Texans FC Archives - 2008

Texans FC U16 and U18 advance at Regionals

The Texans FC 89/90 Red and Texans 91/92 Red advanced out of their respective brackets at the US National Cup Regional Tournament earlier this week. The U18s lost Andromeda (NTX) the eventual Regional Champ, 2-1, beat a Premier League team from South Carolina (3-0) and the Arkansas state champs (7-0) before losing in the Quarter Finals to Georgia (3-4). The U16s, representing the West Premier League, beat the state champs from Mississippi (2-0), Florida (4-2) and Arkansas (5-0), before beating the Premier League Central (MS) 2-1 in OT, finally losing in the Semi-Finals to the Lonestars (1-4). Congrats to the teams!

Texan Friendlies -- Registration now open

On-Line registration for the Texan Friendlies is now open.  The Friendlies will be played Aug. 23 & 24 at Meyer Park and other North Harris locations.  Open to U9 - U19 boys teams and U9-U14 girls teams, teams will play three games against like competition without the pressure of advancement to playoffs.  This is a perfect warm-up for the Fall 08 Season.  Visit TexanFriendlies.com for more information and to register your team!

Tuesday & Wednesday Tryout schedules:

Online Registration is now closed. Please sign up at the fields 30 minutes before tryouts start. Thanks.

For the fall, EDDOA will be running a league for U18/19s, rather than just U18.  So if you will be U19 this fall, come to tryouts at Texans FC.

Dallas Texans Accepted into the USSF Academy

The Dallas Texans have been accepted into the USSF Academy, a new national league of U-16 and U-18 boys teams.

This gives the players of the entire Dallas Texans organization the opportunity to participate as roster or developmental players, within the USSF Academy rules.

Only players that are members of the Dallas Texans organization will have this opportunity to join the Dallas Texans USSF Academy teams.

For more information, please contact Hassan Nazari, Dallas Texans Director of Coaching, at 972-741-6452.

U18 Red Win State Championship

Texans FC 89/90 Red won the USYS National Cup South Texas State Cup for the 4th time in 5 years at the state finals held this weekend at Lindsay Lyons fields. Saturday, they came from a 2 goal deficit to tie the Dynamo South Texas team 2-2; they beat Classics Elite 2-1 on Sunday; and they beat TSC 1-0 for the Championship. As State Champions, they will represent South Texas at the Southern Regionals, in June in Raleigh NC. Way to go Boys!!

Front row: Ethan Miller, David Flores, Juan Nino, Cody Gibson, Bailey Maupin, Kevin Lara, Hugo Mondragon. Back row: Coach Deaville, Josh Reicks, Edgar Montoya, Andrew O'Brien, Jacob Downey, Zac Burns, Alex Parker, Taylor Mowery, Alex North. Not Pictured: Chris Deaville, Ahmed Buazza, Alex Dixon.

Texans FC 91/92 U16 Red will also head to USYS National Cup Southern Regional Tournament as the Premier League representative. Congrats to the boys!

U16 Black Win President's Cup - Head to Regionals

Texans FC 91/92 Black won the USYS South Texas President’s State Cup over the Memorial Day weekend, and will represent South Texas at the Region III President’s Cup Competition in Columbus, GA in June. During their President’s Cup run, the Black achieved a 7-1 record, a 25-1 goal differential advantage, and a clean sheet for 715 consecutive game minutes. Great job, Black!

Front Row: Will Roberts, Ryan Nolan, Alec Valdez, Travis Platt, Bay Callaway, JR Turner, Chijioke Akujuobi; Back Row: Kendall Crist, Josh Bonin, Chris Zuniga, David Messerly, Josh Payne, Andy Fisher, Ricky-Paul Mupier, Hunter Lipman, Greg St Cyr, Ryan Armatys, Matt Lunsford

New U11 Legend wins Memorial Day Cup

The Texans FC new U11 97/98 Legend team won the Albion Hurricanes Memorial Day Cup with a record of 4-0-1, scoring 15 goals and conceding 2

They beat the Eclipse Black team in the final 3-1.

