Nunez returns to FC Dallas for a 2nd tenure
FC Dallas has signed former Dallas midfielder Ramon Nunez and Homegrown goalkeeper Jesse Gonzalez, the Major League Soccer team announced on Thursday.
As per league and team policy the terms of the agreements were not disclosed.
“I am very happy to be working with Ramon again,” Dallas head coach Schellas Hyndman said. “He has the qualities to help FC Dallas win championships. Ramon has the ability to break down opponents with his quick, explosive movements and he will help create goals for his teammates as well as score goals himself for FC Dallas.”
A native of Honduras, Nunez moved to Dallas with his family in the early 1990s where he attended W.T. White High School and, later, Southern Methodist University. In his freshman season with the Mustangs, Nunez earned Missouri Valley Conference freshman of the year honors, before electing to leave college for the professional ranks. FC Dallas, then the Dallas Burn, selected Nunez sixth overall in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft.
The 5-7, 189-lb. Nunez appeared in 67 games with Dallas, scoring 14 goals and recording nine assists. He left FC Dallas in 2007 for Chivas USA, where he appeared in eight matches, registering three assists. Nunez returned to Honduras where he joined Olimpia, making 34 appearances and earning player of the season honors following the 2007-08 Clausura. From Olimpia, Nunez joined Mexican First Division side Puebla on a six-month loan, scoring five goals and tallying five assists during the loan spell.
Nunez remained in Mexico following his performance at Puebla, joining Cruz Azul in 2009 for six months before returning to Olimpia in Honduras. When his six-month contract with the Honduran side ended, Nunez traveled across the pond to join English Championship side Leeds United, where he made 20 appearances and scored one goal. Nunez spent a brief loan spell with Scunthorpe United in 2011, appearing in eight games and scoring three goals, before returning to Leeds and signing a new contract with the club. In September, Nunez suffered a torn ACL and, upon mutually terminating his contract with Leeds, returned home to Dallas in February to train with the MLS club.
Nunez, who played in the 2010 World Cup for Honduras, has five goals in 44 appearances for Honduras.
A member of the Mexican Under-18 National Team, Gonzalez is the 10th Homegrown player to sign a professional contract with FC Dallas, the most produced by an MLS Academy.
“Jesse Gonzalez falls right in line with some of the other very good players that the FC Dallas Academy has produced, in particular, Richard Sanchez,” Hyndman said. “Drew Keeshan [FC Dallas goalkeeper coach] rated Jesse very high initially and he has continued to develop in the time he has been in our academy system. Jesse has good size. He’s athletic and seems to be a hard worker. We think he has a bright future with FC Dallas.”
FC Dallas has signed former Dallas midfielder Ramon Nunez and Homegrown goalkeeper Jesse Gonzalez, the Major League Soccer team announced on Thursday.
As per league and team policy the terms of the agreements were not disclosed.
“I am very happy to be working with Ramon again,” Dallas head coach Schellas Hyndman said. “He has the qualities to help FC Dallas win championships. Ramon has the ability to break down opponents with his quick, explosive movements and he will help create goals for his teammates as well as score goals himself for FC Dallas.”
A native of Honduras, Nunez moved to Dallas with his family in the early 1990s where he attended W.T. White High School and, later, Southern Methodist University. In his freshman season with the Mustangs, Nunez earned Missouri Valley Conference freshman of the year honors, before electing to leave college for the professional ranks. FC Dallas, then the Dallas Burn, selected Nunez sixth overall in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft.
The 5-7, 189-lb. Nunez appeared in 67 games with Dallas, scoring 14 goals and recording nine assists. He left FC Dallas in 2007 for Chivas USA, where he appeared in eight matches, registering three assists. Nunez returned to Honduras where he joined Olimpia, making 34 appearances and earning player of the season honors following the 2007-08 Clausura. From Olimpia, Nunez joined Mexican First Division side Puebla on a six-month loan, scoring five goals and tallying five assists during the loan spell.
Nunez remained in Mexico following his performance at Puebla, joining Cruz Azul in 2009 for six months before returning to Olimpia in Honduras. When his six-month contract with the Honduran side ended, Nunez traveled across the pond to join English Championship side Leeds United, where he made 20 appearances and scored one goal. Nunez spent a brief loan spell with Scunthorpe United in 2011, appearing in eight games and scoring three goals, before returning to Leeds and signing a new contract with the club. In September, Nunez suffered a torn ACL and, upon mutually terminating his contract with Leeds, returned home to Dallas in February to train with the MLS club.
Nunez, who played in the 2010 World Cup for Honduras, has five goals in 44 appearances for Honduras.
A member of the Mexican Under-18 National Team, Gonzalez is the 10th Homegrown player to sign a professional contract with FC Dallas, the most produced by an MLS Academy.
“Jesse Gonzalez falls right in line with some of the other very good players that the FC Dallas Academy has produced, in particular, Richard Sanchez,” Hyndman said. “Drew Keeshan [FC Dallas goalkeeper coach] rated Jesse very high initially and he has continued to develop in the time he has been in our academy system. Jesse has good size. He’s athletic and seems to be a hard worker. We think he has a bright future with FC Dallas.”
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