Dallas talent factory confident World Cup will deliver development dividend

DALLAS, July 12 : When Mauricio Pochettino named the U.S. squad for the World Cup, no club played a greater role in developing the players who would represent the tournament co-hosts than FC Dallas.In Weston McKennie, Chris Richards, Ricardo Pepi and Alejandro Zendejas, the Frisco-based outfit produced a quartet that underlined the organisation's reputation as the leading talent factory in Major League Soccer."We're a big believer in domestic talent," FC Dallas president Dan Hunt tells Reuters. "And we want to try to help not only FC Dallas win, but the national teams win."Because without a strong national team, I really think it hurts the domestic league too. So we stay true to who we are." All four players featured during the U.S.' run to the last 16 but it is Dallas' status as the venue