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FC Dallas trades Victor Ulloa to FC Cincinnati
In perhaps the biggest sign yet that former head coach Oscar Pareja is truly gone, FC Dallas has traded one of their original Homegrown players, Victor Ulloa, to FC Cincinnati. In exchange, FC Dallas receives $150,000 in General Allocation Money (GAM) with an additional $100,000 in GAM if Ulloa hits some "performance metrics" with FC Cincinnati. FC Dallas will also receive a percentage of any transfer or loan fee if FC Cincinnati transfers Ulloa to a team outside of MLS."Victor has been an unbelievable model for our organization over the last eight years and we're proud to be associated with...
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SportsDay Dec 11, 2018
FC Cincinnati picks up former FC Dallas winger Roland Lamah
FC Cincinnati selected former FC Dallas winger Roland Lamah with the third pick of the 2018 MLS Expansion Draft. FC Dallas will receive $50,000 in General Allocation Money from MLS in compensation for the Ivorian's rights, and the team may now be exempt from the 2019 Expansion Draft when Nashville and Miami enter the league.Lamah spent two seasons with FC Dallas, making 69 appearances with 20 goals. The 30-year-old finished tied with Maxi Urruti as the team's top scorer in MLS play on eight goals.Lamah had left Toyota Stadium after having his option declined in late November, so this will...
SportsDay Dec 11, 2018
3rd Degree the Podcast #7 available
The 7th episode of 3rd Degree the Podcast is now available where you get your podcasts. The Youtube version is available below.The guys get together to discuss the amazing changes underway at FC Dallas. The pending announcement of Luchi Gonzalez, the departure of Luiz Muzzi, the trades of Maxi and Tesho, and their reaction to the launch of North Texas Soccer Club.
SportsDay Dec 10, 2018
North Texas SC announces USL League One schedule
North Texas Soccer Club, the USL League One arm of FC Dallas, has announced their schedule for the 2019 season. Of the home games, only the home opener has a time and location at this point. All games are TBD.FC Dallas does kick the season off with three straight home games, which should give local fans a nice start to the season and a chance to learn all about the players.2019 North Texas SC Schedule Sat, Mar 30, 2019 7:00PM CT Chattanooga Red Wolves SC Toyota Stadium Sat, April 13, 2019 TBD Forward Madison FC TBD (Home) Sat, April 27,...
SportsDay Dec 10, 2018
FC Dallas expansion draft list
FC Dallas has released their FC Cincinnati Expansion Draft protected and exposed list. The expansion draft is tomorrow and FC Dallas can lose one player at most. Each club in the draft pool gets to protect 11 players and also has a list of automatically listed players. Each club also must protect at least three internationals. If a team lost a player in last year's expansion draft they aren't in this year's pool (Seattle Sounders FC, Sporting Kansas City, the San Jose Earthquakes, Columbus Crew SC and Toronto FC).Here are the FC Dallas names.ProtectedPablo Aránguiz, Dominique Badji,...
SportsDay Dec 10, 2018
VP of Soccer Operations Luiz Muzzi is still with FC Dallas, for now
After reports broke this week that FC Dallas Vice President of Soccer Operations Luiz Muzzi was joining Orland City, FC Dallas continued to make roster and player moves. With head coach Oscar Pareja, technical director Fernando Clavijo, and now (reportedly) Muzzi all gone; fans began to wonder, who is making all these decisions for FC Dallas?It may come as a surprise then that according to FC Dallas Owner and President Dan Hunt the answer is Luiz Muzzi."Well, Luiz is busy working away for us."Hunt says the club has been working on plans for this offseason for some time. "We've been going...
SportsDay Dec 9, 2018
FC Dallas trade Maxi Urruti, Tesho Akindele
FC Dallas have used MLS' half-day trade window that follows the MLS Cup to clear further cap space in what appears to be preparation for an offensive rebuild. Striker Maxi Urruti heads to Montreal, while Tesho Akindele's MLS rights have been traded to Orlando City.The Canadian was out of contract but FC Dallas retained his MLS rights by extending a bona fide offer in late November. While the trade does not assure that the 2014 MLS Rookie of the Year will play for The Lions, they have purchased the right to offer Akindele a new deal. "Tesho was a terrific first-round pick that we were able to...
