Texans play into the record books...
The Dallas Cup is one of the most exciting youth soccer tournaments in the world. That's right, one of the best youth competitions takes place in Dallas, Texas. This is the first year the event was held at the new Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas, allowing the organizers to expand the event, so this year was even bigger and better than ever.
One of the Super Group matches even out drew the home team, FC Dallas. When Manchester United played Real Madrid local residents packed PHP to the brim. No, these weren't the full sides but the teams did include the future of both clubs, including Man U's American/Italian player, Giuseppe Rossi.
Many MLS players have played in this event as kids and Kenny Cooper was spotted at this event before being signed to a contract at Manchester United. To the delight of FC Dallas fans, Cooper is back in his home town. The big news here is that for the first time an American club won the Supergroup. Past winners include; Clube Atletico Paranaense (Brazil), Tigres (Mexico), Nottingham Forest (England), UNAM Pumas (Mexico), SC Corinthians (Brazil), CA San Lorenzo (Argentina), Sao Paulo FC (Brazil), Real Madrid (Spain), West Ham United (England), Moscow Dynamo (Russia) and Tahuichi (Bolivia). That list includes some of the biggest clubs in the world and if you don't recognize some of the other clubs you will recognize their home countries as huge names in the soccer world.
This year the Dallas Texans beat Tigres (Mexico), Deportivo Saprissa (Costa Rica), FC Groningen (Netherlands), CF Monterrey (Mexico) & Santos Laguna (Mexico) to win the Supergroup that included Manchester United (England) and Real Madrid (Spain). Let this sink in. The Dallas Texans U-19 team beat teams from traditional soccer power countries and finished ahead of Manchester United and Real Madrid. This is no small feat. This could signify the tipping point in American soccer's growth.
The Texans players are off to college in the fall. Dane Saintus will stay local by attending SMU. Jonathan Villanueva will certainly elevate UVA's squad. Andre Akpan should help Harvard win some games. UNC will be happy to have Billy Dworsky. We'll look back at this post in a few years to see how far these young stars make it in the American soccer system, but we can be sure that they were seen by worldwide scouts and the US Soccer folks.
One of the Super Group matches even out drew the home team, FC Dallas. When Manchester United played Real Madrid local residents packed PHP to the brim. No, these weren't the full sides but the teams did include the future of both clubs, including Man U's American/Italian player, Giuseppe Rossi.
Many MLS players have played in this event as kids and Kenny Cooper was spotted at this event before being signed to a contract at Manchester United. To the delight of FC Dallas fans, Cooper is back in his home town. The big news here is that for the first time an American club won the Supergroup. Past winners include; Clube Atletico Paranaense (Brazil), Tigres (Mexico), Nottingham Forest (England), UNAM Pumas (Mexico), SC Corinthians (Brazil), CA San Lorenzo (Argentina), Sao Paulo FC (Brazil), Real Madrid (Spain), West Ham United (England), Moscow Dynamo (Russia) and Tahuichi (Bolivia). That list includes some of the biggest clubs in the world and if you don't recognize some of the other clubs you will recognize their home countries as huge names in the soccer world.
This year the Dallas Texans beat Tigres (Mexico), Deportivo Saprissa (Costa Rica), FC Groningen (Netherlands), CF Monterrey (Mexico) & Santos Laguna (Mexico) to win the Supergroup that included Manchester United (England) and Real Madrid (Spain). Let this sink in. The Dallas Texans U-19 team beat teams from traditional soccer power countries and finished ahead of Manchester United and Real Madrid. This is no small feat. This could signify the tipping point in American soccer's growth.
The Texans players are off to college in the fall. Dane Saintus will stay local by attending SMU. Jonathan Villanueva will certainly elevate UVA's squad. Andre Akpan should help Harvard win some games. UNC will be happy to have Billy Dworsky. We'll look back at this post in a few years to see how far these young stars make it in the American soccer system, but we can be sure that they were seen by worldwide scouts and the US Soccer folks.
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