The Houston Dynamo signed Academy product Daniel Rios to a Homegrown Player contract that is effective January 1, 2021 the club announced today.
The 17-year-old is the 14th Dynamo Academy Alumnus to sign a Homegrown Player contract, and the second-youngest to sign after his younger teammate Juan Castilla signed on June 15. Rios joined the Academy in 2013 as a 10-year-old and recently captained the U-17 squad at the Generation Adidas Cup final qualification tournament in February. It marked the first time in Club history that the U-17 team qualified for the final round of the prestigious youth tournament.