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Coverage of Northern Texas pro soccer including FC Dallas and North Texas SC.
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FC Dallas secures 5-2 win against Brøndby IF U19s in second preseason game 3rddegree.net/fc-dallas-se...
FC Dallas secures 5-2 win against Brøndby IF U19s in second preseason game - 3rd Degree
FC Dallas opened up their preseason participation in the 2026 Atlantic Cup with a 5-2 victory over Brøndby IF’s U19 team at Estádio Algarve in Loulé, Portugal.
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January 26, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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Here's the 2nd half XI vs Brondby.
January 26, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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#FCDallas Number info:
40 Mitch Butler (trialist GK)
16 Nick Simmonds
January 26, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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Corrected after some notes from Melcer.
January 26, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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With no video (for me) here's a guess at how the listed XI vs Brondby shapes up.

That's a lot of veterans to take on a U19 side.
(Maybe 30 minutes and we see heavy subs? Just a guess.)
January 26, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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With less than a month until the 2026 MLS season starts, rosters are getting finalized.

Chicago, Austin, Columbus, and LAFC are largely running things back.

Toronto FC finally decided to rebuild after years of bad results, returning fewer than 50% of minutes from 2025.
Returning mins 2026
January 26, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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I still need to update this for last season, but there isn't really a correlation between returning minutes and any real or expected results.
Returning minutes don't matter
January 26, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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I wonder if this will lead anyone to re-examine their "someone must be money laundering" etc takes when FC Dallas sold Pepi for $20 million-plus four years ago?

Some were so, so quick to write him off after a bad stint in a bad situation at Augsburg
tombogert.bsky.social Tom Bogert @tombogert.bsky.social · 1d
🇺🇸 Sources: Fulham continue to make progress on a potential deal to sign USMNT forward Ricardo Pepi from PSV.

New $38m (€32m) bid submitted. That bid not enough, but gap is closer.

Talks ongoing. Optimism at this stage⏳
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Fulham back in talks for USMNT's Pepi after new $38m bid
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January 25, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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#FCDallas this week

Mon, Jan 26
1 PM CT vs. Brøndby IF (Estádio Algarve)

Fri, Jan 30
5 am CT vs. Real Salt Lake (Estádio de Nora)

Sat, Jan 31
FC Dallas travels back to Frisco, Texas.
January 25, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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Congrats to Dallas Texans' alum Sean Albritton on his Costa Rica U20 camp.
January 25, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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Who is in North Texas SC camp, February 2026

#NTSC
if you think (or know) I missed someone, let me know.
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Who is in North Texas SC camp, February 2026 - 3rd Degree
We've gone over the FCD camp roster on the podcast, and we're pretty confident we know who is there. North Texas SC ? Not as much. We did our best to comb throu
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January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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#FCDallas Academy product Eunho Lee signs with South Korean club Gangwon FC. #DTID

He held talks with FCD, but opted to sign a 5-year contract with the Bears in K League 1.
January 25, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Three DFW keepers took part in US Soccer's Texas goalkeeper ID camp
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Three DFW keepers took part in US Soccer's Texas goalkeeper ID camp - 3rd Degree
US Soccer held a goalkeeper-specific ID camp down in Austin, Texas, back on January 21st for 2012 and 2011 talents, and three keepers from Dallas were selected
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January 24, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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North Texas SC signs T&T International Nathaniel James
#NTSC
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North Texas SC signs T&T International Nathaniel James - 3rd Degree
North Texas SC has signed free agent midfielder Nathaniel “Natty” James to a one-year contract with a club option for 2027.  James signed with USL League one si
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January 23, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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Nathan Thackeray brings his vision of evolution to Dallas Trinity

By Dennis McGowan

#DTFC
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Nathan Thackeray brings his vision of evolution to Dallas Trinity - 3rd Degree
Nathan Thackeray 's first message to Dallas Trinity FC was simple: evolution, not revolution. The 37-year-old England native, fresh from eight seasons as assist
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January 23, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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#FCDallas’ Liam Vejrostek named to US U17 Concacaf qualifying team

