FC Dallas

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FC Dallas
Full name	FC Dallas
Nickname(s)	FC Frisco, FCD, Hoops, Toros, Red Stripes, Frisco Kids
Founded	1996 (as Dallas Burn)
Ground	Pizza Hut Park Frisco, TX (Capacity 20,500)
Owner	Clark Hunt
Manager	Marco Ferruzzi (interim)
League	Major League Soccer
2007	Western Conference: 3rd Overall: 5th Playoffs: Conference semifinals
First game	San Jose Clash 0–0 Dallas Burn (Cotton Bowl; April 14, 1996)
Largest win	5–0 vs Kansas City Wizards (Cotton Bowl; July 10, 1999)
Largest defeat	1–8 vs Los Angeles Galaxy (Cotton Bowl; June 4, 1998)
All-time top scorer	Jason Kreis (91)
Supporters groups	Los Toros, Hoops Nation, The Inferno, La Raza Latina
Honours	US Open Cup (1)
Home colours 　 Away colours

FC Dallas is a North American professional soccer team based in Frisco, Texas, United States. Founded in 1996 as the Dallas Burn, the team plays in Major League Soccer (MLS).

FC Dallas' home is the 20,500 capacity soccer-specific Pizza Hut Park, located on the suburbs of Dallas in Frisco, Texas, where they have played since changing their name in 2005. The team is owned by MLS investor Clark Hunt, who is also the owner of the National Football League's Kansas City Chiefs.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Colors and nickname 1.2 Rivalries 2 Honors 3 Current roster 4 Team management 5 Notable players 6 Head coaches 7 Team records 8 Ownership 9 Home stadiums 10 Media 11 Partner teams 12 Year-by-year 13 Average attendance 14 International competition 15 Trivia 16 Song 17 Sources 18 External links

[edit] History

The team was founded as the Dallas Burn in 1996 the inaugural year of Major League Soccer. From 1996-2002 the team played in the Cotton Bowl. In an effort to save money due to the club's unfavorable lease with the Cotton Bowl, the club played its 2003 home games at Dragon Stadium, a high school stadium in Southlake, a Fort Worth suburb. After listening to its fans, the Dallas Burn, as the team was called from 1996-2004, moved back to the Cotton Bowl for the 2004 season. Another factor to the move was the money that the club was losing due to the fact that there could be no alcohol sales at a public high school.

In August 2005, the club moved into Pizza Hut Park, a soccer-specific stadium in the northern suburb of Frisco. To celebrate this move, the club rebranded itself with a more soccer-fitting name, FC Dallas.

The 2006 season saw the creation of Hoops Nation, an official supporters' club that allows fans to get two free tickets each year, a t-shirt, and other benefits, in exchange for a membership fee. The club works in concert with the existing supporters' group, Inferno (whose name derives from the team's days as the Dallas Burn), by offering discounted tickets to the group's special section. Another active supporters' group are La Raza Latina.

[edit] Colors and nickname

The team's colors are Republic Red, Bovine Blue, Shawnee Silver, and Lonestar White. The home jerseys are red, white and blue, the away jerseys are white with blue horizontal stripes. The club has used "Hoops" as part of press releases and marketing campaigns. The Hoops nickname describes the horizontal bands of the team's home and away kits, and refers to the similar sobriquets given to teams such as Celtic F.C. and Queens Park Rangers. Fans and media have also used such monikers as FCD, The Red Stripes, the Waldos, and the Toros.

[edit] Rivalries

FC Dallas' oldest rivalry is with Eastern conference rival the Chicago Fire. Since 2001, they have competed for the Brimstone Cup, which goes to the team that wins the season series between the two teams. In 2005, the San Jose Earthquakes were put on hold and the team was relocated to Houston, sparking an intrastate rivalry with the new Houston club. The two teams play for El Capitan, a cannon that goes to the regular season victor. Recently, animosity has grown between fans and players of FC Dallas and the Colorado Rapids, mainly sparking from Colorado players' comments towards the fans^[1] and Colorado's victories over FC Dallas in the post season.

