FC Dallas

FC Dallas is an American soccer team. They play in Major League Soccer (MLS) in Frisco, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, Texas. The team is a founding member of the MLS. Before 2005, they were known as the Dallas Burn. The team is owned by the Hunt Sports Group, which also owns the National Football League team Kansas City Chiefs.

FC Dallas

Nickname(s)	The Toros The Hoops Burn
Founded	June 6, 1995 (1995-06-06) as Dallas Burn
Stadium	Toyota Stadium Frisco, Texas
Capacity	19,096
Owner	Clark Hunt and Dan Hunt
Head coach	Nico Estévez
League	Major League Soccer
2022	Western Conference: 3rd Overall: 7th Playoffs: Conference Semifinals
Website	Club website
Primary colors Secondary colors

Players and staff

Roster

As of September 11, 2023

No.	Position	Player	Nation
1	Goalkeeper	Jimmy Maurer	United States
2	Defender	Geovane Jesus	Brazil
3	Defender	José Martínez	Spain
4	Defender	Marco Farfan	United States
5	Midfielder	Facundo Quignón	Argentina
7	Midfielder	Paul Arriola	United States
8	Midfielder	Jáder Obrian	Colombia
9	Forward	Jesús Jiménez	Spain
10	Forward	Jesús Ferreira (HG;DP)	United States
11	Forward	Dante Sealy (HG)	United States
12	Midfielder	Sebastian Lletget	United States
13	Goalkeeper	Antonio Carrera (HG)	United States
14	Midfielder	Asier Illarramendi	Spain
16	Forward	Tsiki Ntsabeleng	South Africa
17	Defender	Nkosi Tafari	United States
18	Midfielder	Liam Fraser	Canada
19	Midfielder	Paxton Pomykal (HG)	United States
20	Forward	Alan Velasco (DP)	Argentina
21	Forward	José Mulato	Colombia
22	Midfielder	Ema Twumasi	Ghana
24	Defender	Amet Korça	United States
25	Defender	Sebastien Ibeagha	United States
27	Forward	Herbert Endeley	United States
29	Defender	Sam Junqua	United States
30	Goalkeeper	Maarten Paes	Netherlands
31	Forward	Eugene Ansah	Ghana
32	Defender	Nolan Norris (HG)	United States
41	Forward	Tarik Scott (HG)	United States
77	Midfielder	Bernard Kamungo	Tanzania

Out on loan

No.	Position	Player	Nation
15	Defender	Isaiah Parker (GA; on loan to San Antonio FC)	United States
23	Defender	Collin Smith (HG; on loan to Birmingham Legion)	United States

Team management

Coaching staff
Head coach	Nico Estévez
Assistant coach	Peter Luccin
Assistant coach	Javier Cabello
Assistant coach	Ben Cross
Goalkeeper coach	Drew Keeshan
Head of performance	Miguel Villagrasa
Technical director	Andre Zanotta
Director of methodology	Marco Ferruzzi

Head coaches

Name	Nation	Tenure
Dave Dir	United States	1996–2000
Mike Jeffries	United States	January 23, 2001 – September 15, 2003
Colin Clarke	Northern Ireland	{September 15, 2003 – December 4, 2003} (interim) December 4, 2003 – November 7, 2006
Steve Morrow	Northern Ireland	{November 7, 2006 – December 11, 2006} (interim) December 11, 2006 – May 20, 2008
Marco Ferruzzi	United States	May 20, 2008 – June 16, 2008 (interim) September 19, 2021 – December 2, 2021 (interim)
Schellas Hyndman	United States	June 16, 2008 – October 18, 2013
Óscar Pareja	Colombia	January 10, 2014 – November 16, 2018
Luchi Gonzalez	United States	December 16, 2018 – September 19, 2021
Nico Estévez	Spain	December 2, 2021 – present

