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FC Dallas Transfers Goalkeeper Richard Sanchez to Tigres UANL

June 24, 2014 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
FC Dallas News Release


FRISCO, Texas (Tuesday, June 24) - FC Dallas has transferred 20-year-old goalkeeper Richard Sanchez to Tigres UANL of Liga MX. Per team and league policy terms of the deal will not be disclosed.

A product of the FC Dallas Academy, Sanchez signed a Homegrown contract with MLS in 2011 at age 17. A mainstay on Mexico's youth national teams, Sanchez has spent the majority of the last few seasons on national team duty, helping the Mexico U-17 National Team to a World Cup Championship in 2011 and representing the U-20 squad as a starter for all four matches at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2013.

In MLS Reserve League action, Sanchez went 2-1-1 with a 1.50 GAA for the 2012 FC Dallas Reserves. The following season, he joined Fort Lauderdale Strikers on loan, starting 14 matches for the NASL side and finished with a 5-6-3 record, 1.428 GAA and three shutouts.

In 2014, Sanchez logged 135 minutes of Reserve League action with one win, a clean sheet versus Montreal to start the season. Full Name: Richard Sanchez Date of Birth: April 5, 1994 Hometown: Little Elm, Texas Birthplace: Mission Hills, Calif. Height: 6-3 Weight: 197 Position: Goalkeeper Country: Mexico Transaction: FC Dallas transferred (GK) Richard Sanchez to Tigres UANL.

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