[edit] Honors

• MLS Supporters' Shield:
  • Runners-up (1): 2006

• US Open Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1997
  • Runners-up (2): 2005, 2007

[edit] Current roster

As of March 2, 2008

The players in bold have senior international caps

No. Position Player 2 DF Michael Dello-Russo 4 DF Duilio Davino (Captain) 5 MF Marcelo Saragosa 6 MF Pablo Ricchetti (Vice-captain 1 ) 7 FW Abe Thompson 8 MF Juan Toja 10 FW Ricardinho 11 DF André Rocha 12 MF Arturo Alvarez 13 MF Dax McCarty 14 DF Drew Moor 15 MF Adrian Serioux 16 DF David Wagenfuhr 17 MF Aaron Pitchkolan

No. Position Player 18 FW Abdus Ibrahim 19 DF Bobby Rhine 20 MF Brek Shea 22 GK Josh Lambo 23 DF Blake Wagner 24 MF Eric Avila 25 FW Dominic Oduro 26 MF Anthony Wallace 27 DF Andrew Daniels 28 MF Chase Wileman 30 GK Ray Burse 33 FW Kenny Cooper 40 GK Mike Graczyk 44 GK Darío Sala

Source: http://web.mlsnet.com/players/roster.jsp?club=t104

[edit] Team management

• Manager: Vacant
• Assistant Manager: Vacant
• First-team Coach: Marco Ferruzzi
• Goalkeeping Coach: Drew Keeshan
• Athletic Trainer: Joshua Watts

[edit] Notable players

Argentina Diego Soñora (1996-1997) Darío Sala (2006—) Bolivia Joselito Vaca (2001-2003) Brazil Denílson (2007) Canada Adrian Serioux (2007–) Colombia Leonel Álvarez (1996, 1998–1999) Óscar Pareja (1998–2005) Juan Carlos Toja (2007—) John Jairo Trellez (1999)

Ecuador Ariel Graziani (1999–2001) Roberto Miña (2005-2008) El Salvador Jorge Rodríguez (1997–2002) Finland Simo Valakari (2004–2006) Guatemala Carlos Ruiz (2005–2007) Republic of Ireland Ronnie O'Brien (2002-2006)

Mexico Hugo Sánchez (1996) Damián Álvarez (1997–1998) Antonio Martínez (2000–2003) Duilio Davino (2008–) Northern Ireland Steve Morrow (2002-2003) Switzerland Alain Sutter (1997–1998) Trinidad and Tobago Shaka Hislop (2006-2007) Brian Haynes (1996-2000)

United States Arturo Alvarez (2005—) Kenny Cooper (2006—) Chad Deering (1998–2003) Mark Dodd (1996–1999) Cory Gibbs (2004) Clarence Goodson (2004–2007) Eddie Johnson (2001–2005) Jason Kreis (1996–2004) Drew Moor (2005–) Mark Santel (1996–2000) Rigo Hernandez (1986-2008)

[edit] Head coaches

• Dave Dir (1996–2000)
• Mike Jeffries (2001–2003)
• Colin Clarke (2003–2006)
• Steve Morrow (2006—2008)
• Marco Ferruzzi (2008)

[edit] Team records

• Games: Jason Kreis, 247
• Goals: Jason Kreis, 91
• Assists: Jason Kreis, 65
• Shutouts: Matt Jordan, 30

MLS regular season only, through 2006 season

• All-Time regular season record: 161-162-45 (Through Oct. 21, 2007)

[edit] Ownership

• Major League Soccer (1996–2002)
• Hunt Sports Group (2003—)

[edit] Home stadiums

• Cotton Bowl (1996–2002)
• Dragon Stadium (2003)
• Cotton Bowl (2004–2005)
• Pizza Hut Park (2005—)

[edit] Media

FC Dallas's matches appear on television on FSN Southwest and KFWD. Brad Sham does the play-by-play while former Dallas coach Dave Dir does color commentary.

All matches are broadcast on radio, the English carrier is KXEZ and KZMP (AM) carries Spanish language broadcasts. Ray Canevari does the English play-by-play, while Carlos Alvarado and Jesus Padilla do Spanish play-by-play and color, respectively.

[edit] Partner teams

• FC Dallas and Tigres UANL "will combine efforts to further develop each club's youth academies. One initiative will see FC Dallas's affiliate youth clubs of FC Texas challenge Tigres' Youth Academy clubs in annual competitions to be played at each team's venue. The teams will also combine to conduct community clinics in each others markets"^[2] and play a home-and-away series for the Rio Grande Plate.

