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The Problematics: ‘Debbie Does Dallas’ and The Birth of a Porn Legend
The phrase “Porno Chic” is rarely uttered these days, if ever, and seems kind of inconceivable in today’s icky, PornHub-clip-driven world of adult entertainment to begin with. But believe it or not, there was a time, a brief one, during which so-called “fuck films” were subject to intense discussion in mainstream and highbrow culture.
It was the 1972 porno Deep Throat that brought “adult entertainment” out of the closet, so to speak, and the reason was a matter of real estate. In the early ’70s, the exhibition of pornographic material in legit theaters was of dubious legality, but everything changed when a couple of enterprising entrepreneurs — real estate mogul and adult film investor Arthur Morowitz and grindhouse quickie producer Sam Lake — decided to book Throat at the World Theater in New York City. Almost immediately, the novelty picture — in which Linda Lovelace played a woman whose sexual pleasure center was located in an unusual place (see title) — took off. Johnny Carson joked about it on The Tonight Show. Nora Ephron wrote an essay on attending a screening. For a brief shining moment the World Theater was like Studio 54 — everybody who was anybody had to visit it at least once.
As a movie, Deep Throat was ultimately one that only needed to be seen once, if at all, but it had a miniscule difference from other pornos of the time. In had a plot, humor, and performances — primarily from Lovelace and the energetic, mustachioed Harry Reems — that were a touch above the zombiefied norm of porn acting. It created the idea of aspirational smut. The wave it created was only just cresting in 1978, 45 years ago, when Debbie Does Dallas rode on it and into theaters nationwide.
This was the rare hardcore porno that actually got reviewed by Siskel and Ebert. No, really. Granted, it was one of the “Dogs of the Week” on their show in March of 1979, but that’s not nothing. Roger Ebert noted one of its primary claims to fame, that the Dallas Cowboys organization was suing the film’s makers for copyright infringement. Because the hook of the film was that the titular Debbie turned to sex work in order to earn the money to fly to Dallas and audition for a spot in the Cowboy’s famed cheerleader lineup. As sexy as the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders may have been, the organization prided itself on a wholesome, squeaky-clean image. “Copyright is the least of the things that are infringed on in this movie,” Ebert noted. But the controversy and the title, which turned into a very malleable catchphrase (there was at one point a video game called “Debbie Does Donuts,” in which the player slashes flying…donuts; someone also opened a short-lived “topless donut shop” of the same name), made it a hit.
It did not deserve to be. I can’t actually find the quote, but in my recollection, Ebert (it could have been another mainstream critic) said that the main thing he noticed while watching the picture is that lead actress Bambi Woods could have cleaned under her fingernails before showing up to set.
Unlike 1973’s The Devil in Miss Jones or 1976’s The Opening of Misty Beethoven, Debbie did not try for any narrative sophistication (as you may or may not recall, Miss Jones ends with a homage to Sartre’s No Exit, while Misty Beethoven is a riff on Shaw’s Pygmalion, or if you prefer, My Fair Lady, with sex work standing in for elocution and etiquette). Unlike 1981’s A Girl’s Best Friend and a bunch of other “ambitious” adult movies made before the entire industry moved to the San Fernando Valley (more or less; pockets of production activity and gonzo talent scouting persisted in Florida) (also see Boogie Nights), Debbie wasn’t shot on high-end cameras. (As a production assistant on Best Friend, which stars now-incarcerated sleazebag Ron Jeremy, the late mature-woman porn pioneer Juliet Anderson, and Veronica Hart, who cameos as a judge in Boogie Nights, I can testify that the apparatus on the movie was Panavision.) It’s just a grungy porno — largely shot in New York, as it happens — with more plot and dialogue than a loop.
However, like Deep Throat — which spawned several sequels, of a sort — Debbie proved to have porn franchise power. Studio/distributor Vivid Video got the rights to the, um, intellectual property and started churning out variants in the late ‘90s and early aughts, many of them directed by former performer Paul Thomas (who, like many late-’70s porn people, was actually a trained performer who had performed in some capacity in a professional production of Jesus Christ, Superstar). Toward the end of the ‘aughts DVD boom, Thomas specialized in self-hating porn. Pictures like Layout and a quasi-reboot of Deep Throat called Throat (starring Sasha Gray, with whom I myself have acted) were set in the worlds of porno and sex work and emphasized just how awful the people of that world became as a result of their professional activities. An interesting tack. The 2007 Debbie Does Dallas…Again stuck to the world of cheerleading and added a Heaven Can Wait style plot, in which Debbie dies right before a cheerleading competition but can come back in another cheerleader’s body to inspire her team to victory. Consider the possibilities, indeed.
