FC Dallas

American soccer team

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
FoundedJune 6, 1995; 26 years ago (1995-06-06)
(as Dallas Burn)
StadiumToyota Stadium
Frisco, Texas
Stadium
capacity		20,500
OwnerClark Hunt and Dan Hunt
Head coachLuchi Gonzalez
LeagueMajor League Soccer
2019Western Conference: 7th
Overall: 13th
Playoffs: First round
WebsiteClub website
Primary colors
Secondary colors
Current season

Players and staffEdit

RosterEdit

As of August 12, 2020
No. Position Player Nation
3 Defender Reto Ziegler        Switzerland
4 Defender Bressan       Brazil
5 Midfielder Thiago Santos       Brazil
7 Forward Jesús Ferreira (HG)      United States
8 Midfielder Bryan Acosta (DP)      Honduras
9 Midfielder Fafà Picault       United States
10 Midfielder Andrés Ricaurte (on loan from DIM)      Colombia
11 Midfielder Santiago Mosquera (DP)      Colombia
12 Defender Ryan Hollingshead       United States
13 Forward Zdeněk Ondrášek       Czech Republic
14 Defender Bryan Reynolds (HG)      United States
15 Midfielder Tanner Tessmann (HG)      United States
16 Forward Ricardo Pepi (HG)      United States
18 Midfielder Brandon Servania (HG)      United States
19 Midfielder Paxton Pomykal (HG)      United States
20 Goalkeeper Jimmy Maurer       United States
21 Midfielder Michael Barrios       Colombia
23 Midfielder Thomas Roberts (HG)      United States
24 Defender Matt Hedges       United States
26 Defender John Nelson (GA)      United States
27 Defender Eddie Munjoma (HG)      United States
28 Defender Nkosi Burgess       United States
29 Forward Franco Jara (DP)      Argentina
30 Goalkeeper Kyle Zobeck       United States
31 Forward Dante Sealy (HG)      United States
33 Midfielder Edwin Cerrillo (HG)      United States
40 Goalkeeper Carlos Avilez (HG)      Mexico
— Goalkeeper Phelipe Megiolaro (on loan from Grêmio)      Brazil

Out on loanEdit

No. Position Player Nation
17 Forward Francis Atuahene (at San Diego Loyal)      Ghana
22 Forward Ema Twumasi (at Austin Bold)      Ghana
25 Defender Callum Montgomery (at San Antonio FC)      Canada
— Midfielder Pablo Aránguiz (at Universidad de Chile)      Chile

Team managementEdit

Coaching staff
Head coach   Luchi Gonzalez
Assistant coach   Peter Luccin
Assistant coach   Mikey Varas
Goalkeeper coach   Drew Keeshan
Athletic trainer   Skylar Richards
Technical director   Andre Zanotta
Director of soccer operations   Marco Ferruzzi

Head coachesEdit

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)
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 – present

RecordEdit

Year-by-yearEdit

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

Year-by-year statsEdit

 
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
Total 764 318 286 159 1134 1092 1083 — —

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 BootEdit

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 goalscorersEdit

As of October 6, 2019
# 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   Ariel Graziani 1999
2000–2001 		30 5 1 0 36
7   Maximiliano Urruti 2016–2018 29 1 3 2 35
  Michael Barrios 2015–present 30 0 3 2
9   Jeff Cunningham 2008–2010 33 1 0 0 34
10   Dante Washington 1996–1999 24 4 3 2 33

International competitionEdit

Group stage v.   Necaxa – 1–4
Group stage v.   Cruz Azul – 1–2
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
Group stage v.   Guadalajara – 1–1
Group stage v.   Pachuca – 1–1
Group stage v.   Los Angeles Galaxy – 5–6
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
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
Round of 16 v.   Tauro F.C. – 0–1
Round of 16 v.   Tauro F.C. – 3–2

StadiumEdit

 
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 1996–2002 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.

ReferencesEdit

Other websitesEdit

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