FC Dallas has signed attacking midfielder Tomas Pondeca to a two-year deal contract with club options for the 2026 and 2027 seasons. Pondeca becomes the second open trialist to sign with FC Dallas. Pondeca spent the 2023 season with MLS NEXT Pro side North Texas SC. Pondeca attended North Texas Read more…
Episode 183 – Sydney Deckert stops by on her winter break from Tiffin University. I knew Sydney when she played at Wakeland High School, and I knew she had a knee injury that took her out of the game her senior season. We discussed that and how the next few Read more…
The National Soccer Hall of Fame announced that the four members of its 2024 class are Tim Howard, Francisco Marcos, Josh McKinney and Tisha Venturini-Hoch. They will be inducted at a ceremony May 4, 2024 at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. Howard and McKinney were elected from the Player Ballot. Marcos Read more…
Hustle and Pro – Episode 181: On this episode we talk with former MLS/EPL great and TOCA Founder/President Eddie Lewis. Plus, we get some bonus footage as we give the new TOCA Training studio a go. Eddie played in the inaugural MLS season, two World Cups, and many a season Read more…
It’s always fun to see what names are eligible for making the final cut to get into the National Soccer Hall of Fame. The latest group of names are released, so let’s take a look. Of the 174 people named, 40 are on the Player Eligibility List, 96 are on Read more…
Rewind to June 2010: We moved to Frisco and became FC Dallas Season Ticket Members, took our kids to games, took a quick break when Jack was a baby because it was hot on that east side, moved our seats over to the west side and have gone to basically Read more…
I survived, and maybe even thrived, at the 2023 FC Dallas media game. I was honored to get invited, so I took my duties seriously – I trained. Okay, so it was only like twice but still, I got out there and let my husband give me a few reminders Read more…
I live in a city where the National Soccer Hall of Fame is, which is also attached to our MLS team’s stadium. It’s pretty surreal to be able to go walk the hall to see soccer history. And, it’s surreal that every year soccer icons are in Frisco getting inducted Read more…
Episode 172: Whatever the opposite of entitled is, that’s how I see Bernard Kamungo. Listening to him talk to me during this interview, it hit me that this young man truly didn’t expect much past the next day as he grew up in a refugee camp in Tanzania. The humble Read more…
Episode 170: Happy Birthday to H&P. This episode kicks off our 5th season from our first episode on March 8, 2019! In this milestone episode, we have a young but might student athlete as our guest. Addison Christian plays soccer for Frisco High School and BVB Girls Academy. She’s a Read more…