Record

Year-by-year

Year	Regular Season	Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup	CONCACAF Champions' League	Avg. Attendance (Regular Season)	Avg. Attendance (Playoffs)
Dallas Burn
1996	2nd, West (17–15)	Conference Semifinals	Semifinals	did not qualify	16,011	9,963
1997	3rd, West (16–16)	Conference Finals	Champions		9,678	9,312
1998	4th, West (15–17)	Conference Semifinals	Semifinals		10,948	8,130
1999	2nd, West (19–13)	Conference Finals	Quarterfinals		12,211	10,988
2000	3rd, Central (14–14–4)	Conference Semifinals	Quarterfinals		13,102	7,555
2001	3rd, Central (10–11–5)	Conference Semifinals	Round of 32	Not held	12,574	17,149
2002	3rd, West (12–9–7)	Conference Semifinals	Semifinals	did not qualify	13,122	7,184
2003	5th, West (6–19–5)	did not qualify	Round of 16		7,906	did not qualify
2004	5th, West (10–14–6)	did not qualify	Quarterfinals		9,088	did not qualify
FC Dallas
2005	2nd, West (13–10–9)	Conference Semifinals	Final	did not qualify	11,189	10,104
2006	1st, West (16–12–4)	Conference Semifinals	Quarterfinals		14,982	15,486
2007	3rd, West (13–12–5)	Conference Semifinals	Final		15,145	12,537
2008	5th, West (8–10–12)	did not qualify	Quarterfinals		13,024	did not qualify
2009	7th, West (11–13–6)	did not qualify	did not qualify		12,441	did not qualify
2010	3rd, West (12–4–14)	MLS Cup Final	did not qualify		10,815	11,003
2011	4th, West (15–12–7)	Knockout Round	Semifinals	Group stage	12,861	10,017
2012	6th, West (9–13–12)	did not qualify	3rd round	did not qualify	14,199	did not qualify
2013	8th, West (11–12–11)	did not qualify	Quarterfinals		15,374	did not qualify
2014	4th, West (16–12–6)	Conference Semifinals	Semifinals		16,816	13,196
2015	1st, West (18–10–6)	Conference Finals	Round of 16		16,013	19,127
2016	1st, West (17–8–9)	Conference Semifinals	Champions		14,094	14,878
2017	7th, West (11–10–13)	did not qualify	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	15,122	did not qualify
2018	4th, West (16–9–9)	Knockout Round	Round of 16	Round of 16	15,512	10,297
2019	7th, West (13–12–9)	First round	Round of 16	did not qualify	14,842	N/A
2020	6th, West (9–6–7)	Conference Semifinals	not held	did not qualify	5,527	N/A
2021	11th, West (7–15–12)	did not qualify	not held	did not qualify	13,418	did not qualify
2022	3rd, West (14–9–11)	Conference Semifinals	Round of 32	did not qualify	16,615	19,096

Year-by-year stats

Carlos Ruiz was FC Dallas's top scorer in 2005, 2006 and 2007

Season	League record							Top scorer
	Played	Won	Lost	Drew	GF	GA	Points	Name	Goals
1996	32	17	15	NA	50	48	41	Jason Kreis	13
1997	32	16	16	NA	55	49	42	Dante Washington	12
1998	32	15	17	NA	43	59	37	Jason Kreis	9
1999	32	19	13	NA	54	35	51	Jason Kreis	18
2000	32	14	14	4	54	54	46	Ariel Graziani	15
2001	26	10	11	5	48	47	35	Ariel Graziani	11
2002	28	12	9	7	44	43	43	Jason Kreis	13
2003	30	6	19	5	35	64	23	Jason Kreis	7
2004	30	10	14	6	34	45	36	Eddie Johnson	12
2005	32	13	10	9	52	44	48	Carlos Ruiz	11
2006	32	16	12	4	48	44	52	Carlos Ruiz	13
2007	30	13	12	5	37	44	44	Carlos Ruiz	7
2008	30	8	10	12	45	41	36	Kenny Cooper	18
2009	30	11	13	6	50	47	39	Jeff Cunningham	17
2010	30	12	4	14	42	28	50	Jeff Cunningham	11
2011	34	15	11	7	42	39	52	Brek Shea	9
2012	34	9	13	12	42	47	39	Blas Pérez	9
2013	34	11	12	11	48	52	44	Blas Pérez	11
2014	34	16	12	6	55	45	54	Blas Pérez	11
2015	34	18	10	6	52	39	60	Fabián Castillo	10
2016	34	17	8	9	50	40	60	Maxi Urruti Michael Barrios	9
2017	34	11	10	13	48	48	46	Maxi Urruti	12
2018	34	16	9	9	52	44	57	Maxi Urruti Roland Lamah	8
2019	34	13	12	9	54	46	48	Jesús Ferreira	8
2020	22	9	6	7	28	24	34	Franco Jara	7
2021	34	7	15	12	47	56	33	Ricardo Pepi	13
2022	34	14	9	11	48	37	53	Jesús Ferreira	18
Total	854	348	337	189	1257	1209	1203	—	—

Note: MLS did not allow ties prior to the 2000 season as games were decided by shootout when tied at full-time.

