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104-492: On November 2, 2018, it was announced by FC Dallas that Dallas would be granted a side to play in the newly created United Soccer League third division for 2019. The club then officially announced the name of the reserve side, North Texas SC, and crest on December 6, 2018. In the team's first season, and despite playing mostly youth players from FC Dallas , North Texas SC won the USL League One championship, having already won

208-688: A charter club of the league. The club was founded in 1995 as the Dallas Burn before adopting its current name in 2004. Since 2005, Dallas have played in the DFW area's northern suburbs at the 20,500-capacity soccer-specific Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas ; home games in the club's early years were played at the Cotton Bowl . The team is owned by the Hunt Sports Group led by brothers Clark Hunt and Dan Hunt, who

312-510: A halftime substitute against the New York Red Bulls at Red Bull Arena on July 19. The Earthquakes announced a second new partnership aimed at pursuing the implementation of artificial intelligence and machine learning on July 21 with Los Angeles-based company Second Spectrum, Inc., the first of its kind in the league and inspired by the company's partnerships with the NBA and specifically

416-459: A logo which featured a fire-breathing black mustang behind a stylized red "Burn" wordmark. The logo and the original colors of red and black were revealed at an event in New York City on October 17, 1995. The team re-branded as FC Dallas in 2005 to coincide with their move to Pizza Hut Park in the middle of that season and has since played in a color scheme of red, white, silver, and blue, and

520-570: A new identity for San Jose that was younger, more dynamic, and more attacking, intentions which were reflected by his off-season acquisitions of Jahmir Hyka , Florian Jungwirth , Marco Ureña , Harold Cummings , and Danny Hoesen using Targeted Allocation Money . He also expressed the necessity of the team reaching the playoffs in 2017, as it had not done so since 2012. Illustrating the seriousness of his commitment to improving San Jose, within one week in April Fioranelli made two key additions to

624-640: A record of 17–15, the Burn finished in second in the Western Conference behind the Los Angeles Galaxy . They lost in the best of three playoff semifinals to the Wiz after three games, the last one being decided by a shootout. Their first campaign in the U.S. Open Cup ended with a 2–3 home defeat in the semifinals against D.C. United . In their second season, the Burn again reached the playoffs , where they lost in

728-483: A rotation of former MLS players including: Brian Dunseth , Ian Joy , Kevin Hartman , Steve Jolley , and Dante Washington . FC Dallas employee Daniel Robertson or Sturm (beginning in 2016) filled in when one of the others are not available. Longtime national soccer writer Steve Davis has been the analyst on all matches since 2018. Beginning with the new KTXA deal in 2015, longtime local sports broadcaster Gina Miller hosted

832-597: A solid second half of the year, which saw them go 4–4–4 following the All-Star Break. The Earthquakes finished in 14th place and failed to qualify for the playoffs. The Earthquakes also failed to qualify for the U.S. Open Cup, losing to New York Red Bulls on April 29, 2–1. In 2010, the San Jose Earthquakes qualified for the playoffs as the West's No. 6 seed with 46 points. In the 2010 MLS playoffs, they were matched up with

936-480: A step further just several days later, when he announced on June 25, 2017, that Dominic Kinnear had been fired, and would be replaced immediately and permanently by Chris Leitch , the club's technical director and former interim general manager. Assistant coach John Spencer was also let go, and was replaced by Covelo. The timing of the firing came as somewhat of a surprise, as it was announced hours after San Jose defeated Real Salt Lake 2–1 at home. Fioranelli said of

1040-399: A team produced 30-minute pregame show on select broadcasts. In 2021, FC Dallas announced that Estrella TV would become the first team's Spanish TV broadcast partner for the 2021 and 2022 seasons, with matches appearing on Estrella's Dallas affiliate KMPX . This marked the first ever Spanish language broadcast for FC Dallas on TV. Beginning with the 2018 season, English radio coverage of

1144-402: A three-year sponsorship deal with AdvoCare , a Plano -based health and wellness company, worth US$ 7.5M making AdvoCare the official jersey sponsor. After the 2012 season, Pizza Hut ended their relationship with the club, and the stadium was temporarily renamed as FC Dallas Stadium. In September 2013 FC Dallas reached a long-term deal with Toyota to be official stadium naming rights partners, and

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1248-410: A uniform design of horizontally hooped stripes. The colors are officially listed as Republic Red, Lonestar White, Bovine Blue, and Shawnee Silver. Red remained as a primary color in their home uniforms, with blue eventually becoming a primary color of their away uniforms. The club badge was also changed with a bull replacing the mustang. In July 2012, the team wore their first sponsored jerseys, bearing

1352-675: A victory in the preliminary round against Alianza F.C. of El Salvador, they reached the group stage . In the first group game, Marvin Chávez 's goal defeated Mexican champions UNAM at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario , making Dallas the first MLS team to win an away match in the Champions League against a Mexican team. The team followed this achievement with a victory by the same score at Toronto FC , but did not win any of their four remaining games and were eliminated from

