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Generation adidas Cup Announces Houston Dynamo U-17 Academy Schedule

April 2, 2019 - Major League Soccer (MLS) - Houston Dynamo News Release

HOUSTON - Major League Soccer announced today that the Houston Dynamo U-17 squad will compete in Group B of the U-17 Premier Division of the 2019 Generation adidas Cup in Frisco, Texas from April 13-20.

The Dynamo U-17 team will face FC Midtylland from Denmark, which was the first full-time Danish football academy established in the Scandinavian country. South Korean powerhouse Ulsan Hyundai FC will also compete in Group B and will make its debut in the tournament at the U-17 level. Group B also features two MLS clubs in Orlando City SC and the Portland Timbers.

The future stars of MLS will test their skills against some of the most renowned professional academies in the world in the expanded U-17 competition that includes 15 premier international clubs. Among the esteemed international academies set to play in the 2019 Generation adidas Cup include England's West Ham United, France's Olympique Lyonnais, Spain's Valencia, Argentine power River Plate, Brazilian side Flamengo, and Croatian giant Dinamo Zagreb, among others.

MLS clubs will also see regional rivalries play out in the tournament with eight Liga MX clubs playing in the U-17 and U-15 divisions. Club América, Monterrey, Tijuana and Deportivo Toluca will face MLS teams in the U-17 portion of play.

The newly formed U-15 tournament between MLS and Liga MX clubs is the latest competitive initiative in the collaboration between the two leagues, following in the footsteps of the Campeones Cup and the annual MLS Homegrown Game team which pits the MLS squad against a Liga MX U-20 opponent. Chivas de Guadalajara, Club Leon, Cruz Azul and Monterrey will each face the four MLS sides once, setting up an exciting fifth and final matchup pitting the first-place Liga MX side against the top MLS club in a winner-take-all showdown.

The Generation adidas Cup has developed into the premier youth tournament in which elite MLS academy players test their talents against international competition. Previous MLS academy products to participate in the tournament in recent years include Efrain Álvarez (LA Galaxy / LA Galaxy Academy), Weston McKennie (Schalke 04 / FC Dallas Academy), Djordje Mihailovic (Chicago Fire / Chicago Fire Academy), and Paxton Pomykal (FC Dallas / FC Dallas Academy), among others.

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U-17 Champions Division

GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C GROUP D

Club América CA Peñarol CA River Plate Flamengo

FC Dallas GNK Dinamo Zagreb New York City FC Montreal Impact

New York Red Bulls LA Galaxy Olympique Lyonnais Seattle Sounders FC

West Ham United FC Toronto FC Real Salt Lake Valencia CF

U-17 Premier Division

GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C GROUP D

Atlanta United FC Midtylland C.F. Monterrey Colorado Rapids

Chicago Fire Houston Dynamo Columbus Crew SC Deportivo Toluca FC

Club Tijuana Orlando City SC Sporting Kansas City Mount Pleasant FA

D.C. United Portland Timbers UMF Fjölnir New England Revolution

San Jose Earthquakes Ulsan Hyundai FC Vancouver Whitecaps FC Philadelphia Union

U-15 Division

MLS LIGA MX

Los Angeles Football Club C.D. Guadalajara

New York Red Bulls C.F. Monterrey

Philadelphia Union Club León

Toronto FC Cruz Azul

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