Players

TRANSACTIONS: Played three years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill … spent one season with the Reading United in the USL Premier Development League … signed first professional contract with Major League Soccer’s Houston Dynamo on 1/1/11 … loaned to the NASL’s Tampa Bay Rowdies on 4/5/13 … signed with the USL’s Rochester Rhinos on 3/21/14 … signed with Armada FC on 12/16/15.

PRO: Dixon is an American forward from Humble, Texas … a skillful attacker that comes from USL’s Rochester Rhinos, where he spent two season and helped lead the team to 2015 USL title … signed as MLS Homegrown Player on Jan. 19, 2011 by the Houston Dynamo … released near the end of the 2013 season … spent three seasons at the University of North Carolina, helping the Tar Heels reach the NCAA College Cup all three years.

Spring 2016: Started at NYC and played 57 minutes before being subbed out (4/10) ... subbed in at FTL in 73rd minute, won free kicks in 80th and 94th minutes (4/23) ... subbed in against OKC in 68th minute, won free kick in 92nd minute (5/7) ... subbed in at OTT in 90th minute, won free kick in 90th minute (5/22) ... subbed in against CHS in 73rd minute of USOC match, assisted on goal in 108th minute, attempted shot in 115th minute (6/1) ... subbed in at CAR in 73rd minute (6/4).

2015: Helped lead Rochester Rhinos to one of best seasons in USL history as club had best regular season record and won USL Championship … finished regular season with three goals, including two game-winners, on 26 shots in 15 appearances and 1,524 minutes of action … started all three playoff matches.

2014: Logged 1,341 minutes in 16 starts and 23 appearances for Rochester Rhinos … scored three goals on 32 shots, second-most on the team, and notched two assists.

2013: Returned to with Houston Dynamo and he started in a 2-0 win over English Premier League side Stoke City in the Dynamo Charities Cup … appeared in the 1-0 win against the Philadelphia Union … played 6 matches for the reserves team where he had a big assist to help the team pull out a win over the Columbus Crew Reserves … spent a month on loan with the Tampa Bay Rowdies, where he scored the game-winning goal in a 2-1 win over the Fort Lauderdale Strikers … scored the opening goal in a 2-0 win against FC Tucson in the U.S. Open Cup.

2012: Played in four games for 114 minutes and had one shot on goal with the Houston Dynamo … made 2012 debut at New York on 5/9 and played 34 minutes as a substitute … played 16 minutes in substitute appearance vs. Portland on 5/15 … played 62 minutes in season finale at Colorado on 10/27 … appeared as substitute for final 19 minutes in 4-0 win over FAS on 9/20 in CONCACAF Champions League play … played 90 minutes in 1-0 third round U.S. Open Cup loss at San Antonio on 5/29 … scored two goals and three assists, which helped the Dynamo later win the Reserve League division title … tallied a goal and two assists in the 3-0 win over Sporting Kansas City 3/27.

2011: Made seven substitute appearances in league play and scored one goal in his rookie season with the Houston Dynamo … made professional debut in 1-1 tie at NY on 4/2 … appeared in 2-1 loss vs. COL on 5/4 … played final six minutes and was on the field for tying goal in 2-2 tie vs. FCD on 5/28 … made next MLS appearance in 3-0 loss at CHV on 7/23 … came on as substitute in 3-1 win vs. SEA on 7/30 … career-high 28 minutes in 1-1 tie at NE on 8/17 … subbed in and scored dramatic game-winning goal, his first as a professional, in final seconds of stoppage time in 3-2 win vs. RSL on 8/20, curling in left-footed shot from top of the penalty area … made first Dynamo start and played 120 minutes in midfield in U.S. Open Cup 1-0 overtime loss vs. KC on 4/6 as Dynamo were eliminated in qualifying round … started eight of 10 Dynamo Reserves games, three times at forward and five times in midfield, scoring one goal on the season … returned to action after finger fracture as a sub in 3-0 win vs. CHI on 10/1 … scored opening goal with outstanding individual effort in 2-0 win at KC on 10/18 … started and played all 90 minutes at three different positions in 2-0 Dynamo Charities Cup loss vs. Bolton Wanderers on 7/20.

2008-2010:  Played at University of North Carolina for three years and helped them reach the NCAA College Cup each year he was there … scored a goal and three assists in 20 games in 2010 despite being injured … set up the game-tying goal in the NCAA semifinals against No.1 seeded Louisville … ranked second on his team in 2009, racking up eight goals and an assist, three of which came in consecutive games in the NCAA tournament to help UNC reach the College Cup … scored a hat trick in a7-0 win against Stetson in 2009, which was North Carolina’s first hat trick since 2005 … scored the game winning goal to beat Indiana in the third round of the tournament … ranked third on the team as a freshman in 2008, netting five goals and playing in 20 of 24 games … ranked seventh among all North Carolina Olympic sports male athletes in the SuperRam competition, which measures overall strength and conditioning performance … played with Reading United in the USL Premier Development League in summer 2010.

YOUTH: Trained at the Houston Dynamo Academy in 2007-08 and IMG Soccer Academy in 2006-07 … 2008 graduate of Atascocita High School in Humble, Texas (northeast of Houston), but spent time at the U.S. Under-17 Residency Program in 2006-07 … was part of U.S. youth national team pools since 2004 … was named to the 2007 NSCAA/adidas Youth All-America Team and the 2007 PARADE All-America squad … earned all-star honors at the adidas ESP Camp in 2006 … played club soccer with the Texans Soccer Club and won four state titles … member of Region III ODP team.

PERSONAL: Born Hugh Alexander Dixon on Feb. 7, 1990, in Bay City, Texas … mother is Marisa Parks …has three brothers (Jerome, Anthony and Tre) and one sister ... lists Michael Jordan as most admired athlete.

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