Dallas Round of 60 Set for Sueno MLS '08 This Saturday
February 27, 2008 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
FC Dallas News Release
FRISCO, Texas (Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008) - FC Dallas and Major League Soccer announced today the names of the 60 players who will move on to the next round of Sueño MLS: The Dream Continues. The 60 candidates were selected by the FC Dallas coaching staff following four days of intense open tryouts at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, TX.
Built by The Home Depot, Sueño MLS is a six-week long quest to find the best undiscovered young soccer player in the nation. This past weekend, beginning on Feb. 22, the competition began at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, TX, where four days of open tryouts took place under the watchful eyes of the FC Dallas coaching staff. The previous weekend, Chivas USA kicked off Sueño MLS with four days of open tryouts at the Bell Gardens Sport Center, home to Chivas USA's academy and youth teams, in the city of Bell Gardens, Calif.
Following the round of 60, "The Final 18" of each team will be selected and subsequently compete on March 8-9 and March 15 for a chance to train with the respective MLS team, and possibly earn a roster spot.
Saturday's Round of 60 will once again take place at the home of FC Dallas, Pizza Hut Park. The 60 players will be divided into four teams of 15 players each, and will be observed in various drills from 2:30 - 5:30 p.m. CT. At the conclusion of the training session the FCD coaching staff will select 18 players for the next round. The media and public are invited to attend.
Sueño MLS returns to Republica Deportiva every Sunday at 10 a.m. CT 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 winners 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.
Name Age Position Hometown State
Steven Ambrose 23 M Dallas TX
Daniel Arjona 17 M Wylie TX
Jorge Armendariz 23 D The Colony TX
Baltazar Arroyo 17 M Austin TX
Orlando Arzola 15 D Plano TX
Bradlee Baladez 16 M Dallas TX
Jael Barrera 16 D Dallas TX
Rodrigo Barrientos 17 M Dallas TX
Lucas Bassan 18 M Carrollton TX
Jaime Benitez 21 D Dallas TX
Edgar Castillo 19 F Dallas TX
Brandon Castro 18 D Forney TX
Raul Cruz 21 M San Antonio TX
Anthony De Leon 19 D Mesquite TX
Edgar Estrada 18 D Mesquite TX
Keegan Ferry 17 D Carrollton TX
Alex Fischera 23 D Denton TX
Ezequiel Franco 18 F Buenos Aires ARG
Gabriel Funes 17 F Arlington TX
Jose Funes 16 M Arlington TX
Fernando Garza 18 M Garland TX
Rene Garcia 20 F El Paso TX
Jonathon Gutierrez 23 F Guadalajara MEX
Carlos Guillen 21 M Odessa TX
Rogelio Hernandez 20 F Houston TX
Raúl Herrera 21 GK Richardson TX
Gustavo Lara 21 M Dallas TX
Jared Lee 21 D Irving TX
Damian Lopez 20 F McAllen TX
Noel Luna 17 F Fort Worth TX
Ernesto Marquez 24 D Oklahoma City OK
Robert Maplay 24 D Dallas TX
Byron Marquin 23 M Ogden UT
Rafael Martinez 16 M Dallas TX
Robin Martinez 24 M San Antonio TX
Seth McClair 17 D Forney TX
Rafael Monfoy 20 GK Montgomery IL
Roger Mora 18 M San Jose CA
Francisco Moreno 19 GK Dallas TX
Mizael Najera 16 M Dallas TX
Ekene Onouha 23 D Dallas TX
Yaikel Perez 23 F Miami FL
Edmund Peterson 23 M Tyler TX
Jorge Pineda 19 D Fort Worth TX
Omar Puga 24 M Prosper TX
Alexei Reyes 16 F Dallas TX
Miguel Rivera 22 D Arlington TX
Alberto RodrÃguez 20 GK Dallas TX
Antonio Rodriguez 19 M Dallas TX
Jorge Rodriguez 16 M Dallas TX
Jose RodrÃguez 23 D Ogden UT
Raul Rodriguez 17 F Mesquite TX
Marco Ruiz 19 D Mcallen TX
Christian Salazar 18 M Victoria TX
Justin Santabanez 19 M Sanford FL
Silvestre Silva 18 M Fort Worth TX
Juan Carlos Torres 20 F Greensboro NC
Charles Tweve 20 M Richardson TX
Marcus Zamarron 19 D Fort Worth TX
Miguel Zuniga 18 D Haltom City TX
SUEÃO MLS KEY DATES:
March 1 Training for 60 Finalists (both cities)
March 8 -9 Training for "The Final 18" (both cities)
March 15 "Final 18" Trial Game (both cities)
March 17 - 23 Two-week trial with FC Dallas and Chivas USA
March 30 Announcement of winners on República Deportiva
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- Red Bulls Acquire 2010 MLS SuperDraft Selection from RSL - New York Red Bulls
- Real Salt Lake Weekly Update - Real Salt Lake
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- Forward Chad Barrett, Goalkeeper Dominic Cervi Join U.S. U-23 Olympic Qualifying Camp - Chicago Fire FC
- Red Bulls Altidore, Freeman Called Into U.S. U-23 Camp - New York Red Bulls
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