Paxton Pomykal

ACQUIRED
Signed as the 15th FC Dallas Homegrown on September 8, 2016. 

PROFESSIONAL

• Played in 24 matches, starting 19, assisting three times in 2023.
• Elected to serve a three-year term with the MLSPA Executive Board on Aug. 2, 2023. The Executive Board is the decision and policy-making body of the PA with its members serving as the highest level of PA leadership.
• Served as captain for FC Dallas at San Jose (Sept. 17, 2022) during his 100th MLS match.
• Made his professional debut on March 1, 2017 in a CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal match against Arabe Unido.
• Became the youngest starter in FC Dallas history at 17 yrs., 84 days when he started at SKC (March 11, 2017).

NATIONAL TEAM

• Captained the United States U-20 National Team during the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland in 2019, including the 3-2 win against tournament-favorite France in the Round of 16 and quarterfinal match against Ecuador (U.S. was eliminated in 2-1 loss).
• Earned his first senior team call up in August 2019 and appeared in the final five minutes in the 1-1 draw against Uruguay on September 11.
• Played in one ‘23 January cycle appearing during the 89’ vs. Mexico on April 20 in a friendly. 

ACADEMY

• Helped win the Dr. Pepper Dallas Cup’s Gordon Jago Super Group for FCD’s U-18 team in 2017.
• Named to the U.S. Soccer Development Academy’s Central Conference Starting XI after helping the FC Dallas Academy claim both the U-16 and U-18 National Championships. 

PERSONAL

• One of six native Texans on the team.
• Grandmother was first female mayor of Lewisville from 1985-87.
• Has one dog named Livy.