FC Dallas & North Texas SC Roster Rankings – August 2025

The summer window didn’t disappoint – in the number of moves at least – as we saw the departure of Marco Farfan and Lucho Acosta, shortening the combined professional roster to 54 names. And we might see one more departure soon.

As always, these rankings are about chatter, fans, media, the eye test, hype, and on-field play.

No wagering, please.

Starting XI

Rank	Name	High	Low	+/-	Commentary
1	Musa, Petar	1	5	—	He’s been on another level since Acosta was benched and sold, standing out as the last DP. 1 goal in 2 starts in August before the hamstring issue. – Buzz
2	Urhoghide, Osaze	1	19	—	Returned from injury and looked like he hadn’t missed a beat…Until he woke up with a tight hamstring a week ago. – Dan
3	Farrington, Logan	3	9	▲ 2	So many roster pieces keep getting hurt, and he just keeps performing. 3 starts, 1 goal in August, but playing at an elite level. – Buzz
4	Ramiro	4	12	▲ 6	O capitão did well at right wing back against Denis Bouanga. An appearance on the FC Dallas Agenda won over some of his critics. – Dan
5	Julio, Anderson	1	5	▼ 2	Finally back into the XI, can he hold the spot and regain his MIP form? (Most Impactful Player) – Buzz
6	Delgado, Patrickson	6	21	▲ 1	Patrickson is putting in some quality games; he just needs to eliminate the one dud in every four. – Dan
7	Moore, Shaq	6	14	▲ 1	Pretty much ever-present. Had his best defensive game of the year vs LAFC. – Buzz
8	Abubakar, Lalas	8	17	▲ 5	Grabbed the goal and a specially modified man of the match hat against Portland. So dependable anywhere in the back three. – Dan
9	Paes, Maarten	3	9	▼ 5	Injury sees him drop down. Has he opened the door to a Collodi challenge? – Buzz
10	Kaick	9	29	▼ 1	After dropping to the bench in Austin, is Cappis about to regularly take minutes off Kaick. – Dan
11	Cappis, Christian	11	23	▲ 12	Clear improvement game after game. He might be ahead of Ramiro/Kaick in pecking order already. – Buzz

In the Mix

Rank	Name	High	Low	+/-	Commentary
12	Collodi, Michael	12	22	▲ 8	Started the last three games with Paes hurt, and FCD is unbeaten. Made the MLS Team of the Matchday after a game-saving late save against LAFC. – Dan
13	Kamungo, Bernard	11	20	▲ 5	Settling in at wingback but still needs to improve. What’s the long-term plan? – Buzz
14	Lletget, Sebastian	4	14	▼ 8	Seba is putting the work in when he’s on the field, but that’s not as the 90-minute regular of a couple of years ago. – Dan
15	Ibeagha, Sebastien	7	15	▼ 3	Continues to play a lot of minutes with the 3-4-3 formation, would he still be a starter in a back 4? – Buzz
16	Sarver, Samuel	16	31	▲ 1	Just the 17 minutes against LAFC without much to do as FCD defended a point. First team bench duties are taking Sarver’s NTSC minutes away currently. – Dan
17	Pedrinho	7	24	▲ 7	Out of the dog house and on the bench. Has he salvaged his spot in Dallas? – Buzz
18	Sainte, Carl	18	25	▲ 3	A fixture for Phoenix, and another Haiti call-up for World Cup Qualifying. – Dan
19	Alvaro	16	32	▼ 3	Looking better when at NTSC, will that lead to more minutes at FCD? – Buzz
20	Torquato, Josh	15	32	▼ 5	Two North Texas games, and an unused sub for all three FC Dallas games. – Dan
21	Norris, Nolan	11	21	▼ 2	Few MLS minutes since return from injury, but 2 NTSC starts. Now a US U20 recall. – Buzz
22	Deedson	22	25	▲ 3	Only 21 minutes so far, and not much of a chance to show anything good or bad. Maybe carrying on his good form for Haiti may kickstart something. – Dan

