19 Facts About FC Dallas

FC Dallas is an American professional soccer club based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

FC Dallas plays its home games at their 20,500-capacity soccer-specific Toyota Stadium, where they have played since 2005.

FC Dallas was awarded a Major League Soccer franchise on June 6,1995, the same day as teams were awarded to Kansas City and Colorado.

In March 2005, FC Dallas signed Guatemalan forward Carlos Ruiz, who had scored 50 goals in 72 games for the Galaxy and earned the MVP award for helping them to the 2002 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 the Galaxy and the New England Revolution respectively.

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FC Dallas finished in first place in the Western Conference in 2015.

Originally, the FC Dallas Burn played in a predominantly red-and-black color scheme, and had a logo which featured a fire-breathing black mustang behind a stylized red "Burn" wordmark.

FC Dallas has had three different home stadiums, each of which has been located in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

FC Dallas'sfictional 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.

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.

FC Dallas Academy has produced talent including Weston McKennie, Chris Richards, Nico Carrera, Reggie Cannon, Christian Cappis and Bryan Reynolds.

FC Dallas was formally associated with Oklahoma City Energy FC of the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.

On November 2,2018, it was announced by United Soccer League that FC Dallas would be granted a side to play in USL League One, its newly created third division for 2019.

On June 27,2012, FC Dallas reached a three-year sponsorship deal with AdvoCare, a Plano-based health and wellness company, worth US$7.

In September 2013 FC Dallas reached a long-term deal with Toyota to be official stadium naming rights partners, and the stadium was renamed, this time as Toyota Stadium.

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.

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.

In 2021, FC Dallas announced that Estrella TV would become the firsts team's Spanish TV broadcast partner for the 2021 and 2022 seasons, with matches appearing on Estrella's Dallas affiliate KMPX.