Houston Dynamo introduce new PDL affiliate team in College Station set to start play this summer under minor league baseball Brazos Valley Bomber’s owner.

Last week the Houston Dynamo announced their official affiliation with a brand new PDL team that will start play this summer in College Station/Bryan, Texas. They will be owned by the Clutch Entertainment Group who already own summer collegiate baseball team, Brazos Valley Bombers.

The Brazos Valley team is yet to be named, but an ongoing fan contest will decide the name soon. The new PDL team will be playing in the baseball stadium of the current Brazos Valley baseball team which is NutraBolt Stadium. The stadium will undergo around $1.86 million in renovation costs to prepare the stadium to support a soccer team.

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Much like the relationship between the Dynamo and RGV Toros of the USL, the Dynamo’s relationship with the Brazos Valley PDL team will be one where Houston takes care of the soccer side completely (coaches, player, philosophy) and the Clutch Entertainment Group will take care of the business side.

Familiar Face As Head Coach

Meanwhile, the head coach of the new College Station PDL team will be current Dynamo Academy Director, James Clarkson. James Clarkson has been with the Dynamo Academy since their inception in 2007 and will continue to be the director of the academy while juggling the PDL head coaching job.

Clarkson knows the Dynamo and it’s system better than anyone and it seems like this is all part of a bigger plan. A plan in which now the Dynamo have a complete pipeline where they can move players through the Dynamo Academy, PDL summer team, RGV Toros in USL, and the first team in MLS.

The PDL teams purpose will be to give Academy alumni and other players the opportunity to play at a high level during the summer months. So once a Dynamo Academy player presumably heads off to play college soccer they would have the opportunity to continue being in the Dynamo system and grow by playing a Dynamo style soccer in the PDL.

This decision will only help the Dynamo grow more as a soccer organization, grow its fan base reach, and expand their footprint to the College Station area. Dynamo fans, be excited for the continued development of soccer in the Dynamo organization and look forward to an exciting 2017!