• FCD has locked up a deal with Brazilian Série A team Atlético Paranaense. The deal will feature a home-and-away match series between the two clubs in 2007 and also allows the teams to loan players to one another.^[3] Along with that, in anticipation of the MLS Youth Development initiatives FCD will be able to learn the youth players development process from the South American team, while CAP can utilize business strategies that allow them to be more profitable. This partnership directly led to FC Dallas's acquisition of Ricardinho and André Rocha and is considered a very successful partnership.^[4]

• FCD signed a partnership with the TT Pro League in December, 2007. ^[5] The partnership includes player swaps, the ability for teams to use the practice facilities at Pizza Hut Park, and the sharing of business strategies and ideas. Shaka Hislop was influential in organizing the relationship.

[edit] Year-by-year

Year	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Open Cup	CONCACAF Champions' Cup	SuperLiga
1996	2nd, West	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Did not qualify	Started in 2007
1997	3rd, West	Semifinals	Champions	Did not qualify
1998	4th, West	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Did not qualify
1999	2nd, West	Semifinals	Quarterfinals	Did not qualify
2000	3rd, Central	Quarterfinals	Quarterfinals	Did not qualify
2001	3rd, Central	Quarterfinals	Round of 32	Not held
2002	3rd, West	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Did not qualify
2003	5th, West	Did not qualify	Round of 16	Did not qualify
2004	5th, West	Did not qualify	Quarterfinals	Did not qualify
2005	2nd, West	Quarterfinals	Final	Did not qualify
2006	1st, West	Quarterfinals	Quarterfinals	Did not qualify
2007	3rd, West	Quarterfinals	Final	Did not qualify	Group Stage

[edit] Average attendance

regular season/playoffs

• 1996: 16,011
• 1997: 9,678
• 1998: 10,948
• 1999: 12,211
• 2000: 13,102
• 2001: 12,574
• 2002: 13,112
• 2003: 7,906/missed playoffs
• 2004: 9,088/missed playoffs
• 2005: 11,189/10,104
• 2006: 14,982/15,486
• 2007: 15,145/12,537
• All-Time: 11,535

[edit] International competition

• 2004 La Manga Cup
  • Group Stage v. Odd Grenland -- 1:2
  • Group Stage v. Dynamo Kyiv -- 2:2
  • Semifinals v. Stabæk -- 2:1
  • Fifth Place Match v. Bodø/Glimt -- 1:3
• 2007 SuperLiga
  • Group Stage v. Guadalajara (Chivas) -- 1:1
  • Group Stage v. Pachuca -- 1:1
  • Group Stage v. Los Angeles Galaxy -- 5:6

[edit] Trivia

• From 1989 to 1991, there had been a team called FC Dallas in the minor league Lone Star Soccer Alliance.

[edit] Song

The team anthem is called “H-O-O-P-S Yes!” and is performed by choral symphonic rock group and Dallas natives The Polyphonic Spree. ^[6]

[edit] Sources

[edit] External links

• Official Website
• 3rd Degree (un-official FC Dallas News Source)
• Official FCD board, courtesy of BigSoccer

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	This box: view • talk • edit Sports teams based in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
Soccer	MLS: FC Dallas, PDL: DFW Tornados
Baseball	MLB: Texas Rangers, TL: Frisco RoughRiders, AA: Fort Worth Cats • Grand Prairie AirHogs, CBL: McKinney Blue Thunder
Basketball	NBA: Dallas Mavericks, PBL: Dallas Defenders, ABA/WBA: Texas Tycoons, WBA: Fort Worth Star Prospects • Mayas-USA, UBL: Fort Worth Funk • Grand Prairie Stallions • Texas Wranglers
Football	NFL: Dallas Cowboys, AFL: Dallas Desperados, IFL: Frisco Thunder, APFL: Fort Worth Regulators, NAFL: Dallas Diesels, NPSFL: DFW Panthers, NPSFL: Dallas Defenders Football Club, WPFL: Dallas Diamonds, NWFA: Dallas Rage
Hockey	NHL: Dallas Stars, CHL: Texas Brahmas, NAHL: Texas Tornado
College athletics (NCAA Division I)	North Texas • SMU • TCU • UT-Arlington