After scoring his first MLS hat trick, FC Dallas has signed Homegrown forward Ricardo Pepi to a new, five-year contract through 2026.
Details of the new deal were not released at this time but based on Pepi’s salary information that was revealed by the MLS Player’s Association, we can probably assume the 18-year old will be making more than his reported $108k in total compensation.
Pepi has scored 11 goals and recorded two assists across all competitions for FC Dallas, including his first MLS career hat trick over the weekend. He is the youngest player in MLS and FC Dallas history to score a hat trick at 18 years and 196 days old, surpassing the MLS record previously set in 2013 by Kekutah Manneh at 18 years and 283 days.