1456-632: A year now in the regular season, which has led to decreased importance of these two rivalry cups, especially when compared to the Texas Derby. During a period where MLS created songs for each club, the team anthem was "H-O-O-P-S Yes!" and was performed by Dallas natives The Polyphonic Spree , a choral symphonic rock group. The FC Dallas Academy has produced talent including Weston McKennie , Chris Richards , Nico Carrera , Reggie Cannon , Christian Cappis , Jesus Ferreira , Brandon Servania , Ricardo Pepi and Bryan Reynolds . In 2020, they were ranked

1560-508: Is a northern Fort Worth suburb. The team performed poorly in 2003 and Jeffries was fired in September. He was temporarily replaced by his assistant, former Northern Ireland international Colin Clarke . The team missed the playoffs for the first time, having been one of only two teams to have qualified on all seven prior occasions. For the 2004 season , Clarke was named the permanent coach and

1664-746: Is available via MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app . Prior to the all-streaming deal, the club's non-nationally televised games were primarily broadcast in Dallas on local channel KTXA . This arrangement began with the 2015 season . The club struggled for years to find consistent broadcast partners in the crowded Dallas–Fort Worth sports market. In August 2018, FC Dallas launched the FCDTV Network, comprising local stations KJBO-LP (Amarillo), KMYL-LD (Lubbock), KTPN-LD (Tyler-Longview) and KJBO-LP (Wichita Falls/Lawton). Due to scheduling conflicts with KTXA during

1768-604: Is the Houston Dynamo in the Texas Derby . The two teams reside in the same state and compete for El Capitan, a working replica Civil War cannon that goes to the regular season victor. Animosity grew between fans and players of FC Dallas and the Colorado Rapids , mainly sparking from Colorado players' comments towards the fans and Colorado's victories over FC Dallas in the 2005 and 2006 MLS Cup Playoffs . In addition to

1872-562: Is the team's president. The Hunt family also owns the NFL 's Kansas City Chiefs and part of the Chicago Bulls . FC Dallas in 2016 won their first Supporters' Shield . In 2010 they were runners-up in the MLS Cup, losing to the Colorado Rapids in extra time. The team has won the U.S. Open Cup on two occasions (in 1997 and again in 2016 ). Their fully owned USL affiliate, North Texas SC , won

1976-412: The 2017 MLS Cup Playoffs , the club's first playoff appearance since 2012, following a 3–2 win at home on October 22 over Minnesota United FC in which Danny Hoesen and Chris Wondolowski each recorded a goal and an assist, and substitute Marco Ureña scored the stoppage time winner. This sent the team on to play a knockout round match on the road against Vancouver Whitecaps FC on October 25. However,

2080-495: The Allsvenskan as top scorer in the 2017 season. Stahre was dismissed by the club before the end of his first year in charge, a season in which the team earned just four wins. On October 8, 2018, the club announced that they had hired reigning CONCACAF coach of the year Matias Almeyda , who would take charge for the 2019 season. On May 18, 2019, Wondolowski scored four goals against Chicago Fire . With his second goal, he set

2184-653: The American Professional Soccer League 's San Jose Hawks , successfully led a San Jose bidding group that was awarded one of Major League Soccer's inaugural teams. At that time, he handed over all existing Hawks player contracts, front-office resources and the rights to play in San Jose State University 's Spartan Stadium to MLS in exchange for Type C stock in the league. He also became the franchise's investor-operator until outside concerns forced him to divest himself of these positions prior to

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2288-686: The Baltimore Ravens is by the NFL. On May 24, 2006, an agreement was reached between Major League Soccer and the principal owners of the Oakland Athletics baseball team, Lewis Wolff and John Fisher , granting them a three-year exclusive option to develop a soccer-specific stadium and bring an expansion franchise to the San Francisco Bay Area. An expansion team under the Earthquakes name

2392-561: The Bay Area when it opened on March 22. The 2015 season was a marked improvement over the previous season, but the Earthquakes still failed to reach the playoffs despite a late surge. Chris Wondolowski became only the ninth player in MLS history to score 100 goals with a penalty in a 1–1 draw against Orlando. On August 29, 2016, the Earthquakes parted ways with longtime general manager John Doyle. Earthquakes President Dave Kaval stated that he felt

2496-536: The Cleveland Browns deal in the National Football League , to be used by a future San Jose team. The San Jose franchise was officially put on hiatus while the players, head coach Dominic Kinnear and some of his coaching staff were moved to Houston; the team were initially named Houston 1836 and later the Houston Dynamo . The Houston Dynamo is technically considered an expansion team by MLS just as

2600-510: The Fairmont Hotel in downtown San Jose to an office park across the street from their temporary home, Buck Shaw Stadium, and across the Caltrain tracks from the location of the former FMC site. On November 6, 2007, the team announced that former Earthquakes coach Frank Yallop was returning to the team as head coach. According to ESPN.com, the Earthquakes compensated Yallop's previous employer,

2704-526: The Golden State Warriors . Per this agreement, a new system was installed at Avaya Stadium to track players during matches and gather data on tactics and performance, to be delivered to players' mobile devices directly after games. The signing of Swiss defender François Affolter from FC Luzern was announced later the same day. San Jose lost in the Open Cup semifinals to Sporting Kansas City , for

