College Combine

presented by:

statoil

 

The Houston Dynamo Youth Development System, presented by Statoil, hosts a college combine each year in January or February, to allow college coaches to be exposed to the best soccer talent in South Texas. Dynamo Academy teams are made up of the best players in the Houston area and the Dynamo South Texas Academy includes 70 of the best players from the Rio Grande Valley. Guest teams in the past have included FC Dallas and Toronto FC.

The combine offers the opportunity for college coaches to view Dynamo Academy players in a very competitive game setting.

For more information or to register, contact Dynamo Director of Youth Development James Clarkson at (713) 276-7516 or jclarkson@houstondynamo.com.

Benefits for college coaches

  • Ability to evaluate youth players in high-level competition
  • All players in the Dynamo Academy program have been identified by the Dynamo staff as showing potential to be a professional soccer player. Players must try out to be invited to participate and are released if their performance does not improve.
  • Many of these players play for club teams that do not attend highly visible youth tournaments. This combine is an opportunity to see high-level high school players that may be overlooked in the traditional recruiting process.
  • Players are ages 15-17, so this is a chance to see current high school seniors and potential recruits who are freshmen, sophomores, and juniors.
  • All players train in a professional environment that uniquely prepares them for the college game.
  • Academy players have trained on a regular basis with the Dynamo first team.

2011 Schedule

All games will be played at San Jacinto Junior College (13735 Beamer Road, Houston, TX)

Saturday, February 12, 2011

  • 10 a.m. - Houston Dynamo U-16 vs. Dynamo South Texas Academy U-16
  • 12 p.m. - Houston Dynamo U-18 vs. San Jacinto Junior College
  • 2 p.m. - FC Dallas U-16 vs. Houston Dynamo U-16
  • 4 p.m. - FC Dallas U-18 vs. Dynamo South Texas Academy U-18

Sunday, February 13, 2011

  • 9 a.m. - FC Dallas U-16 vs. Dynamo South Texas Academy U-16
  • 10:45 a.m. - FC Dallas U-18 vs. Houston Dynamo U-18
  • 12:30 p.m. - San Jacinto Junior College vs. Dynamo South Texas Academy U-18
  • 2:15 p.m. - Houston Dynamo U-16 A vs. Houston Dynamo U-16 B

"I have been more than impressed with the Houston Dynamo Academy for many reasons. The way the players are being trained on and off the field is organized and meaningful. The players attend the Academy to become better players technically, tactically, and physically. The hands on instruction the players receive from Academy Director James Clarkson and his staff is professional, demanding and sincere. One visit to the Academy and you can easily see the players have a great opportunity to become future professional soccer players."

-- Dominic Kinnear, Houston Dynamo head coach, two-time MLS Cup champion