FC Dallas has signed their league-leading 19th Homegrown player today in U-18 keeper Carlos Avilez.
The only difference in this deal as oppose to past HGP signings is that Avilez is the first HGP signing in team history to go straight to USL affiliate Oklahoma City Energy FC. The FC Dallas Academy product to sign a professional contract through FC Dallas but will be the first to utilize this path through the club’s USL affiliate.
Avilez joined the FC Dallas Academy in the summer of 2012. He was the starting goalkeeper for the 2016 U-16 U.