North Texas SC Signs Ronaldo Damus and Brecc Evans
|Frisco, Texas (Thursday, January 3) – North Texas Soccer Club has signed former FC Dallas Academy players Ronaldo Damus and Brecc Evans pending league and U.S. Soccer Federation approval. Damus, a forward, joins the club on a one-year contract, with option for the 2020 season. Evans, a defender, joins the club on two-year contract, with an option for the 2021 season.
Damus, 19, joined the FC Dallas U-19s for the second half of 2017-18 season, scoring 12 goals in 13 games. The striker has made eight appearances for Haiti’s U-20 National Team and started a World Cup Qualifier vs. Costa Rica for the senior national team in 2016.
Evans, 19, played in 93 matches over four seasons in the FCD Academy, winning a U-16 National Championship in 2016 and the Dallas Cup Super Group title in 2017. The defender was the captain of the U-19 team during his final season in 2017-18. In his freshman year at California Polytechnic State University, the defender started all 16 matches adding a goal and an assist, while earning a spot on the Big West All-Freshman Team.
Damus and Evans are the 27th and 28th Academy products signed to a professional contract by the FC Dallas organization and the second and third to follow the new USL League One development pathway.
Transaction: North Texas SC signs forward Ronaldo Damus to one-year contract, with option for the 2020 season, and defender Brecc Evans to a two-year contract, with option for the 2021 season, on Jan. 3, 2019.
Name: Ronaldo Damus
Pronunciation: DEH-muhs
Position: Forward
Height: 5’10”
Weight: 170 lbs.
Date of Birth: Sept. 12, 1999
Age: 19
Hometown: Hinche, Haiti
Country: Haiti
Last Club: FC Dallas Academy
How Acquired: Signed on Jan. 3, 2019.
Name: Brecc Evans
Pronunciation: BREH-k
Position: Defender
Height: 6’4″
Weight: 180 lbs.
Date of Birth: Sept. 6, 1999
Age: 19
Hometown: Culver City, CA
Country: USA
Last Club: California Polytechnic State University
How Acquired: Signed on Jan. 3, 2019.