DFW Tornados Congratulate
Shea Salinas and Bruno Guarda.
Well Done, Guys!
Shea
Salinas was selected in the second round of the MLS
SuperDraft. The Furman midfielder was selected by San
Jose as the 15th overall pick. Shea was also named to
the 2007 NSCAA/Adidas Men's Scholar All-American First
Team. Shea played for the Tornados Men’s PDL team for
two years.
SMU
Standout midfielder Bruno Guarda capped off a stellar
2007 season by being named to the National Soccer
Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-Midwest
Region First team. He’s also been named UMBRO/DallasSoccerNews.com
Men’s College Player of the Year. Bruno has played for
the Tornados Men’s PDL team for 3 years.
The DFW Tornados
Congratulate
Jay Needham and Daniel Woolard!!
The DFW Tornados Semi-Professional men’s PDL team sent 7
players to the United Soccer League (USL) Professional
Combine. The Tornados had the most players invited to the
combine of any of the 62 Premier Development League (PDL)
teams in North America!
Head Coach Paul Robinson and owner Jim Mertz are very
excited that the Tornados are able to provide the
opportunity for their players to play professional soccer.
Jay Needham and Daniel Woolard are two of our players who
took advantage of this opportunity. Both are heading to
Major League Soccer (MLS) teams. Needham has been drafted by
D.C. United and Woolard has been drafted by Chicago Fire.
DFW Tornados —SMU defender JAY NEEDHAM (Ft. Worth,
Texas) was selected sixth in the third round of the
2007 Major League Soccer SuperDraft, which was held
Friday in Indianapolis, Indiana. DC United selected
Needham, who was the 32nd pick overall.
DFW Tornados — MSU
defender DANIEL WOOLARD (Bedford, Texas) has been
selected 47th in the 2007 Major League supplemental
Soccer Draft.
