FC Dallas & North Texas SC Roster Rankings – June 2025

Results just aren’t going FCD’s way, so let’s do something just a little more on the fun side and rank all 55 players on the roster. This ranking is for the end of June in 2025. (It was a busy weekend, so it’s coming out July 2.)

Two players have left us since the last ranking: Antonio Carrera and Show Cafumana.

This isn’t about xG, G+, or any other fancy metric. This is about the heart, attention, chatter, and the eyes.

Starting XI

1	Julio, Anderson	High: 1	Low: 5	▲ 1	His play when he’s around, and the team’s play when he’s not, cements Julio as FCD’s most important player. – Buzz
2	Musa, Petar	High: 1	Low: 5	▲ 3	The partnership with Acosta is heating up. – Dan
3	Acosta, Luciano	High: 1	Low: 4	▲ 1	Acosta is starting to heat up and be more impactful in games. – Buzz
4	Urhoghide, Osaze	High: 1	Low: 19	▼ 3	Drops a bit with the injury, but it only increases his importance. – Dan
5	Paes, Maarten	High: 3	Low: 5	▼ 2	Solid, steady, reliable. Not as peak as a couple of seasons past, but still very good. – Buzz
6	Lletget, Sebastian	High: 4	Low: 12	▲ 6	Back and delivering, FCD is better when he’s healthy – Dan
7	Pedrinho	High: 7	Low: 12	▲ 1	He’s getting a bunch of starts and playing pretty well. I still think, for now, he brings more from the bench. – Buzz
8	Moore, Shaq	High: 6	Low: 14	▲ 6	Maybe had his most balanced game of the year vs San Diego. – Dan
9	Farrington, Logan	High: 5	Low: 9	▼ 3	He’s not getting starts again, and when he does get in, he’s not impacting. – Buzz
10	Ibeagha, Sebastien	High: 7	Low: 11	— 0	The lack of organization when he was out shows some of the value he brings. – Dan
11	Kaick	High: 9	Low: 29	▼ 2	He’s a kid. Kids make bad decisions. That’s why you play the kids. So they learn. – Buzz

In the Mix

12	Ramiro	High: 7	Low: 12	▼ 5	Injured, missed a month. Even out of position, the second half against San Diego could have used his experience at the 6. – Dan
13	Farfan, Marco	High: 9	Low: 18	▲ 4	Getting all the left back PT since his return, but is a little inconsistent. – Buzz
14	Norris, Nolan	High: 11	Low: 21	▼ 3	Lost his spot to Farfan, but popped up in midfield. Now hurt. – Dan
15	Abubakar, Lalas	High: 13	Low: 17	▼ 2	A couple of bad decisions, you don’t expect that from a player of his experience. – Buzz
16	Delgado, Patrickson	High: 16	Low: 21	▲ 5	Pony and trap – Cockney rhyming slang describing Patrickson’s performance against San Diego. – Dan
17	Alvaro	High: 17	Low: 32	▲ 13	An impressive 3 starts, relatively speaking. Poor end to SJ game. But there’s something there for the future. – Buzz
18	Sarver, Samuel	High: 18	Low: 31	▲ 2	His top play earned him an emergency signing; he’s the talk of the pipeline right now. – Dan
19	Kamungo, Bernard	High: 11	Low: 20	▼ 1	He’s just not showing anything but yet continues to get the games. How bad must the other options be? – Buzz
20	Ntsabeleng, Tsiki	High: 13	Low: 21	▼ 1	Tsiki just can’t find many minutes, and when he does, the errors emerge. – Dan
21	Collodi, Michael	High: 14	Low: 22	▲ 1	Collodi’s value rises with the Antonio Carrera sale. – Buzz
22	Pomykal, Paxton	High: 16	Low: 47	▼ 6	Is it really a contact injury? Is it a flare-up from mismanagement? We don’t know, but Buzz is sweating on this one. – Dan
23	Sainte, Carl	High: 23	Low: 25	▲ 1	Spent most of the month with Haiti in the Gold Cup. Got the center back start vs Texoma after his return. – Buzz
24	Garcia, Diego	High: 22	Low: 26	▼ 1	Hanging around the first team rather than NTSC, but not playing. – Dan
25	Torquato, Josh	High: 25	Low: 32	▲ 7	He got two emergency FCD signings, made his MLS debut, scored his 1st NTSC goal. – Buzz
26	Chu, Leo	High: 16	Low: 26	▼ 1	Healthy again. Calling up Sarver over Chu speaks volumes about his not-too-distant future. – Dan

