The FC Dallas Gazette
The terraces5 Mar 2035
The mood at FC Dallas has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Squad5 Mar 2035
Daniel in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at FC Dallas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom5 Mar 2035
Graduation day at FC Dallas
8 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match3 Mar 2035
3 matches without a goal for FC Dallas
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Market5 Mar 2035
Walker Howard steps up from the FC Dallas academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Walker Howard has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market5 Mar 2035
One of our own: Daniel Sargent joins the FC Dallas first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Sargent is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market5 Mar 2035
FC Dallas promote Ricardo Johnson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ricardo Johnson has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market5 Mar 2035
FC Dallas promote Ryan Johnson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ryan Johnson has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Player ratings5 Mar 2035
Nobody could get near Joaquín Valiente
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Boardroom A promise the FC Dallas board did not keep
- Squad No hiding place for Malachi Molina
- Squad Kevyn Montaño stays put