Twelve From Sueño MLS in Dallas Selected to Face FC Dallas Under-17 Team
Published on March 21, 2008 under Major League Soccer (MLS) News Release
NEW YORK (Thursday, March 20, 2008) -Major League Soccer and FC Dallas today announced that 12 of the "Final 18" Sueño MLS participants in Dallas have been selected to scrimmage the FC Dallas Under-17 team on Friday, March 21 at 2:30 p.m. CT at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Tex. From this game, the FC Dallas coaching staff will select the first players invited to form the FC Dallas Juniors, the club's newly created developmental elite team that will directly prepare players for the professional team. One of these players will be selected as the winner of Sueño MLS in Dallas, which will be announced live on Univision's Republica Deportiva on March 30, 2008 from Pizza Hut Park.
Built by The Home Depot, Sueño MLS is a six-week long quest to find the best undiscovered young soccer player in the nation. Hosted simultaneously by Chivas USA and FC Dallas, Sueño MLS kicked off President's Weekend with four days of open tryouts at the Bell Gardens Sport Center, home to Chivas USA's academy and youth teams.
On the weekend beginning on Feb. 22, the stage shifted to Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Tex where four days of identical open tryouts took place under the watchful eyes of the FC Dallas Coaching Staff. The group in each market was narrowed to 60 participants, then to 18 players following consecutive weekends of tryouts, practices, and a game.
Sueño MLS returns to Republica Deportiva every Sunday at 11 a.m. ET in what can be termed as a unique "reality show within a show" format. The show will culminate with the announcement of the Sueño MLS winner on Sunday, March 30, just hours before the start of the MLS season on Univision network TeleFutura between FC Dallas and Chivas USA live from Pizza Hut Park at 2 p.m. CT.
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