, was once one of the top young prospects in MLS, dubbed El Principito (“the Little Prince”). Now he is strugglingin England, where his […]
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Dallas down, Rapids rolling for final rematch
[MLS WHAT TO WATCH] No one was too surprised this week when Schellas Hyndman, coach of last year’s MLS runner-up FCDallas, said his team was “disjointed” heading into its MLS Cup rematch against Colorado Friday (9 p.m. ET, Fox Soccer Channel) at Pizza Hut Park. FCD (0-2-1) certainly is that. If it canbe difficult to improve […]
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Luna looks sharp in first start
[HOMEGROWN WATCH] Ruben Luna made his first start for FC Dallas in its 2-0 loss at the Columbus Crew on Friday. Thedefeat extended FCD’s winless skid to three games. If there’s anything wrong with the 2010 runners-up, it’s not their young players like Luna. Luna, who turned 19 in January, and18-year-old Colombian Fabian Castillo both […]
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Crew and FC Dallas test their makeovers
Some changes were forced and some were discretionary, but regardless of motivation, the Crew and FC Dallas, which meet In the second Friday night game of the season (7:30 p.m., Fox Soccer Channel),aren’t what they were in 2010. The Crew has shed several members of its 2008 championship team. In his MLS tenure, Guillermo Barros […]
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Luna comes close to scoring first goal
[HOMEGROWN WATCH] Only eight months after signing with FC Dallas from its academy program, Ruben Luna is its firststriker off the bench. He came close to scoring his first goal but was denied brilliantly by San Jose goalie Jon Busch late in FCD’s 2-0 loss to the Earthquakeson Saturday. Luna, who turned 19 in January, […]
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FC Dallas takes first National League title
[U.S. YOUTH SOCCER] FC Dallas became the first MLS team to win a U.S. Youth Soccer National League title when it clinched the Under-15 Red championship on thefinal weekend of play at the Bettye Wilson Soccer Complex in Las Vegas. It was one of three North Texas teams to clinch berths in the 2011 U.S. […]
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FC Dallas signs highly rated keeper
[MLS] FC Dallas signed its sixth homegrown player, 16-year-old keeper Richard Sanchez. He is the third FCD youth signingwith ties to the Mexican national team program. The California-born Sanchez was recently named the top goalie at a youth tournament in Chile. Sanchez played for Texas FC and FC Dallas with astint in between at Spanish […]
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FC Dallas trades Pearce to Chivas USA
[MLS] FC Dallas dealt U.S. national team defender Heath Pearce to Chivas USA in exchange for allocation money. Pearce, 26, had played professionally in Denmark (FC Nordsjaelland) and Germany (Hansa Rostock) before joining Dallas in 2009. He had an excellent season for FCD in 2010, playing 28games and notching six assists. But he was injured […]
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South Texas Shootout turns testy
[MLS] The South Texas Shootout between Houston Dynamo and FC Dallas drew a near sellout crowd of 5,432 at Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi, but the matchturned ugly in the first when FC Dallas defender Jair Benitez spat at Houston’s Geoff Cameron. Following Houston’s 4-0win, Dynamo players accused the Colombian of being one of the […]
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FC Dallas signs Brazilian Penn State alum
[MLS] Past connections with a member of the FC Dallas coaching staff paved the way for the club to sign midfielder Ricardo Villar, 31, whocomes to MLS from German third division club SpVgg Unterhaching. The club has been searching for a holding midfielder, according to several media outlets, but the FCD coaching staff alsobelieves Villar […]