2808-430: The Los Angeles Galaxy in a match that drew 31,728 fans to Spartan Stadium, setting the record for attendance at a sporting event in the city of San Jose. But Wynalda and Calloway were soon at each other's throats again, eventually leading to a locker room brawl between Wynalda and John Doyle . The skirmish reached memorable proportions when Wynalda hired an airplane to tow a banner demanding Calloway's firing. Although

2912-537: The Los Angeles Galaxy , with a third-round pick in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft . In 2008, England's Darren Huckerby , the MLS Newcomer of the Year and Ireland's Ronnie O'Brien , who made 28 appearances for the Earthquakes, helped anchor the offense, combining for 10 goals and 10 assists. Both played a key part of the team's nine-game unbeaten streak that saw San Jose push towards a playoff berth. They also failed to qualify for

3016-655: The MLS Scoring Champion or Golden Boot . San Jos%C3%A9 Earthquakes The San Jose Earthquakes are an American professional soccer club based in San Jose, California . The Earthquakes compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference . Originally as the San Jose Clash , the franchise began play in 1996 as one of the charter members of the league. The Earthquakes took part in

3120-457: The MetroStars for Troy Dayak . San Jose was an integral part of the launching of MLS, hosting the league's inaugural game at Spartan Stadium before a crowd of 31,683 on April 6, 1996. The crowd did not go away disappointed as San Jose won its first game on the first goal in MLS history from Eric Wynalda , defeating D.C. United 1–0. One month later, the club made history again, as they hosted

3224-660: The Santa Clara University campus in Santa Clara, California , from 2008 to 2014. In 1974, the Earthquakes became a franchise of the North American Soccer League where they competed during the duration of the league's shortlived existence. Playing out of San Jose, the Earthquakes hosted world-class players like George Best on their own roster while receiving visiting star talent like Brazilian football legend, Pele. In 1994, Daniel Van Voorhis, former owner of

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3328-505: The Supporter's Shield , its first major trophy since their return to San Jose, and qualified for their first CONCACAF Champion's League tournament as a franchise in 2013. They returned to the playoffs for the first time since their 2010 season and faced two games against L.A. Galaxy. In their first playoff game, the Quakes scored a stoppage time goal to take the away leg 1–0, but were knocked out of

3432-527: The United States men's national soccer team such as Weston McKennie , Reggie Cannon , Ricardo Pepi , and Chris Richards . Dallas was awarded a Major League Soccer franchise on June 6, 1995, the same day as teams were awarded to Kansas City and Colorado. The team was given its name for the burning in the Texan oilfields and the state's hot weather. On October 17, former Mexico international Hugo Sánchez

3536-505: The 1999 pre-season, the saga of player-coach antagonism continued when Richard Gough left the team after an argument with Quinn. By the end of 1999, Quinn was done and the team released him to hire Lothar Osiander . The franchise's official name changed from the Clash to the Earthquakes on October 27, 1999, as the historic name had better recognition among fans in the area. After missing four consecutive post-seasons with three different coaches,

3640-500: The 2014 MLS Season with the club's worst ever record, winning only 6 matches, and suffering a 15-match winless streak. That streak surpassed the Quakes' previous record of 13 in 2011, and matched the second worst in league history. The Earthquakes welcomed back Dominic Kinnear to the club as coach after a nine-year tenure in Houston. The franchise's long-awaited stadium, Avaya Stadium , was the first professional soccer-specific stadium in

3744-588: The 2019 USL League One regular season and overall championship titles, the third division title in American soccer. The International Federation of Football History & Statistics , in its Club World Ranking for the year ending December 31, 2016, placed FC Dallas as the 190th best club in the world and the ninth best club in CONCACAF. The Toros' academy is reputed for its player development, having produced several players who have gone on to feature for European clubs and

3848-467: The City of San Jose , a stylized 'Earthquakes' wordmark, and a color palette of blue, black, white and silver. The three points of the triangular shield represented the three largest communities of the Bay Area ( San Jose , San Francisco and Oakland ). The team rebranded again on January 30, 2014, to a new crest and uniform. While still featuring blue and black, as well as a new chevron design that invokes

3952-516: The Clash made the postseason in the inaugural MLS season in 1996, and Doyle earned recognition as the best MLS defender, the team floundered in 1997. By mid-season the team was sinking fast and Bridgwater fired Calloway and replaced him with Brian Quinn . The Clash finished 1997 at the bottom of the Western Conference standings with a 12–20 record. Things were no better in 1998, when the team finished 13–19 and well out of playoff contention. During

4056-476: The Earthquakes "needed a fresh approach". Technical director Chris Leitch was appointed as interim GM. Following the firing of John Doyle, it was announced on January 5, 2017, that Jesse Fioranelli had been hired as general manager. He joined San Jose from A.S. Roma and had previously also worked at Roma's cross-city rival S.S. Lazio . Fioranelli made clear early on that he would be prioritizing youth development, international scouting, and generally creating

4160-408: The Earthquakes have played in a color scheme featuring blue and black as dominant colors, usually with white highlights. The original San Jose Clash logo featured a stylized scorpion in black and red with a white 'clash' wordmark. When they rebranded to the Earthquakes in 2000, the team badge featured an inverted triangular shield containing a soccer ball invoking the rising sun used in the logo for

