FC Dallas has a long list of young players who successfully moved on from its first team or academy to Europe. Weston McKennie, Chris Richards, Ricardo Pepi, Reggie Cannon, Tanner Tessmann, to name just a handful. One player whose move to Europe did not turn out so well, at least the first time, was Dante Sealy, who returned to FC Dallas last summer after a two-year loan deal at Jong PSV ended without a permanent transfer.

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Paul Kennedy edited Soccer America for 41 years (1985-2026). He began writing for SA in 1974. He started writing for France Football in 1978 and has served on in Ballon d'Or jury since 2007.