Paxton Pomykal

PROFESSIONAL

• Contract: Signed as the 15th FC Dallas Homegrown on Sept. 8, 2016; signed four-year extension with a club option for 2027 on Jan. 18, 2023.
• Underwent season-ending surgery to address cartilage damage in his left knee in April of 2024.
• 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.
• Made his professional debut on Mar. 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 (Mar. 11, 2017).

NATIONAL TEAM

• Captained the United States U20 National Team during the FIFA U20 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 Aug. 2019 and appeared in the final five minutes in the 1-1 draw against Uruguay on Sept. 11.

ACADEMY

• Helped win the Dr. Pepper Dallas Cup’s Gordon Jago Super Group for FCD’s U18 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 U16 and U18 National Championships.

PERSONAL

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