Big D Soccer: Schellas Hyndman Continues FC Dallas House-Cleaning

Perhaps lost in all the action on Wednesday was this little nugget: With the loss of Jeff Cunningham, FC Dallas has just one player who made a MLS appearance on the team prior to coach Schellas Hyndman’s hiring. Brek Shea, who is apparently drawing interest from Atletico Madrid, is the only significant holdover from the pre-Hyndman era.

As Daniel Robertson of Big D Soccer points out, the recent departures of Atiba Harris and Dax McCarty in the Expansion Draft and Cunningham in the Re-Entry Draft also clears about $500,000 of salary cap space. That’s money Robertson would like to see spent on re-signing David Ferreira. Combined with the acquisition of goalkeeper Chris Seitz - in exchange for a 2012 fourth-round pick - it was a day filled with promise despite the Toros not selecting a player in the draft.

They improved at a position they needed to at a low cost while having someone else make a tough decision for them with regards to Jeff Cunningham. What’s clear is it doesn’t look like FC Dallas is too interested in improving their team from within MLS so keep on the look out for international signings.