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Players from both FC Dallas Youth U16 & U18 in a celebratory pose with their hardware
In an unprecedented achievement, on Saturday night FC Dallas won both of the two oldest US Soccer Development Academy age groups. The U18 and U16 teams won their championship games 2-1 and 2-0 respectively, completing a double many in the academy system considered all but unachievable.
The USSDA began in 2007 to establish a path for youth clubs to follow a philosophy more similar to how soccer clubs raise their young players on a global scale.