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FC Dallas

Year founded	1996 as Dallas Burn
League	Major League Soccer
Nickname	FCD, Hoops, Toros, Red Stripes
Stadium	Pizza Hut Park Frisco, TX
Coach	Steve Morrow
Owner	Clark Hunt
Home colors 　 Away colors
First Game Dallas Burn 0–0 San Jose Clash (Cotton Bowl; April 14, 1996)
Largest Win Dallas Burn 5–0 Kansas City Wizards (Cotton Bowl; July 10, 1999)
Worst Defeat Dallas Burn 1–8 Los Angeles Galaxy (Cotton Bowl; June 4, 1998)
All-time Top Scorer Jason Kreis (91)
Supporter Groups Hoops Nation, The Inferno, La Raza Latina
MLS Cup
None
US Open Cup
1997
Supporters' Shield
None

FC Dallas is a professional soccer club based in Frisco, Texas, that participates in Major League Soccer. The club was known as the Dallas Burn from 1996 to 2004. The initials "FC" stand for Football Club.^[1]

Contents 1 History 1.1 Colors and nickname 1.2 Rivalries 2 Honors 3 Current roster 3.1 Changes for the 2008 MLS Season 4 Notable players 5 Head coaches 6 Team records 7 Ownership 8 Home stadiums 9 Media 10 Partner teams 11 Year-by-year 12 Average attendance 13 International competition 14 Trivia 15 Song 16 Sources 17 External links

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.

The team's colors are red, white,silver, and blue. The home jerseys are red, white and blue, the away jerseys are primarily silver. 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.

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 intra-state 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^[2] and Colorado's victories over FC Dallas in the post season.

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

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

As of November 21, 2007

The players in bold have senior international caps

No. Position Player 0 FW Abdus Ibrahim 4 DF Chris Gbandi 5 MF Marcelo Saragosa 6 MF Pablo Ricchetti (Vice-Captain) 7 FW Abe Thompson 8 MF Juan Toja 9 FW Roberto Miña (on injured reserve) 10 MF Denílson 12 MF Arturo Alvarez 13 MF Dax McCarty 14 DF Drew Moor 15 MF Adrian Serioux 16 DF David Wagenfuhr 17 MF Aaron Pitchkolan 19 DF Bobby Rhine

No. Position Player 20 FW Carlos Ruiz (Captain) 21 DF Alex Yi 22 DF Michael Dello-Russo 23 DF Blake Wagner 25 FW Dominic Oduro 26 MF Anthony Wallace 27 FW Andrew Daniels 28 MF Chase Wileman 29 MF Scott Jones 30 GK Ray Burse 31 MF Sandy Gbandi 33 FW Kenny Cooper 34 FW Ricardinho 48 GK Darío Sala

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

In

Out

• Shaka Hislop Retired
• Clarence Goodson Drafted to San Jose Earthquakes in the Expansion Draft
• Sebastián Botero Waived

Argentina Diego Soñora (1996-1997) Dario Sala (2006—) Bolivia Joselito Vaca (2001-2003) Brazil Denílson (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—) El Salvador Jorge Rodríguez (1997–2002) Finland Simo Valakari (2004–2006) Guatemala Carlos Ruiz (2005—) Republic of Ireland Ronnie O'Brien (2002-2006)

Mexico Hugo Sánchez (1996) Damián Álvarez (1997-1998) Antonio Martínez (2000-2003) 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) Eddie Johnson (2001–2005) Jason Kreis (1996–2004) Mark Santel (1996–2000)

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

• 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)

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

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

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.

• 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"^[3] 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.^[4] 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.

Off the field, the clubs will jointly develop and work on future projects including: "joint cooperative efforts regarding the growth of sponsors; cooperative efforts on soccer education programs; host business summits to develop mutual business relationships and strategies; and exchange best practices in the areas of business, marketing, ticket sales, sponsorship, broadcasting, and match-day commercial and entertainment activities."^[5]

• An unnamed European club; Celtic ,a couple of Italian Serie A clubs, and a few Premier League clubs are currently in the running for more international partnerships. ^[6]

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

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

• 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

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

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. ^[7]

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

FC Dallas v • d • e
Club • History • Players Major League Soccer Stadiums — Cotton Bowl • Dragon Stadium • Pizza Hut Park Ownership — Clark Hunt Club Head Coaches Dir • Jeffries • Clarke • Morrow Supporter Groups Hoops Nation • The Inferno • La Raza Latina Championships (1) US Open Cup: 1997 Seasons 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007

Major League Soccer v • d • e

Eastern Conference Western Conference Chicago Fire | Columbus Crew | D.C. United | Kansas City Wizards | New England Revolution | New York Red Bulls | Toronto FC Chivas USA | Colorado Rapids | FC Dallas | Houston Dynamo | Los Angeles Galaxy | Real Salt Lake | San Jose Earthquakes Former teams Expansion Miami Fusion | Tampa Bay Mutiny Seattle (2009) Miscellaneous MLS Cup | All-Star Game | SuperLiga | Pan-Pacific Championship | USSF | CSA | Central Division | U.S. Open Cup | Playoffs | Supporters' Shield | Two-team Cups | Reserve Division | Drafts | Stadiums | Current Players | Foreign Players | Capped Players | Designated Players | Records/Statistics/Trivia Seasons 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008

	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
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
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)	Southern Methodist University • Texas Christian University • University of North Texas • University of Texas at Arlington