This picture is notable for a number of reasons, one being that there was a reality-TV making-of series (which initially was also titled Debbie Does Dallas…Again, then retitled Debbie Loves Dallas) produced in conjunction with it, and it’s a lulu. Or was a lulu, as it’s now pretty much impossible to see. There’s a lot of crying and a lot of sniping, with supporting player Cassidey, or maybe second lead Monique Alexander, or maybe both, openly mocking the mainstream ambitions of title star Stefani Morgan. It’s sad (not really) to see these young women who treat each other with such affectionate attention in lesbian and group sex scenes turn on each other so cattily and so quickly, practically reflexively even!
Morgan herself had jumped out of the frying pan of Joe Francis’ Girls Gone Wild videos and into the fire of hardcore. In which enterprise she had a terrible time — I gather Cassidey wasn’t the only person who was mean to her — then retired, came back in 2015, and fell out of sight again. Penny Flame, playing Debbie’s docent through the Pearly Gates (as is customary in porno films, every locale is ideal for sex, and sure enough the heavenly astral plane is the setting for an orgy) became known in the outside world by showing up on VH1’s Sex Rehab With Doctor Drew. The addiction wasn’t just sex; her gonzo films for the studio Shane’s World showed her an avid consumption of cannabis products — Blazed and Confused was a typical title. After cleaning up she wrote a searing memoir, I Am Jennie, which, like so many porn memoirs, is generally dispiriting. But she herself seems well today, and good for her. The most intriguing post-porn story in Debbie-ville is of Sunny Leone, Canadian-born of Sikh parents, who left porn for India, where she became a television personality, endorsement model, and a film actor while making little or no reference to her porn past. (Her first movie in India has the title Jism 2, but the word means something wholly other in Hindi, you pervert.)
Debbie Does Dallas…Again was also the first adult movie on Blu-ray. It wasn’t even 20 years ago and now Blu-rays, the idea of linear story-driven porn with “production value” (which the Paul Thomas film had, kind of, and the original sure didn’t), and more features of the past sound incredibly alien. A lost world.
Veteran critic Glenn Kenny reviews new releases at RogerEbert.com, the New York Times, and, as befits someone of his advanced age, the AARP magazine. He blogs, very occasionally, at Some Came Running and tweets, mostly in jest, at @glenn__kenny. He is the author of the acclaimed 2020 book Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas, published by Hanover Square Press.
During the 1990s, the Dallas Cowboys were the most dominant team in the NFL. Since then, they’ve had quite a bit of success in the regular season but have fallen short of the ultimate goal — a sixth Super Bowl trophy.
Not only have they been unable to win the title, but they haven’t even made it back to the NFC Championship Game since winning their last Lombardi Trophy following the 1995 season.
It can be difficult to look back over the years, but it’s still worth a trip down memory lane.
With that in mind, here’s a ranking of the past ten seasons, which proves not everything has been awful in Big D.
After falling short in 2014, the Cowboys went into the 2015 campaign ready to turn the page. They made a massive change at running back, letting DeMarco Murray leave in free agency and turning to Joseph Randle and Darren McFadden. Randle was released after six games due to off-field issues, but McFadden proved a free-agency steal with 1,089 yards on the year.
Unfortunately, his performance was among the few bright spots during a dark season. Tony Romo missed 12 games, and the team was 1-11 without him. Matt Cassel, Brandon Weeden, and Kellen Moore all struggled to replace him, as the offense was 31st in the league in scoring.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, this was the same year they brought in Greg Hardy after Carolina moved on following some heinous accusations. Not only was this the Cowboys’ worst over the past decade, but it was also clouded by some terrible decisions.
For a decade, Dallas fans were clamoring for Jerry Jones to give up on Jason Garrett, and they finally got their wish ahead of the 2020 season. Jones didn’t cast a wide net, however, which frustrated fans over hiring Mike McCarthy. The former Super Bowl-winning coach has had his share of success but hasn’t been an elite coach in years.