4264-489: The Earthquakes hired head coach Frank Yallop days before the 2001 MLS SuperDraft . Yallop's personnel changes and deft coaching with the help of assistant coach Dominic Kinnear and goalkeeper coach Tim Hanley, along with the allocation of star forward Landon Donovan on loan from Bayer Leverkusen , quickly turned around the Earthquakes' on-field fortunes, spurring the biggest regular season turnaround in league history (from 29 points in 2000 to 45 points in 2001) and leading

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4368-440: The Earthquakes organization respectively. San Jose traded Bingham's MLS rights to their rival Los Angeles Galaxy on December 18. December also brought additions to the roster, reflecting different aspects of San Jose's leadership and management. On December 1, 2017, Joel Qwiberg was signed from IF Brommapojkarna where he had helped to lead the team to two consecutive promotions, reaching Sweden's topic league. The next signing of

4472-693: The Galaxy and the New England Revolution respectively. For the following two seasons, Dallas missed the MLS playoffs. During the 2008 season , Morrow was replaced by Schellas Hyndman . In 2009, the club signed Bryan Leyva as the club's first Homegrown Player from its development academy. In 2010 , Dallas played in the MLS Cup for the first time, losing 2–1 after extra time to Colorado at BMO Field in Toronto , after an own goal by George John . They were

4576-425: The L.A. Galaxy, the Quakes scored 3 times in 18 minutes to win 3–2. After this game striker Steven Lenhart declared "Goonies never say die!" (a reference to the movie The Goonies ), and this was made into the rally cry of the team. The Quakes ended the 2012 regular season with 66 points and 72 goals, both team records, with 17 of those points created by goals scored in the 84th minute or later. The team clinched

4680-514: The MLS Cup. Former Los Angeles Galaxy defender Alexi Lalas was named as Moore's replacement. Under Lalas' management, the club planned a move to Houston . Meanwhile, when the Quakes' star player, Landon Donovan , played briefly in Germany, Lalas traded away his rights, enabling Lalas' former team, the Galaxy, to acquire him. On the field, Kinnear led the team to two more playoff appearances, including an MLS Supporters' Shield win in 2005. Following

4784-565: The MVP award for helping them to the 2002 MLS Cup . On August 6, FC Dallas played their inaugural game at Pizza Hut Park and tied the New York/New Jersey MetroStars , 2–2. Ranked second in the West behind the San Jose Earthquakes, Dallas returned to the playoffs for the first time in two seasons, losing in the conference semifinals to Colorado in a penalty kick shootout, with Roberto Miña 's attempt saved by Joe Cannon . In 2006 ,

4888-512: The No. 1 seeded New York Red Bulls. After losing the first game by a score of 1–0, the Earthquakes defeated the Red Bulls in the second game by a score of 3–1 to win the aggregate, 3–2, and upset New York. In the single-elimination semi-final match against the Colorado Rapids , at Colorado, the Quakes suffered a 1–0 defeat. In 2011, the San Jose Earthquakes missed the playoffs after they finished seventh in

4992-427: The Quakes failed to qualify for the 2013 playoffs, losing the final spot to Colorado on a goal differential tiebreaker. The final home game of the season, a 2–0 win against FC Dallas, saw the final minutes of professional soccer for Ramiro Corrales, who had announced his retirement. Corrales was the last remaining active player who played in the inaugural season of MLS. The Quakes in their 2014 campaign began, playing in

5096-601: The Texas Derby, the team also competes in two other MLS rivalry cups . The Brimstone Cup against the Chicago Fire , so named for the allusions to fire in both teams' names when FC Dallas was the Dallas Burn, was inaugurated by the fans in 2001. The Lamar Hunt Pioneer Cup has been contested against Columbus Crew SC since 2007. It is named after Lamar Hunt , who was an investor in both teams. Due to league expansion and realignment, FC Dallas only plays Chicago and Columbus once

5200-419: The U.S. Open Cup, losing to Real Salt Lake 4–0 in the first round of qualifying. On January 27, 2009, Amway Global signed a three-year deal with the Earthquakes to become the team's official jersey sponsor. The club made a historic trade on June 9, 2009, when they acquired Chris Wondolowski from Houston. The Quakes missed out on the playoffs for a second consecutive season in 2009 but looked to build on

5304-523: The blue slipstrike design from the crest on the front. Also included is a red neck tape, referring again to the team's NASL history, "SJ 74" in blue on the bottom left corner, and the words "UNITY", "DEVOTION", and "HERITAGE" written in white across the blue border on the right sleeve. On February 11, 2018, the Earthquakes released their new away kit, the Navy SEAL Foundation Jersey, and announced that 5% of each jersey sale would be donated to

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5408-501: The brutal Texas sun, removing the unpopular and dated concert stage, developing a new north stand with standing room for the club’s “ultras” supporters, and adding the largest LED board in an American soccer-specific stadium. The mascot of FC Dallas is a bull named Tex Hooper. His fictional biography, by the team, states that he was born on September 6, 1996, in Frisco, Texas . FC Dallas has two recognized supporters groups: Dallas Beer Guardians and El Matador. FC Dallas' main rival

