Cerrillo becomes first Academy product signed under new head coach Luchi Gonzalez

FRISCO – FC Dallas has signed Academy midfielder Edwin Cerrillo as the team's league-leading 24th Homegrown player, the club announced today.

Cerrillo, 18, joined the FC Dallas Academy in 2015 and has scored 12 goals in 71 U.S. Soccer Development Academy matches since. Cerrillo scored in the 2016-17 U-16 Development Academy National Final in a 2-1 loss to Atlanta United FC.

In 2018, Cerrillo committed to play Division I soccer at the University of Maryland as a junior in high school.

The FC Dallas Academy has now produced 31 professional players signed by the FC Dallas organization.

Name: Edwin Cerrillo

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Position: Midfielder

Date of Birth: October 3, 2000 (18)

Hometown: Frisco, TX

Birthplace: Waco, TX

Height: 5-10

Weight: 180

Transaction: FC Dallas signs midfielder Edwin Cerrillo to a Homegrown Player contract.