FC Dallas Youth

What the club offers

Juniors is built for players born 2016 through 2019 and runs on two six-month fall and spring seasons each year. Families submit the Juniors inquiry form for each interested player; coaching staff review submissions and completing the form does not guarantee a roster spot. The broader youth club program emphasizes advanced team development for boys and girls from about U7 through U19 using the FCDY progressive curriculum. The boys academy operates in MLS NEXT under a dedicated academy director and age-group head coaches. The girls academy competes in ECNL with its own academy and programming leadership. Extra training options include the FC Dallas Performance Training program, the FC Dallas Skills Development program, and FC Dallas Camps.

Development philosophy and academy track record

The FCD Way is the club’s shared coaching and character model: technical development sits alongside player welfare, integrity, academic support, college preparation, sportsmanship, and work ethic. Academy players train at high volume, receive direct feedback, go through FCD Way physical testing, and follow curriculum-driven soccer-specific athletic work so they understand strengths, gaps, and next steps compared with peers.

The boys academy began in 2008 as FC Dallas’s pro-pathway youth program. Through January 2026, forty-eight academy graduates had signed first-team Homegrown contracts with FC Dallas, and fourteen had earned full U.S. men’s national team caps, including four who represented the United States at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The girls academy, in ECNL, has won multiple conference honors and two national championships, with extensive youth national team representation and steady movement into college programs. Academy teams regularly enter international and domestic showcase events, including Generation Adidas Cup for eligible boys groups, and Frisco has hosted major international club opponents for academy-age competition.

Where teams train and play

Core training and competition sites include Toyota Soccer Center and UMB Bank Performance Center in Frisco, plus MoneyGram Soccer Park in Dallas. The club also uses partner and overflow venues across the Metroplex—among them ATH Allen, FORO Sports Club in Dallas, Mercy Street Sports Complex in Dallas, PIT Frisco, PIT Plano, Southwood Sports Complex in Roanoke, and Frisco ISD high school stadiums when schedules call for alternate capacity or locations.

Joining, tryouts, and registration

The standard entry path is the age-matched join inquiry form: one submission per player, coaching staff review, and no automatic roster guarantee. Girls and boys ECNL tryout registration runs through AthleteOne. Juniors families use the dedicated Juniors form that notes the 2016–2019 birth-year band and the fall-and-spring season rhythm. MLS NEXT Academy questions should go to the boys academy administration—Joseph Márquez (boys academy administrator) and German Rubio (assistant academy administrator)—for trial timing, paperwork, and next steps.

Contact and office

The FC Dallas Youth administrative office is at 9200 World Cup Way, Suite 202, Frisco, TX 75033. General phone support is available at 469-365-0000. Soccer camp questions can go to Chris Clarke at cclarke@fcdallas.net. Toyota Soccer Center field rental inquiries go to jfigueroa@fcdallas.com; UMB Bank Performance Center field rental inquiries go to dramsay@fcdallas.com. General feedback email is feedback@fcdallas.com.