5512-555: The club back to the playoffs in 2014 . Dallas finished in first place in the Western Conference in 2015 . They defeated the Seattle Sounders FC in the conference semifinals, only to fall to the Portland Timbers in the Western Conference finals. Their regular season performance earned them a return to the Champions League for 2016–17 . In 2016 the club won their first Supporters' Shield and second U.S. Open Cup . For

5616-451: The club's MLS matches has been on the club's website. Beginning with the 2019 season for locally televised games, the radio coverage has been a simulcast of the audio from the television broadcast. When the club's match is televised nationally with no local coverage, a radio-only broadcast is available online. Carlos Alvarado and Rafa Calderon provide Spanish language commentary on radio stations such as KFLC and KFZO . Alvarado has been

5720-476: The competition after finishing in third place in their group. In October 2013, Hyndman resigned as head coach after a second consecutive season without making the playoffs. Three months after Hyndman's resignation, his replacement was confirmed to be Colombian and former Dallas player and assistant coach Óscar Pareja , who had resigned from the Colorado Rapids after two seasons as head coach there. Pareja led

5824-500: The conclusion of the 2005 season, Earthquakes owner Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) were granted permission to potentially move the team if a local buyer could not be found within a 30-day window. After a city-led plan to build a soccer-specific stadium was rejected, AEG announced on December 15 that the team would move to Houston for the 2006 season. MLS announced that the Earthquakes name, colors, logo, wordmark , history and competitive records would not be transferred, similar to

5928-415: The conference finals to the Colorado Rapids . Later in 1997 , they won their first U.S. Open Cup by defeating the MLS Cup champions, D.C. United. In 1999, striker Kreis was voted the league's MVP for a season in which he became the first player to reach 15 goals and 15 assists. That season ended in the playoffs with a defeat to the Galaxy in the conference finals. In October 2000, head coach Dave Dir

6032-540: The equalizing goal off of an assist from goalkeeper David Bingham and substitute Shea Salinas scored the winner in the 93rd minute. The team experienced its first loss under Leitch three days later on July 4 at Bobby Dodd Stadium , in a 4–2 loss to Atlanta United FC following red cards to both Kofi Sarkodie and Victor Bernardez ; however, this match also saw Tommy Thompson score his first league goal and Chris Wondolowski break Ramiro Corrales ' record for career starts at San Jose with his 229th start, as well as tie

6136-522: The field. However, in January 2004, general manager Johnny Moore, whose roots with the club dated back to his days as a player for the NASL Earthquakes, resigned after AEG and MLS considered allowing the team to be rebranded as San Jose America (with ownership to transfer to the owners of Mexico's Club América ). Earthquake fans were similarly outraged at the proposed rebranding, coming just months after

6240-455: The firing that, coming off of a win, it was not reactionary, and rather he had "in the last two to three months...matured a gut feeling as to where [the club stands]", and that his respect for Kinnear "would not have allowed [him] to want to go for another three months knowing [they] would have parted ways at the end of the season". In his first interview as head coach, Leitch reiterated Fioranelli's previously stated goals, saying that "the goal of

6344-505: The first MLS team to do so. On August 7, 2013, the Earthquakes debuted in the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League for the first time since their return to MLS. They lost the away game to the Montreal Impact 1–0. On October 23, 2013, the Earthquakes won group five on goal differential with a win at home against Heredia , and they moved on to the knockout stage of the tournament. Despite a league best record in games played after June,

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6448-558: The first game in MLS history, defeating D.C. United 1–0. The Earthquakes have won two MLS Cup titles (2001, 2003) and two Supporters' Shields (2005, 2012). In 2002, the team played in its first CONCACAF Champions Cup, making it to the quarterfinals. The team holds a fierce rivalry with the LA Galaxy known as the California Clásico . In 2005, the then-owner of the Earthquakes, Anschutz Entertainment Group , announced plans of

6552-475: The full season-by-season history, see List of FC Dallas seasons . ^ 1. Avg. attendance include statistics from league matches only. ^ 2. Top goalscorer(s) includes all goals scored in League, MLS Cup Playoffs , U.S. Open Cup , MLS is Back Tournament , CONCACAF Champions League , Leagues Cup , FIFA Club World Cup , and other competitive continental matches. The following players have won

6656-468: The future of San Jose." The next day San Jose continued on their developmental based signings with defender Jacob Akanyirige announced as signed straight from their academy at fifteen years old, San Jose's youngest ever player and the eighth youngest player in MLS history. On December 20, the first Designated Player and second Swedish signing under Stahre's tenure was officially brought to San Jose. Magnus Eriksson joined from Djurgårdens IF where he co-led

6760-421: The geologic theme of the team's name, the new design also featured the year 1974 in red; this is an explicit reference of lineage to the previous NASL incarnation of the Earthquakes that had founded that year. On February 17, 2017, San Jose released its new home kit at a jersey release party at San Pedro Square . The new kit is black, a callback to the black Goonies kits of the historic 2012 season, and features