SportsDay Dec 8, 2018
No FC Dallas players will be sold to Xolos
Shortly after Oscar Pareja was outed as the next coach of Club Tijuana, the obvious discussion began about which players from FC Dallas might be sold to Xolos. There were even a couple of reports with a few names listed as potential targets. But FC Dallas Owner and President Dan Hunt say that's not happening."No players will be going to Tijuana."On the surface, one might take that kind of statement as a platitude, but Hunt insists that he and Pareja have been communicating and are on the same page."He and I talked. And he said, 'Look, I'm good.' He said, 'I really like the roster.' He...
SportsDay Dec 8, 2018
There could be new FC Dallas player signings by Christmas
FC Dallas fans may be getting an early holiday gift. "I would be shocked if we don't have a couple players signed by Christmas," FC Dallas owner and President Dan Hunt said on Thursday at the North Texas SC launch party."We had a number of players we had identified, even six months ago, that we were talking to, negotiating with, negotiating with the club."While FC Dallas has yet to hire a head coach - that could change next week - the club has continued to move forward with its roster and is moving ahead on player signings."Obviously the new head coach will have some input in that," Hunt...
SportsDay Dec 7, 2018
Dan Hunt: New FC Dallas head coach to be named next week
FC Dallas must have their man. "We're down really to our final three. We'll make a decision next week and announce our coach," FC Dallas owner and President Dan Hunt said when I cornered at the North Texas Soccer Club launch event.While Hunt wouldn't name the final three, all our sources and other reports have the final list as current FC Dallas assist coach Marco Ferruzzi, current FC Dallas Academy director Luchi Gonzalez, and current US U20 head coach Tab Ramos. If the announcement is coming next week, then one has to think the decision has already been made by Dan and Clark Hunt with just...
SportsDay Dec 6, 2018
FC Dallas signs Ricardo Pepi to USL team
It should not be lost in the hullabaloo of the new FC Dallas USL League One side launch, North Texas SC, that the club's first player signing was announced as none other than Ricardo Pepi. This is a fantastic move by FC Dallas.With all apologies to Carlos Avilez, who was signed to a USL contract by FC Dallas over a year ago, Pepi as the "first North Texas SC player signing" is a fantastic get and exactly the kind of player that FC Dallas needs to lock up to a contract via the USL team. Pepi said after the press conference that he and the club have been talking for the last 3 months or so,...
SportsDay Dec 6, 2018
FC Dallas launches USL brand: North Texas Soccer Club
FC Dallas has launched their USL League One franchise under the brand North Texas Soccer Club. The club will wear the same colors as FC Dallas but have its own logo and uniform (yet to come) as well as the unique name. Former FC Dallas Director of Group Ticket Sales Matt Denny was announced as the General Manager of the new team and Ricardo Pepi as its first player (more on Pepi in another story). FC Dallas players Jesus Ferreira and Brandon Servania were on hand at the event to discuss the developmental value to playing in the USL that both experienced playing with Tulsa Roughnecks last...
SportsDay Dec 5, 2018
FC Dallas response to report of Luiz Muzzi departure
It was reported earlier today that FC Dallas' Vice President of Soccer Operations Luiz Muzzi is soon to depart to take over soccer operations for Orlando City. 3rd Degree's Arman Kafai reached out to the team for comment on the report...Muzzi was promoted to VP of Socer Operations back in September after the departure of Technical Director Fernando Clavijo due to health issues. Prior to Clavijo's departure, Muzzi was the club's assistant technical director from Dec. 2012.
SportsDay Dec 4, 2018
FCD launching USL League One franchise with Kickoff Party on Thursday
FC Dallas is throwing a party to unveil its USL League One team name, logo, and general manager this Thursday, December 6th, at British Beverage Company in Dallas. The event will begin at 4 PM with doors opening at 3:30 PM.Space is limited for fans but readers of 3rd Degree are invited to attend. Please RSVP to FCDCommunications@FCDallas.com if you would like to attend. The first player signing for the new USL League One side will also be on hand and FC Dallas President Dan Hunt is scheduled to be in attendance for the announcement.There will be food, non-alcohol beverages, and some swag...
SportsDay Dec 3, 2018
A hypothetical FC Dallas USL game day roster
The USL Winter Summit opened on Monday in Tampa with some FC Dallas staff in attendance and the club is announcing the USL team's name, logo, general manager, and a player signing at an event on Thursday. So now seemed as good a time as any to look into what the USL version of FC Dallas might look like on any given game day in 2019.I've mentioned a few times that the USL version of FC Dallas won't have a massive 30 man roster on its own. Instead, it will have maybe 10 players signed directly to its roster and then the rest will be filled in with MLS roster players - mostly Homegrowns moving...
