MLS Houston Dynamo FC

Top Dynamo Academy Prospects to Compete in Annual Showcase Monday Night

Published on December 19, 2011 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Houston Dynamo FC News Release


HOUSTON, TX (Monday, December 19, 2011) -- The top prospects from the Houston Dynamo Academy, presented by Statoil, will be on display Monday night in the annual Dynamo Academy Showcase, set to kick off at 5 p.m. at the Houston Amateur Sports Park.

First team head coach Dominic Kinnear and his staff will be on hand to evaluate players, with a full match pitting the Dynamo's college-protected players and select guests against players from their U-18 and U-16 teams.

College participants include:

DF Leo Ayala (Challenge Early College), University of Central Florida

DF Matt Boullt (Fort Bend Clements), Tulsa

MF Ábe Matamoros (Strake Jesuit), Tulsa

MF Daniel Roberts (Fort Bend Clements), UNC-Wilmington

MF Johnny Torres (Atascocita), Wake Forest

GK Pat Wall (Strake Jesuit), Notre Dame

MF Miguel Zapata (Katy Mayde Creek), Tulsa

Dynamo Academy home-grown players may be signed to the Dynamo first team without being subject to the MLS SuperDraft or the allocation process. Houston has signed four players from its Academy, goalkeeper Tyler Deric (Klein) and midfielder Francisco Navas Cobo, both of whom made their professional debuts in 2010, and midfielders Alex Dixon (Humble Atascocita) and Josue Soto (Prepa Tec, Mexico), both of whom competed in last year's Academy Showcase.

The Houston Dynamo are a Major League Soccer club that has won two MLS Cup championships and three conference championships in its first six seasons and qualified to represent the United States in international competition five times, including in the 2012-13 CONCACAF Champions League. For more information, log on to www.HoustonDynamo.com or call (713) 276-7500.

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