FC Dallas
Also written as Dallas.
The club
FC Dallas were established as the Dallas Burn on June 6, 1995 and began play in 1996 as one of Major League Soccer's ten original charter clubs. Dallas Burn is not a separate historical club; it is the same organisation under its founding name, and the rebrand to FC Dallas came in 2004, timed to coincide with the move to a new soccer-specific stadium. The club is one of only a handful of ever-present MLS originals rather than an expansion or relocated franchise, which separates it from clubs such as Houston Dynamo FC, whose Texas Derby rival began life in 2006 as a relocated San Jose Earthquakes.
The Burn played first at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, with a single season at Dragon Stadium in Southlake in 2003 and a return to the Cotton Bowl in 2004 and 2005, before opening what is now Toyota Stadium in Frisco in 2005. The stadium's original capacity is 20,500; a redevelopment project reported at 182 million dollars, scheduled for completion before 2028, has reduced capacity to around 11,000 in the meantime.
Recent seasons
Nico Estévez was dismissed as head coach in June 2024 with the club's record standing at 3 wins, 8 defeats and 5 draws. Eric Quill took over and led Dallas to fourth place in the Western Conference and 16th overall in 2025, with a first-round playoff appearance. Season records before 2024 were not established from the sources read here.
Honours and landmarks
Supporters' Shield winners in 2016, the only time the club has finished with the best regular-season record in MLS. U.S. Open Cup winners in 1997 and 2016. MLS Cup runners-up in 2010, losing 2-1 after extra time to the Colorado Rapids. FC Dallas's academy has been a significant source of talent, producing Homegrown Players including Weston McKennie, Reggie Cannon, Ricardo Pepi and Chris Richards, all of whom went on to European clubs and the United States men's national team; Bryan Leyva, signed in 2009, was the club's first Homegrown Player. The specific total number of Homegrown Players produced by the academy, and whether it is the largest total in MLS, were not established from the sources read here.
Notable scorelines
The 2016 U.S. Open Cup final, played at Toyota Stadium on September 13, 2016, was won 4-2 against New England Revolution in front of 16,612, ending a 19-year wait for the trophy since the 1997 win; Maximiliano Urruti scored twice, either side of a Matt Hedges header and a Mauro Díaz stoppage-time penalty, with Juan Agudelo scoring both New England goals. The win completed the Supporters' Shield and Open Cup double and earned Dallas a place in the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League, where they were eliminated in the round of 16 by Tauro of Panama on away goals after a 3-3 aggregate tie, having lost the first leg 1-0 in Panama and won the second 2-3 at home managed the wrong way round by the away-goals rule.
In the Texas Derby, FC Dallas met Houston Dynamo in the 2007 Western Conference final: Dallas won the first leg 1-0 at home but lost the away leg 4-1 after extra time, going out 4-2 on aggregate as Houston went on to a second straight MLS Cup. In the 2010 MLS Cup final Dallas lost 2-1 after extra time to Colorado Rapids. Dallas's biggest league win and heaviest league defeat in club history were not established from the sources read here.
Head-to-head notes
Houston Dynamo FC are FC Dallas's principal rival, the fixture known as the Texas Derby, and since 2021 the two clubs have also contested the three-way Copa Tejas alongside Austin FC. The clearest documented meeting between the sides is the 2007 Western Conference final described above, which Houston won on aggregate. Dallas's full all-time head-to-head record against Houston was not established from the sources read here.
Right now (2026)
Eric Quill is in his second season as head coach. As of August 23, 2026, FC Dallas sit fifth in the Western Conference and ninth overall in MLS, with a record of 9 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats from 21 matches and 33 points. Their biggest win of the season came 4-0 at home to D.C. United on April 4, and their heaviest defeat was 0-5 away to Vancouver Whitecaps FC on August 22. Other notable results include a 3-2 win over Toronto FC and a 4-3 Texas Derby win over Houston Dynamo. Petar Musa leads the club's scoring with 16 league goals, 17 in all competitions. Home matches continue to be played at reduced capacity, around 11,000, because of the Toyota Stadium redevelopment. FC Dallas's participation and progress in the 2026 U.S. Open Cup were not established from the sources read here.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Dallas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_U.S._Open_Cup_final https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_MLS_Cup_Playoffs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_CONCACAF_Champions_League https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_FC_Dallas_season
Researched and written for not4quarters. Where a fact could not be established from the sources read, this page says so rather than guessing.