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name: Dominic Oduro
position: F height: 6-0 weight:160 Birthdate: August 13, 1985 Hometown: Pramso, Ghana last club: FC Dallas (MLS) |
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| Regular Season Stats | full bio l year-by-year stats l video highlights |
| year | club | gp | gs | min | g | a | sht | sog | fc | fs | c | ej |
| 2009 | Houston | 16 | 7 | 707 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| New York | 3 | 1 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career | 89 | 30 | 3,403 | 10 | 8 | 80 | 40 | 47 | 57 | 4 | 0 | |
| Most Recent Video Highlights |
| date | clubs | video description |
| 07/27/08 | Galaxy @ FC Dallas |
 Dominic Oduro furthers the lead
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| 06/06/08 | FC Dallas @ Revolution |
Arturo Alvarez 3 (Dominic Oduro 1) 91
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| 06/01/08 | FC Dallas @ Rapids |
FCD: Oduro goal
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Acquired
2006 MLS SuperDraft - 2nd round (22nd overall)
Professional
2007: Led the team with 29 regular season appearances…also led the team by making 35 appearances in the team's 37 games in all competitions (regular season, SuperLiga, Open Cup)…Scored his first goal of the year in the 93rd minute on 4/22 in 3-1 win over COL…Scored four goals in Reserve games to lead the team, including two in 5-3 win over CHV Reserves on 5/27…Scored the game-winning goal, his first-ever, in the 93rd minute of the 1-0 win at RSL on 6/14…Appeared in all three SuperLiga games and registered an assist on 7/31 vs. LA…Was left off the USOC Semifinal roster due to the five international player limit…Recorded first career MLS assist on 9/15 vs. NE just 30 seconds after entering the game, a cross from the right flank which found Ruiz's head for the goal. 2006: Made his MLS debut on 6/28 @ NE, replacing Kenny Cooper in the 84th minute…Made his first career start and scored his first career goal in the 2nd min. of 2-1 win over NYRB on 7/8 vs. NY...Made his first appearance in the 18-man squad on 6/11 vs. CHV…led all FC Dallas rookies in minutes played with 413…assisted on Kenny Cooper's game-tying goal in the 120th minute of the shootout win over Charleston in the Fourth Round of the U.S. Open Cup on 8/2….Had four goals in nine games for the FC Dallas Reserves, placing him in second place on the team's scoring charts…tallied the first Reserve Division hat trick in FC Dallas history in the 4-0 win vs. NE on 5/21.
College
2005: The 2004 Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year and a Third Team All-American…He appeared in 41 matches (39 starts), scoring 18 goals and five assists during his two years at VCU… Helped the Rams reach the quarterfinals of the 2004 NCAA Tournament, VCU's first-ever quarterfinal appearance.2004: Led the team and the conference with 16 goals and 33 points…CAA Player of the Year…CAA first team All-Conference…Transferred to VCU from the University of Ghana.
2002-2003: Attended and played for the University of Ghana…was spotted by VCU coach Tim O'Sullivan during an intra-squad game and offered a scholarship to VCU.
Personal
Attended Prempeh College, the Asante Royal Boarding School for Boys in Ghana.…Played for the Richmond Kickers Futures in the PDL in 2005, leading the team in goals scored (20) and finished second in assists (9)…Scored twice in a first round game of the U.S. Open Cup against the Baltimore Colts FC on 6/15…Was named to the PDL All-Eastern Conference team…Graduated from VCU with a Bachelor's of Science in Sociology, attending classes non-stop for two years after transferring from the Univesity of Ghana…beside English, also speaks the Ghana dialects of Twi, Ga, Nzema, and Fante…favorite musicians are T.I. and the rap group 'Baby and Lil' Wayne'…the performer Baby, also known as Birdman, was the inspiration for Dominic's nickname, "The Birdman", partly because of the music and because Dominic's teammates / friends say he can 'fly' on the field…likes reading John Grisham and has read all of his books…Son of Anthony and Elizabeth Oduro, who he has not seen since 2004, when he moved to the United States for school.