6864-469: The greatest in league history. Following the season, Yallop returned to his native Canada to coach the Canadian men's national soccer team being named to the post on December 16. Assistant coach Kinnear was then promoted to head coach, and former San Jose player John Doyle was named as his assistant. Having won two MLS Cup titles in three years, the Earthquakes were poised for greater success both on and off

6968-617: The inaugural regular season title. Moreover, the team announced in October that they would be moving from Toyota Stadium , where FC Dallas plays their games, to Choctaw Stadium in Arlington, Texas for the 2020 USL League One Season, where they will share the newly modified stadium with XFL team the Dallas Renegades and Dallas Jackals of the MLR . The club announced on December 6, 2021, that it

7072-523: The last of the surviving original MLS clubs to appear in the MLS Cup final. On-loan Colombian midfielder David Ferreira was voted the league's MVP, having missed only one minute of the season, and Hyndman won the MLS Coach of the Year Award . By finishing as runners-up in the MLS Cup, Dallas competed in the 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League , their first time in the leading continental tournament. Following

7176-546: The latter with a thrilling comeback from a 3–1 deficit, to win the group and advance to the round of 16. On April 18, 2022, the Earthquakes and Matias Almeyda agreed to part ways. Alex Covelo, the head coach of the newly established San Jose Earthquakes II side, stepped in as his interim replacement. Covelo was joined by an assistant coaching staff consisting of former San Jose player Chris Wondolowski , former assistant manager and interim manager Steve Ralston , and Earthquakes II assistant Luciano Fusco. Since their inception,

7280-495: The league record for most goals scored away at 63. On July 7, 2017, a multi-year collaboration between the Earthquakes and the German Football Association was announced, "focused on knowledge exchange, game development and machine learning". On July 10, 2017, the Earthquakes defeated the Galaxy 3–2 at home, following a brace from Chris Wondolowski and Danny Hoesen 's second goal of the tournament, to advance to

7384-682: The league's all-time scoring record. The team had a negative record and missed the playoffs by four points. In 2020, the Earthquakes had a draw and a loss in their first two regular season games before the season was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When the season resumed with the MLS is Back tournament , the Earthquakes were drawn into Group B with FC Dallas (later replaced by the Chicago Fire), Seattle Sounders FC , and Vancouver Whitecaps FC . They drew with Seattle and defeated both Chicago and Vancouver,

7488-474: The league's launch and accept a buyout from the league, leaving the franchise league-owned for several years. Meanwhile, a direct connection to the earlier Earthquakes came in the person of Peter Bridgwater, named as general manager of the MLS team. Although Bridgwater still owned the rights to the Earthquakes name and logo, the team became known as the Clash at the urging of Nike , a major investor in MLS. On December 7, 1995, Bridgwater hired Laurie Calloway as

7592-506: The logo of Texan sports nutrition manufacturers AdvoCare . For the 2014 and 2015 seasons, the hoops were a different shade of red rather than a contrasting white. The jersey also incorporated the motto "Dallas 'Til I Die" on the inside of the collar and the initials "LH" on the back for Lamar Hunt. FC Dallas has had three different home stadiums, each of which has been located in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex . From its foundation,

7696-599: The number one academy in MLS by David Kerr on chasingacup.com MLS Academy rankings. FC Dallas was formally associated with Oklahoma City Energy FC of the USL Championship , the second tier of the American soccer pyramid . They were affiliated with Arizona United SC of the USL in 2015. Abroad, the team was previously affiliated to Tigres de la UANL of Mexico and Clube Atlético Paranaense of Brazil. On November 2, 2018, it

7800-531: The off-season was homegrown goalkeeper JT Marcinkowski , who had finished his 3rd year at Georgetown. Just over a week later, San Jose announced in a joint press conference with their USL affiliate Reno 1868 that they had signed three players from the team: Luis Felipe , Chris Wehan , and Jimmy Ockford . Reno's club president elaborated on what the signings meant for both organizations, stating "Today's news delivers on that promise to compete in Reno while developing

7904-416: The play-by-play announcer since the inaugural 1996 season, and Calderon has been the color analyst since the 2001 season. Just like on television, the club struggled to find radio broadcast partners. For several seasons, there were no English radio broadcasts of FC Dallas games. Beginning with the 2014 season , English radio broadcasts (including a postgame show) returned for the club with KWRD-FM becoming

8008-458: The playoffs following a 3–1 loss at home (3–2 on aggregate), their only loss at Buck Shaw Stadium for the season. In 2013, the Quakes began the year facing adversity with numerous players recovering from injury. With added depth in preparation for the upcoming CONCACAF Champions' League, they began the task of duplicating the success of 2012. While the style of scoring late goals were still present in games against New York, Portland and Montreal,

8112-419: The primary play-by-play announcer for FC Dallas, replacing the late Bobby Rhine . Former Houston Dynamo announcer Jonathan Yardley shared play-by-play responsibilities with Followill in 2012. In 2013, Bob Sturm (weekday early afternoon co-host on sports radio KTCK ) replaced Yardley, who has continued to fill in for Followill and Sturm in 2013, 2016, and 2018. The color commentator spot was filled until 2016 by

8216-415: The primary radio home for the club's matches. This arrangement continued through the 2017 season. Steve Davis was the initial and most used announcer, calling the games solo. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Source: Minor This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by FC Dallas. For

