The Houston Dynamo Academy will stage its fifth annual Alumni Match on Thursday, Dec. 18 at BBVA Compass Stadium. Admission is free and the match will kick off at 6:30 p.m. as the Houston Dynamo Under-18 team faces the Dynamo Academy alumni, including current Dynamo goalkeeper Tyler Deric and newest homegrown signing Memo Rodriguez.
The match will pit the current Dynamo Academy Under-18 team against Dynamo Academy alumni. The U-18 Academy team is currently in first place in the U.S. Development Academy Central Conference, Frontier Division, with a 5-1-1 mark. The squad is led by 2013 Dynamo Academy Player of the Year Christian Lucatero and Juan “Charly” Flores, who was named to the U.S. Development Academy U-16 Central Conference Best XI after scoring 26 goals in 30 games last season.
Dynamo Academy Alumni roster for Dec. 18 Alumni Game vs. Academy U-18s:
Player |
College/Previous club |
|---|---|
<p>Tyler Deric</p> |
<p>University of North Carolina</p> |
<p>Jose (Memo) Rodriguez</p> |
<p>Dynamo Academy U-23s</p> |
<p>Abe Matamoros</p> |
<p>University of Tulsa</p> |
<p>Miguel Zapata</p> |
<p>Houston Baptist University</p> |
<p>Leonardo Ayala</p> |
<p>University of Central Florida</p> |
<p>Bryan Moya</p> |
<p>Dynamo Academy U-23s</p> |
<p>Bradley Bourgeois</p> |
<p>University of Tulsa</p> |
<p>Isaiah Noreiga</p> |
<p>Duquesne University</p> |
<p>Alex Ochoa</p> |
<p>West Virginia University</p> |
<p>Jose Martin Agredo</p> |
<p>Tyler Junior College</p> |
<p>Irvin Ramirez</p> |
<p>High Point University</p> |
<p>Louis Thomas</p> |
<p>West Virginia University</p> |
<p>Matt Dorsey</p> |
<p>University of New Mexico</p> |
<p>Stuart Close</p> |
<p>Houston Dynamo Academy</p> |
<p>Zachary Jackson</p> |
<p>Tulsa University</p> |
<p>Emmanuel Usen</p> |
<p>IUPUI</p> |
<p>Bryce Marion</p> |
<p>Stanford University</p> |
<p>Leo Castillo</p> |
<p>Tyler Junior College</p> |
<p>Christian Diaz</p> |
<p>West Virginia University</p> |
<p>Chibuzo “C.J.” Odenigwe</p> |
<p>University of North Carolina</p> |
