This week, FC Dallas Youth and TOCA announced a new partnership that focuses on optimizing the development of soccer’s next generation of players.
As part of the multi-year deal, TOCA, a tech-enabled soccer experiences company, will install its proprietary training technology in the UMB Bank Performance Center, FC Dallas Youth’s home training facility in Frisco, Texas. The technology will be utilized for professional player development, along with on-site evaluation for youth players, according to the companies.
“TOCA’s proprietary training technology is the gold standard for player development," said Eddie Lewis, TOCA founder. "I am delighted by the endorsement of FC Dallas Youth, a premier youth soccer club."
In addition to the innovative tech installation, the two organizations will also work together to co-develop team training programs for youth players, which will take place at all TOCA Soccer Training Centers in Dallas — currently the largest operator of indoor soccer centers in the region.
“TOCA’s training technology simply works and the real time data collected is invaluable,” said FC Dallas Chief Operating Officer Jimmy Smith. “We are excited to install this proprietary technology in our performance center and to customize a curriculum for our players in TOCA Soccer Centers in North Texas.”
Lewis, a USMNT World Cup player and former MLS/English Premier League midfielder, established TOCA back in 2016.
The soccer tech company's deal with FC Dallas Youth comes following a recent 10-year partnership between TOCA and Major League Soccer (MLS), in which the two organizations plan on growing the sport of soccer and training players in advance to the upcoming FIFA World Cup in 2026.
“TOCA is proud to be an official training partner of Major League Soccer and a leader in the development of the next generation of North American players,” said TOCA CEO Yoshi Maruyama.
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