Second Team

27	Ramirez, Anthony	High: 27	Low: 28	▲ 1	Lock starter at NTX, we’d like to see more game control.- Buzz
28	Essel, Aaron	High: 28	Low: 41	▲ 1	Seemingly a lock starter. Physical and intimidating. Not much more. – Dan
29	Scott, Tarik	High: 23	Low: 29	▼ 2	He’s coming off an injury, but he’s not looking great. Seems to have regressed. – Buzz
30	Sali, Enes	High: 26	Low: 37	▲ 1	His season ended at the back end of May. His loan ends July 30. – Dan
31	Contreras, Jaidyn	High: 31	Low: 42	▲ 4	Getting minutes again with Torquato either at LB or with FCD. – Buzz
32	Cisset, Momo	High: 32	Low: 49	▲ 2	Four starts in June, but honestly, kind of a mess. – Dan
33	Swann, Caleb	High: 31	Low: 37	▲ 4	In and out of the lineup. Need to see the fearless Swann again. – Buzz
34	Montoya, Nico	High: 34	Low: 44	▲ 4	Getting more starts in goal than anyone else at NTSC. – Dan
35	Urzua, Alejandro	High: 33	Low: 46	▲ 11	Played his best game yet for NTSC and then didn’t get another go, 2 subs earlier in June. – Buzz
36	Bulkeley, James	High: 36	Low: 46	▲ 5	Got three starts in June, but looked a bit shaky. – Dan
37	Pondeca, Tomas	High: 33	Low: 39	▲ 2	One sub appearance in June. Not good. – Buzz

In Reserve

38	Sangare, Faisu	High: 36	Low: 49	▼ 2	One game in June. Hurt or crap? – Dan
39	Harms, JT	High: 39	Low: 49	▲ 10	Got a game after the Carrera sale. – Buzz
40	Baran, Daniel	High: 29	Low: 44	▲ 4	Starting to get some minutes again with 1 start and 3 subs in June. – Dan
41	Kaakoush, Isaiah	High: 34	Low: 44	▼ 1	Not playing again. Why? Named an MLS Next All-Star. – Buzz
42	Pepi, Diego	High: 42	Low: 55	▲ 13	He’s back, started vs Phoenix Rising, scored 2 goals. – Dan
43	Gall, Gavin	High: 35	Low: 43	▼ 1	Hasn’t played since May 2. – Buzz
44	Molina, Malachi	High: 33	Low: 44	▼ 1	Is he still hurt? Hasn’t played since May 2nd. – Dan
45	Orejarena, Leonardo	High: 37	Low: 47	▲ 2	Got first start this year… pulled at halftime. 4 minutes since. – Buzz
46	Aroyameh, Favour	High: 45	Low: 52	▼ 1	Finally got his visa, came into camp hurt. Hasn’t played. – Dan
47	Molomo, Zach	High: 36	Low: 48	▲ 1	0 minutes this season. Which is amazing to me. – Buzz
48	Sedeh, Sam	High: 48	Low: 50	▲ 2	0 minutes, but not a surprise as he’s one for the future. – Dan
49	Luccin, Marlon	High: 41	Low: 51	▲ 2	0 minutes played this season should shock no one. Basically a paid academy player. – Buzz
50	Darub, Victor	High: 45	Low: 52	▲ 2	He’s now behind JT Harms and Nico Montoya at NTSC. Might not be around long. – Dan
51	Jesus, Geovane	High: 48	Low: 53	▲ 2	Hard to fathom that his last game came on September 2nd of 2023. – Buzz
52	Scabin, Kaka	High: 44	Low: 54	▲ 2	No clue what his timeline is. – Dan
53	Newman, Enzo	High: 15	Low: 56	▲ 3	Check again in January. – Buzz
54	Endeley, Herbert	High: 24	Low: 54	▼ 21	Out for the season, could this have ended his FCD career? – Dan
55	Cangiano, Gianluca	High: 37	Low: 57	▲ 2	I’d be surprised if he plays for NTSC again. – Buzz

Notes and Comments

Anderson Julio takes the top spot both for his play when on the pitch and the calamity that is FCD when he’s off of it.

Two big winners this month, both up 13 as Diego Pepi returns from injury and grabs a brace for Texoma, and Alvaro, who played cause FCD was out of center backs and did well for himself. Honorable mention to Ale Urzua, who got a rotational North Texas start, balled out, and then was dropped again.

The big faller – 21 spots – is Herbert Endeley, who suffered a season-ending knee injury that ended his loan and perhaps his FCD career. (His contract is up, although FCD has an option.)

After that, Paxton Pomykal is down 6 after missing a month since he got those 55 minutes in the Open Cup. Ramiro is down 5 after missing an extended section due to his own injury problem.

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