8320-503: The quarterfinals against Toluca in a two-game series in the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League . Scoring a goal in stoppage time in the first game, the Quakes went to Mexico 1–1 on aggregate. In the second game, the game tied in regulation. The Quakes faced Toluca in Overtime where neither team could score against the other and the game went on to penalties. The Earthquakes lost 5–4 against Toluca in penalties and were eliminated. San Jose ended

8424-482: The return of 2020 Major League Soccer season from the COVID-19 pandemic, select matches of FC Dallas were moved to Fox Sports Southwest . On February 25, 2013, FC Dallas signed a deal with Time Warner Cable to air most of its games on the Time Warner Cable Sports Channel in Dallas, replacing Fox Sports Southwest as the primary broadcaster of games. This arrangement lasted for two seasons. It

8528-639: The second round of the 2001 U.S. Open Cup by the Seattle Sounders Select , an amateur team from the third-tier Premier Development League . The 2002 season ended with a third-place finish in the West and overall for Dallas, along with an early playoffs exit to the Colorado Rapids . For the 2003 season , the Burn relocated their home games from the Cotton Bowl to the much lower capacity Dragon Stadium (a high school football stadium) in Southlake , which

8632-460: The second time in franchise history, in sudden death penalties on August 9. On August 19, Wondolowski became the first player in MLS history to score ten or more goals in eight consecutive seasons, following his successful penalty kick in the dying moments of a 2–2 home draw against the Philadelphia Union , when Shea Salinas was tripped in the box by Joshua Yaro . San Jose qualified for

8736-552: The semifinals of the U.S. Open Cup for the first time since 2004 and for only the second time in club history. Wondolowski wore the number 38 in this match in honor of teammate Matheus Silva , who nearly drowned the previous week. New signing Vako was introduced at the club for the first time during halftime. Vako made his club debut four days later as a 63rd minute substitution in San Jose's 4–1 friendly defeat of Eintracht Frankfurt , and shortly afterwards scored in his MLS debut as

8840-574: The stadium was once again renamed, this time as Toyota Stadium. In October 2014 FC Dallas and AdvoCare announced an extension of the jersey sponsorship through 2020. In February 2021, FC Dallas announced MTX Group, a B2B information technology company based in Frisco, to be its new shirt sponsor, with Advocare remaining as the team's sleeve sponsor. In January 2023, FC Dallas announced a sponsorship deal with Children's Health and UT Southwestern to be its new jersey sponsors. From 2023, every FC Dallas match

8944-543: The team finished the regular season at the top of the Western Conference, but lost in the playoffs in the conference semifinals again, leading to Clarke's dismissal. He was replaced by Steve Morrow . In 2007 , a third consecutive playoff appearance ended at the same stage with a 4–2 aggregate defeat to fellow Texas club, the Houston Dynamo , who would go on to win their second consecutive MLS Cup. In 2005 and 2007 , Dallas reached their first two U.S. Open Cup finals since their 1997 victory, losing both by one-goal margins to

9048-461: The team played in the 92,100-capacity Cotton Bowl in Dallas . In an effort to save money due to the club's unfavorable lease with the Cotton Bowl, the club played its 2003 home games at Dragon Stadium , a high school stadium in Southlake , a Fort Worth suburb. After listening to its fans, the team moved back to the Cotton Bowl for the 2004 season. In August 2005, the club moved to Toyota Stadium,

9152-541: The team relocating to Houston due to failing efforts to secure a soccer-specific stadium in San Jose. The organization in Houston would be considered an expansion team by the league, eventually becoming the Houston Dynamo , which began play in 2006. The Earthquakes returned after a two-year hiatus, resuming play in 2008. Since 2015, the Earthquakes have played their home games at PayPal Park (named Avaya Stadium from 2015 to 2019 and Earthquakes Stadium in 2020). The team previously played its home games at Buck Shaw Stadium on

9256-418: The team returned to the Cotton Bowl, for a campaign in which they again missed the playoffs. In August, club owner Lamar Hunt announced that the club would be re-branded and known as "FC Dallas" to coincide with their new soccer-specific stadium in Frisco for the 2005 season . In March 2005, FC Dallas signed Guatemalan forward Carlos Ruiz , who had scored 50 goals in 72 games for the Galaxy and earned

9360-508: The team struggled to find success and quickly found themselves at the bottom of the Western Conference. The slow start of the team led to the departure of coach Frank Yallop and Mark Watson was named interim coach. On June 29, 2013, the Quakes played the L.A. Galaxy in the California Clásico. Despite being down 2–0 and having Victor Bernardez ejected, the Quakes staged another comeback, scoring twice in stoppage time to win 3–2, becoming

9464-479: The team to a 2–1 MLS Cup 2001 overtime victory over the archrival Los Angeles Galaxy . The Quakes followed with two consecutive runners-up finishes for the MLS Supporters' Shield and a 4–2 MLS Cup 2003 win over the Chicago Fire . Prior to reaching the 2003 final, the Earthquakes had rallied from four goals down to beat the Galaxy, 5–4 on aggregate, in a first-round playoff that many MLS watchers described as