MLS Scoring Champion/Golden Boot

The following players have won the MLS Scoring Champion or the Golden Boot.

Player	Season	Points / goals
Jason Kreis	1999	51
Jeff Cunningham	2009	17

Top goalscorers

As of October 9, 2022

#	Name	Career	MLS	Playoffs	Open Cup	CCL	Total
1	Jason Kreis	1996–2004	91	4	4	0	99
2	Kenny Cooper	2006–2009 2013	46	0	6	0	52
3	Blas Pérez	2012–2015	36	1	5	0	42
	Carlos Ruiz	2005–2007 2016	32	5	3	2
5	Fabián Castillo	2011–2016	34	1	5	0	40
6	Jesús Ferreira	2017–Present	36	0	0	0	36
	Michael Barrios	2015–2020	31	0	3	2
	Ariel Graziani	1999 2000–2001	30	5	1	0
9	Maximiliano Urruti	2016–2018	29	1	3	2	35
10	Jeff Cunningham	2008–2010	33	1	0	0	34

International competition

• 1998 CONCACAF Cup Winners' Cup

Group stage v. Necaxa – 1–4

Group stage v. Cruz Azul – 1–2

• 2004 La Manga Cup

Group stage v. Odd Grenland – 1–2

Group stage v. Dynamo Kyiv – 2–2

Semi-finals v. Stabæk – 2–1

Fifth place match v. Bodø/Glimt – 1–3

• 2007 North American SuperLiga

Group stage v. Guadalajara – 1–1

Group stage v. Pachuca – 1–1

Group stage v. Los Angeles Galaxy – 5–6

• 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League

Preliminary Round v. Alianza – 1–0

Preliminary Round v. Alianza – 1–0

Group stage v. UNAM – 1–0

Group stage v. Toronto FC – 1–0

Group stage v. Tauro F.C. – 1–1

Group stage v. UNAM – 0–2

Group stage v. Tauro F.C. – 3–5

Group stage v. Toronto FC – 0–3

• 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League

Group stage v. Real Estelí – 2–1

Group stage v. Real Estelí – 1–1

Group stage v. Suchitepéquez – 0–0

Group stage v. Suchitepéquez – 5–2

Quarter-finals v. Árabe Unido – 4–0

Quarter-finals v. Árabe Unido – 1–2

Semi-finals v. Pachuca – 2–1

Semi-finals v. Pachuca – 1–3

• 2018 CONCACAF Champions League

Round of 16 v. Tauro F.C. – 0–1

Round of 16 v. Tauro F.C. – 3–2

Stadium

Toyota Stadium, Dallas's home stadium since 2005

• Cotton Bowl; Dallas, Texas (1996–2002, 2004–2005)
• Dragon Stadium; Southlake, Texas (2003)
• Toyota Stadium; Frisco, Texas (2005–present; known as Pizza Hut Park through the 2011 season and FC Dallas Stadium in the 2012 season and most of the 2013 season)

From 1996 to 2002 the team played in the 92,100-capacity Cotton Bowl in Dallas. To save money the club played its 2003 home games at Dragon Stadium, a high school stadium in Southlake, a Fort Worth suburb. The club lost money in the high school stadium because Texas law does not allow the sale of alcohol on a public high school campus. The team moved back to the Cotton Bowl for the 2004 season. In August 2005, the club moved into Pizza Hut Park, a soccer stadium in the northern suburb of Frisco. The contract that allowed Pizza Hut to put its name on the stadium ended in January 2012, and the stadium was renamed FC Dallas Stadium. In September 2013, a new sponsorship contract was signed with Toyota, and the stadium was renamed Toyota Stadium. Following renovations to the south end of Toyota Stadium, the relocated National Soccer Hall of Fame opened at the stadium in October 2018.

Other websites

• Official Homepage