#DTID #SomosFCD
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FCD's Liam Vejrostek named to US U17 Concacaf qualifying team - 3rd Degree
US Under-17 Men’s National Team head coach Alex Aldaz has selected the 21-player roster that will represent the United States at the 2026 Concacaf U-17 Qualifie
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January 22, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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Crystal Palace FC signs on for 2026 Dallas Cup Super Group
#DC26 #DallasCup
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Crystal Palace FC signs on for 2026 Dallas Cup Super Group - 3rd Degree
Crystal Palace FC has accepted an invitation to participate in the 2026 Dallas Cup elite bracket, the Gordon Jago Super Group. The 2026 Dallas Cup will be playe
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January 22, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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FC Dallas loans Enes Sali to Al-Riyadh SC, again 3rddegree.net/fc-dallas-lo...
January 22, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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MLS transfer window tweak

The Primary Window will open on January 26 and close on March 26, while the Secondary Window will open on July 13 and close on September 2.
January 22, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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FC Dallas opens preseason schedule with 4-0 win over Portimonense SC
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FC Dallas opens preseason schedule with 4-0 win over Portimonense SC - 3rd Degree
FC Dallas secured a 4-0 victory over Portuguese side Portimonense S.C. in its first preseason match of the year at the Pine Cliffs Resort Football Center in Al
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January 21, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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Other than Benji Flowers (11) F, whom I mentioned on the pod, here are FCD Acad seen in #NTSC camp so far.

Liam Vejrostek (09) LB, CB
Christian Wygant (09) RB
Jonah Gibson (08) RB
Wyatt Easterly (08) CB

Not seen, but Aiden Jordan (08) GK should be there.
#DTID #FCDallas.
January 21, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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North Texas SC’s 2026 MLS NEXT Pro regular season schedule announced
#NTSC
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North Texas SC's 2026 MLS NEXT Pro regular season schedule announced - 3rd Degree
MLS NEXT Pro and  North Texas SC have announced the club's 2026 regular season schedule . Los Toritos begins its eighth competitive season and fifth season in M
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January 21, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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GAM update
thotze.bsky.social Tim Hotze @thotze.bsky.social · 5d
Chicago Fire have kids over $5m in GAM - relatively full coffers for a full roster, even as we're seeing inflation hit the fake-money salary cap tool.

More on this later today @meninred97.com

#cf97 #VamosFire
Table of available GAM as released on MLSsoccer.com on 1-20-2026
January 21, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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Atlético Dallas working with the City of Rowlett on youth soccer complex and mixed-use development proposal

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Atlético Dallas working with the City of Rowlett on youth soccer complex and mixed-use development proposal - 3rd Degree
The City of Rowlett has announced it is working with Atlético Dallas on a proposed development at Pecan Grove Park , located behind Rowlett High School and adja
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January 21, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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Well that sucks.
xowngoals.com Expected Own Goals @xowngoals.com · 6d
Utterly disastrous news for public access to soccer data and statistics.

www.sports-reference.com/blog/2026/01...
At Sports Reference we have taken great pride in the role FBref has played over the last seven years as an expansive source for soccer fans all over the world. Unfortunately, last week the provider of our advanced soccer data sent us a letter terminating our access to their data feeds and requiring the deletion of their data from the site immediately. As a result, we have removed the provider's data from FBref and Stathead in compliance with their demand. The data provider has asserted that our use of the data violated our agreement. Their demand came unexpectedly despite our long-standing and good-faith operation of FBref and Stathead. We have operated the sites in a consistent manner from their creation (well before the signing of this agreement) through today, and we have always welcomed open and frank discussions about how the sites operate. Any effort to retain access to this advanced data would have been costly and uncertain. Under the circumstances, we have decided to comply with the termination notice. This creates a significant gap in the stats offered on FBref and Stathead. We are heartbroken both for our users who have come to rely upon this product and for our team that has spent thousands of hours bringing these stats to life and supporting our users. We are especially upset by the massive step back this creates in access for women's advanced soccer data. Data Democratization is a core Sports Reference value and the removal of this data is a sad day for all of us. We will take time to assess possible paths forward. FBref will continue to present the deep historic basic data we have for over one hundred competitions, but if we present advanced data in the future it will certainly have a dramatically smaller scale.
January 21, 2026 at 1:34 AM