9568-422: The team was defeated 5–0. On November 24, 2017, Mikael Stahre , formerly of BK Häcken , was announced as the team's new head coach. Leitch returned to his previous role as the club's technical director. San Jose began to make roster moves not long after with contract options being declined for players, most notably for defender Víctor Bernárdez and goalkeeper David Bingham who spent six and seven years with

9672-538: The team's first coach, providing a second direct connection with the NASL Earthquakes, as well as a connection with the Hawks. On January 23, 1996, the Clash acquired US national team star Eric Wynalda , despite the fact that Wynalda and Calloway did not get along during their time together with the Hawks. The Clash's connections to the Blackhawks continued when the club made the first trade in MLS history, sending Rhett Harty to

9776-524: The team...is [to] make the playoffs". His first outing as head coach on June 28, 2017, was successful, seeing the Earthquakes achieve their first-ever victory over an MLS side in the U.S. Open Cup with a 2–1 victory against Seattle Sounders FC that would advance them to the USOC quarter finals for the first time since 2012. Leitch's first MLS match as head coach was a 2–1 win over the LA Galaxy at Stanford Stadium on July 1, in which Chris Wondolowski scored

9880-506: The technical staff with the hiring of Alex Covelo as Director of Methodology and Bruno Costa as Head of Scouting. Dave Kaval stepped down from his role as president on June 1, to be replaced by former Aston Villa F.C. chief executive and Arsenal F.C. chief commercial officer Tom Fox . On June 22, 2017, San Jose announced Fioranelli's first Designated Player signing, Georgian attacking midfielder Vako , who would join San Jose from SBV Vitesse . Fioranelli took his ambitions for San Jose

9984-500: The third American soccer-specific stadium in the northern suburb of Frisco . The stadium's south end was extensively remodeled in 2018, including a new home for the National Soccer Hall of Fame . In 2025 construction will begin on a $ 182 million redevelopment of the stadium that is scheduled to be completed before the 2028 season. Highlights include installing roof structures over the east and west stands to provide shade from

10088-552: The third consecutive year, they met the Sounders in the conference semifinals, this time losing 4–2 on aggregate. Dallas, in their return in the Champions league, had advanced from the group stage and into the knockout round. The club was eliminated by Pachuca, in their home and away semifinal series, after a late goal in overtime from Hirving Lozano . Originally, the Dallas Burn played in a predominantly red-and-black color scheme, and had

10192-549: The west and fourteenth in all of MLS. In 2012, the San Jose Earthquakes had the best start in franchise history. The team established a habit of scoring late goals to tie or win games. The first was a match against Real Salt Lake on April 21, 2012, scoring 2 goals in stoppage time to win 3–1. The next week, a stoppage time goal produced a win against the Philadelphia Union. Two more games resulted in ties with late goals, both scored by Alan Gordon . On May 23, 2012, against

10296-476: Was announced by United Soccer League that Dallas would be granted a side to play in USL League One , its newly created third division for 2019. The club then officially announced their name, North Texas SC , and crest on December 6, 2018. The club is owned and operated by FC Dallas. In 2005, Pizza Hut was the title sponsor of the club's stadium and complex when it opened. On June 27, 2012, FC Dallas reached

10400-446: Was designated to the team as their first player. Initially not attracting investors, the Burn was financed by the league itself. On April 14, 1996, the Dallas Burn played their first game, defeating the San Jose Clash in a shootout win in front of a crowd of 27,779 fans at the Cotton Bowl . Five days later, Jason Kreis scored the team's first goal in a 3–0 home win over the Wiz . With

10504-472: Was fired, despite again taking the team to the playoffs for the fifth consecutive time. Dir's replacement in January 2001 was Mike Jeffries , who had won the 1998 MLS Cup and two U.S. Open Cups with the Chicago Fire . In his first season in charge, which was cut short as a result of the September 11 attacks , Dallas lost in the playoff quarterfinals to Jeffries' former team. They were also eliminated in

10608-447: Was formally awarded to the duo by MLS on July 18, 2007. While functionally being the 14th franchise to join MLS, the team retained all records, logos, colors and titles of the 1996–2005 franchise and is a continuation of that franchise. Michael Crowley , also Oakland A's president at the time, led the relaunched franchise and served as president until 2010. In October 2007, the Earthquakes announced they would be moving their offices from

10712-440: Was joining the inaugural 21-team MLS Next Pro season starting in 2022. This article about a soccer club from Texas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . FC Dallas Football Club Dallas is an American professional soccer club based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex . The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference . The franchise began play in 1996 as

10816-794: Was not popular with fans as the channel was not available on many cable and satellite packages besides those offered by Time Warner. The channel still broadcasts some games that are not broadcast by KTXA. Also, in some areas outside of the Dallas–Fort Worth market, the channel continues to broadcast the club's games. Until the 2012 season , FC Dallas matches appeared on various local television stations such as KTXA and WFAA (digital channel 8.3), and regional sports network Fox Sports Southwest (often on alternate Fox Sports Southwest Plus channels when conflicting with Texas Rangers , Dallas Mavericks , and Dallas Stars games). In 2012, Dallas Mavericks play-by-play announcer Mark Followill also became

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