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FC Dallas Wins Lottery for Rights to Defender Alex Yi

January 12, 2005 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
FC Dallas News Release


Dallas, Tex. – FC Dallas President and General Manager Greg Elliott announced today that the club has won the MLS lottery for the rights to defender Alex Yi.

"Alex is a young player with a lot of potential and we are very excited to have him on our team," said FC Dallas Head Coach Colin Clarke. "It didn't work out for him in Europe, but he went there and got some real good experience over there in Belgium.

"We're looking forward to having him come in here and compete with everybody else."

Yi, 22, played two years with Royal Antwerp in Belgium before coming to Dallas. A veteran of the U-23 and U-20 U.S. National Teams, Yi has six career caps with the U-23 team and 12 career caps with the U-20 team. In 2001 with the U-20 team, he played in all three matches during the FIFA World Youth Championships held in Argentina.

The 6-2, 175-pound defender played two seasons at UCLA before heading over to Belgium. In 2001, Yi was a nominee for both the Hermann Trophy and M.A.C. Player of the Year Award and was a second-team All-Pac-10 selection. The Easton, Maryland native was also a third-team All-American. In 2000, he was honored as the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and earned second-team All-Pac-10 acclaim. Soccer America also selected Yi to its All-Freshman Team.

"I am very excited right now and look forward to heading to Dallas for preseason and the season opener in the new stadium in Frisco," said Yi. "I am very anxious to get down there and start my career with FC Dallas."

With the ability to speak Korean, Yi's father played for the Korean Youth National Team. Yi is scheduled to report to spring training with FC Dallas on January 31.

FC Dallas, a charter member club of Major League Soccer, will begin play in the new 21,193 seat soccer stadium in the spring of 2005. The 117-acre facility will be located at the intersection of Main Street and Dallas North Tollway in Frisco. The Frisco Soccer & Entertainment Center will accommodate Major League Soccer matches, major concerts, international soccer matches and High School football. Adjacent to the stadium will be 17 regulation size, tournament-grade soccer fields which will be utilized on a year-round basis. Join us as we celebrate Major League Soccer's 10th season. For more information, log on to fcdallas.net or call Mark Janko at (214) 777-0203.

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