Second Team

Rank	Name	High	Low	+/1	Commentary
23	Ntsabeleng, Tsiki	13	23	▼ 1	Not in Quill’s rotation. Is a sale to South Africa coming? – Buzz Note: Tsiki was loaned out while I was putting this together.
24	Garcia, Diego	22	28	▲ 4	Consistent appearances for the second team, but no MLS benches in a while. Although Diego was the winning coach in August’s media game! Now a U20 call-up. – Dan
25	Scott, Tarik	23	29	▲ 1	Loan to Monterrey Bay for their final 8 games. 2 NTSC starts in August. – Buzz
26	Jackson, Jacob	26	29	▲ 3	Jackson is doing the job of the old MLS pool goalkeepers since Antonio Carrera departed. – Dan
27	Essel, Aaron	27	41	—	Lock NTSC starter, it seems, sometimes as a 6, sometimes as a CB. – Buzz
28	Ramirez, Anthony	27	30	▲ 2	My coach from the media game made his return from injury and is increasingly taking a higher role for NTSC. – Dan
29	Swann, Caleb	29	37	▲ 3	Can’t seem to lock down a spot in the NTSC XI. In and out, but playing well, in our opinion. – Buzz
30	Cisset, Momo	30	49	▲ 4	Two starts for North Texas in the month, and he was sent off in one. The preseason phenom seems a long way away. – Dan
31	Sali, Enes	26	37	▲ 4	Back with NTSC since his loan ended, 1 start since return. – Buzz
32	Montoya, Nico	32	44	▲ 6	Two starts, but the bigger thing for Montoya is an increased role in FC Dallas training as the team needs bodies with Paes injured and Carrera gone. – Dan
33	Pondeca, Tomas	33	39	▲ 4	Constant sub for New Mexico United, but does not starting in USL-C mean his FCD days may be numbered? – Buzz

In Reserve

Rank	Name	High	Low	+/-	Commentary
34	Pepi, Diego	34	55	▲ 6	Only a combined 90 minutes across five appearances for Texoma FC this month. Not getting game time while TFC is struggling for goals isn’t encouraging. – Dan
35	Gall, Gavin	35	43	▲ 7	4 starts, of 90 minutes each, in August. He’s a lock starter even though he should not be. – Buzz
36	Aroyameh, Favour	36	52	▲ 8	Three starts and a sub appearance, but not setting the world alight. – Dan
37	Molina, Malachi	33	44	▼ 1	Vanished again from the team. Is he injured again? It’s very annoying that NTSC refuses to do injury reports. – Buzz
38	Harms, JT	38	49	▲ 8	Splitting games. Won a penalty shootout with Austin, but without making a save. – Dan
39	Contreras, Jaidyn	31	42	▲ 2	1 start, 3 subs, 145 minutes total. Can’t get into Gall’s rotation. – Buzz
40	Bulkeley, James	36	46	▼ 1	Only four minutes this month as Bulkeley has gone from regular starter to unused sub over the summer. – Dan
41	Pomykal, Paxton	16	47	▼ 10	Is it time? It might be time. – Buzz
42	Urzua, Alejandro	33	46	▼ 9	After a run of starts in July, Urzua only played the 90 once with three appearances off the bench in August. – Dan
43	Baran, Daniel	29	45	▲ 2	Only 1 bench in August. Injured or not making the 18? Those two things are very different. – Buzz
44	Sangare, Faisu	36	49	▲ 3	Returned from injury with a 20-minute cameo against St. Louis and a 45-minute start in Austin. – Dan

Notes and Comments

Rank	Name	High	Low	+/-
45	Sedeh, Sam	45	51	▲ 6	He finally made a bench! Bummer he didn’t get in. – Buzz
46	Molomo, Zach	36	48	▲ 2	Didn’t make a game day roster in August. – Dan
47	Luccin, Marlon	41	51	▲ 2	3 benches, 0 minutes in August. – Buzz
48	Orejarena, Leonardo	37	50	▲ 2	Didn’t see the field, and didn’t even make the 20-man roster for LAFC2. – Dan
49	Scabin, Kaka	44	54	▲ 5	After missing a year (ACL), he’s finally back in training. – Buzz
50	Kaakoush, Isaiah	34	50	▼ 7	Scored in the shootout in Austin, then tore his ACL in training a few days later. Tough break. – Dan
51	Jesus, Geovane	48	53	▲ 1	On track for a return “sometime” in 2026, can he still play? – Buzz
52	Newman, Enzo	15	56	▲ 1	Another ACL. – Dan
53	Endeley, Herbert	24	55	▲ 2	Ditto. – Buzz
54	Cangiano, Gianluca	37	57	▲ 2	Yet another ACL. – Dan

Notes and Comments

Christian Cappis is the big climber this month, up 12 spots as he went from “new guy” to, perhaps, lock starter.

Michael Collodi is up 8 on the strength of his performances, as are JT Harms and Favour Aroyameh, both of whom are playing more than expected.

Dropped 10 spots in Paxton Pomykal as we get further and further from his last appearance, which came in the Open Cup back in May.

Big fall runner-ups are Ale Urzua, down 9 after being frozen out by Coach Gall; Sebastian Lletget, 8 spots down, who looks like he might not be a 90-minute player anymore; and Isaiah Kaakoush, who is down 7 after tearing his ACL.

Thanks to Dan Crooke for the help on this piece, as usual. We’ll be back near the end of September with the next ranking.