FC Dallas signs 15-year-old Benjamin Flowers as youngest player in club history

FC Dallas has signed 15-year-old forward Benjamin Flowers to a Homegrown contract, making him the youngest player ever to sign a professional contract in club history.FC Dallas signs youngest player in historyThe deal announced Thursday runs through the 2030-31 season and includes a club option for 2031-32. Flowers becomes the 49th Homegrown player signed by FC Dallas, continuing the club's reputation as one of Major League Soccer's top developers of young talent.Flowers joined the FC Dallas Academy in 2021 at age 10 after being discovered while playing youth soccer in the Dallas area. The Longview, Texas native, who was raised in Forney, Texas, quickly emerged as one of the academy's top prospects and earned his first call-ups to train with FC Dallas' first team earlier this year.Widely regarded as one of the nation's top youth prospects, Flowers has competed in international tournaments in Germany and Mexico and participated in the Dallas Cup during his time with the FC Dallas Academ