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US Soccer Development Academy Kicks Off 2017-18 season

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FC Dallas U18 Academy-Dallas Cup 2017 (Courtesy of FC Dallas) Earlier this month the US Soccer Development Academy (USSDA) began the 2017/2018 season throughout the country.  The Boys Development Academy was started in 2007 and this year has begun a girls academy that follows similar philosophies and competitive structures as the boys program. The USSDA currently has 197 total clubs, comprised of teams across six age groups in the boys program: U-12, U-13, U-14, U-15, U-16/17, and U-18/19 and four age groups in the girls program: U-14, U-15, U-16/17, and U-18/19. New clubs, and age-group team extensions within existing clubs, … Continue reading US Soccer Development Academy Kicks Off 2017-18 season

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50 years ago-First two Texas Derby matches

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Friday night MLS Soccer action will feature round two of the 2017 Texas Derby in Houston, when MLS sides Houston Dynamo and FC Dallas compete for the 2018 rights to hold El Capitán, a replica 18th century cannon. 50 years ago on June 3rd and June 10, 1967, the first professional iterations of the Texas Derby were played in Dallas and Houston between the United Soccer Association’s (USA) Houston Stars and Dallas Tornado. The background on the short-lived league (tournament) start-up and the Houston Stars can be found in the first post in this series: https://txsoccerjournal.com/2017/06/13/50-years-ago-professional-soccer-is-introduced-to-texas/ The Dallas Tornado: 1967 … Continue reading 50 years ago-First two Texas Derby matches

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FC Dallas Academy wins their first Dallas Cup/Generation Adidas Cup results

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FC Dallas’s (FCD) top Academy side beat FC Monterrey 2-1 last night to win the prestigious Gordon Jago U-19 Super Group at the Dr. Pepper Dallas Cup in Frisco. As in the semifinal win over Coritiba, the main damage was done by two players on loan from the FC Dallas first team, Paxton Pomykal and Jesus Ferreira. In a repeat of the semifinal win, FCD gave up a late goal to tie up the match and then scored minutes later for the victory.  Pomykal opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. After Monterrey went level in the 81st minute, Arturo … Continue reading FC Dallas Academy wins their first Dallas Cup/Generation Adidas Cup results

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Texas players who have appeared for their National Teams

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Rudy Calderon of MLSsoccer.com put in a full days work this week.  He researched and wrote an article ranking all 210 current MLS players who have played for their National soccer teams by country.  Here are all of the Texas-born (based on 2017 MLS data) and Texas based players who have received “Caps” ranked based on the number of appearances for their respective national teams. TEAM/PLAYER                   COUNTRY                            APPEARANCES/STATUS FC Dallas:                            Maynor Figueroa              Honduras                            113 Atiba Harris                       St. Kitts/Nevis       … Continue reading Texas players who have appeared for their National Teams