Congrats! and welcome to Texans FC!

from left: Israel, Josue, Pablo, Jamie, Cameron, Isaac, Tyler, Paul, Lucas, Sergio, Little Isaac, Sammy

Texans FC officially launches the Shining Stars program

Read more about this program, and Donate here.

U15 Mowery headed to MLS Youth Cup with U17 Dynamo

Conner Mowery has trained and played with the U15 Dynamo Academy team for 8 months and already has a trip to Mexico with the team under his belt. He has been asked to step up to the next level and will travel with the U17 Dynamo Academy team to Colorado for the MLS Youth Cup, July 3-10 in Colorado.   <more...>

MISS U11 TRYOUTS?

Every year, good players miss the tryout days for a variety of reasons. Regardless of your reason, if you would like to be considered for one of Texans FC's new U11 teams email Danny Baker for more information.

Texans FC in the News

In the recent issue of Kick Off Magazine, the recent accomplishments of the U16 Red team in Dallas Cup is reported on. <more...>

Nick's Team Tournament 6v6 is coming in June!

Organize a team now and participate with other clubs around Houston to support Nick's Team in the fight against Childhood Cancer. Texans FC is proud to support the effort. Visit the Tournament web site (www.NicksTeam.org) to find out how you can join in the fight by playing in the 6v6 tournament, Saturday, June 14, 2008 at Bear Creek Park.

Texans FC Announce Tryouts for 08-09 Teams

Come find out more about the Texans FC at Texans FC Live, then register to attend Tryouts. <more..>

Texans FC in State High School Regionals & Finals

U18 Dynamo win Dallas Cup - Blake Shannon

Congrats also to the U18 Dynamo team and Texans FC player Blake Shannon on their success at the Dallas Cup, winning the U19 bracket.

U16 Texans FC win Dallas Cup

Scoring 14 goals over 6 games, the Texans FC 91/92 Red won the U16 Bracket today at the 2008 Dallas Cup XXXIX. The boys beat teams from North and South Texas, Arizona and California to take the cup. Complete results are found here. Congrats to the Team and Coaches!

Texans FC Ranked 20th Boys Club in Nation

In its March 1, 2008 rankings, NationalSoccerRanking.com lists TEXANS FC as the 20th best boys club in the US based on tournaments won and regular season games played. NSR is longest running, most widely recognized national, regional, and state youth soccer ranking system in the country.NSR is the only soccer web site utilized by all major soccer tournaments for seeding purposes. <more..>

FC Dallas scores Texans FC player, Brek Shea as #2 overall

With the No. 2 overall pick in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft, FC Dallas selected Texans FC product and U.S. U-17 midfielder Brek Shea.

Congrats to Brek!!

Spring 2008 Academy Registration now open

Sign up now for the Texans FC Next Generation Academy and/or the U9 and U10 PDF League. Be one of the first 20 players to sign up for the PDF League and receive a free 75 minute training session with Houston Dynamo star midfielder Stuart Holden. Don't miss it!!

Texans FC Hire New Staff Members -
Chris Goos and Ricky Lewis

Texans FC Players selected for ODP

Congratulations to the following Texans FC players who have been selected to their respective ODP teams…

’91 State Team- Robert Kelly, Jordan Phillips, Chris Zuniga
’92 State Team- Mark Gendi, Taylor Lavalle, Carlos Manrique, Michael Parrish, Conner Mowery
’93 State Team- Cody Schlegel
’94 State Team- Bradley Bourgeouis, Jerold Pemberton

Current Texans FC Player, Brek Shea, signs with MLS

Brek Shea, a member of the Texans FC 89/90 since the beginning of Texans FC, has signed a Generation Adidas contract with Major League Soccer which makes him eligible for the draft this Friday.  Brek, who has been playing with the National Team and training in Bradenton, Florida for two years, is finishing up a great showing at the MLS combine in Florida, playing with college seniors.  The 1st hour of the draft will be televised on Friday on ESPN2 from 1-2pm (CT) and be streamed on MLSnet.com.  As in the past, it is expected that all the Generation Adidas players will be picked in the First Round! <more about Brek > <more about the Super Draft >

CONGRATULATIONS BREK!