Still, he was better than Garrett so hopes were high — or at least higher than they were in 2019.
Those hopes were quickly dashed when Mike Nolan proved to be in over his head as the defensive coordinator. Dallas gave up 20 points in a Week 1 loss to the Rams and then surrendered 39 to Atlanta, 38 to Seattle, 49 to Cleveland, 34 to the Giants, and 38 to Arizona.
Their offense had to do a lot of heavy lifting, but they were still just 2-3 entering Week 6 and had to turn to Andy Dalton after Dak Prescott suffered a broken ankle in the win over New York. Dalton played admirably, but the defense was never going to win without an MVP-caliber performance from their signal-caller, which led to a 6-10 disappointment.
After going 13-3 in 2016, hopes were high for the Cowboys in 2017. Sadly, they couldn’t live up to the hype.
Off-field accusations put a dark cloud over Ezekiel Elliott, who was suspended for six games. He appealed the suspension, which allowed the issue to drag on throughout the year. With Zeke out for six games, Dak Prescott struggled and had 13 picks — after putting up four as a rookie.
There was also the infamous loss to Atlanta, where he was sacked six times by Adrian Clayborn.
Dallas had a winning record but missed the playoffs in a forgettable season.
As is the case with Mike McCarthy in 2024, Jason Garrett entered the 2019 season without a contract beyond that year. He was coming off a 10-6 campaign but again lost in the second round of the playoffs.
Instead of moving on and finding someone who could push them over the hump, the Jones family tried pushing Garrett by essentially threatening his job.
That backfired, as the head coach seemed on edge all season, and the team that typically fought hard for him didn’t have their normal fire. They started 3-0 out of the gate but then dropped three games between Weeks 4 through 6.
A three-game losing streak covering Weeks 12 through 14 doomed their season.
In the end, the only good thing from the 2019 campaign is that it finally signaled the end of Garrett’s tenure, which covered a very long 10 seasons.
There were many positives in 2023, including Dak Prescott finishing second in the NFL in MVP voting. They also saw CeeDee Lamb set a franchise record with 1,749 yards through the air while leading the NFL in receptions with 135.
The most exciting factor in 2023, however, was their 8-0 record at home. One of the most dominant home teams, the Cowboys’ defense made life miserable for everyone who walked into AT&T Stadium—until it really mattered.
Dallas earned the No. 2 seed in the NFC and hosted the No. 7 seed Green Bay Packers. They should have been able to move into the second round of the playoffs but were blown out at home, 48-32. Sadly, that score makes it seem closer than it was.
Their inability to stop the run and the two interceptions from Prescott left us all with a bad taste in our mouths from what should have been a memorable campaign.
The 2018 season started out incredibly frustratingly. The Cowboys had just released Dez Bryant and entered the season with a receiving corps consisting of Michael Gallup, Allen Hurns, and Cole Beasley. As expected, this was hard to watch.
Thankfully, they traded for Amari Cooper, who ultimately turned the offense around. Dallas started 3-5, but once Cooper was comfortable, they began to roll. They won five games in a row from Week 10 through Week 14 and then reeled off two more to close the season at 10-6.
They then hosted the Seattle Seahawks and knocked them off in a 24-22 contest. Their season ended at the hands of the Los Angeles Rams in the Divisional Round but they were happy to get that far following the frustrating start.
The Cowboys turned the page on a frustrating 2020 campaign with another strong performance in 2021. This time, they shook off a poor start to the season, which saw them lose by two points to the Super Bowl Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
After that, Dallas ripped off six wins in a row, including a thriller over the Minnesota Vikings that saw Cooper Rush hit Amari Cooper for a game-winning touchdown.
Amari Cooper Rush game-winner pic.twitter.com/Hs5mBzXFfd
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) November 2, 2021
Dallas won 12 games while Dak Prescott dropped 37 touchdown passes, and CeeDee Lamb hauled in 1,102 yards receiving. They also had Micah Parsons win the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year after racking up 13 sacks.
A loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the Wild Card Round put a damper on an otherwise fun season, which is sadly a theme in Big D.
Once again, the Cowboys started the season with a loss to the Tampa Bay Bucs. This time, they were blown out 19-3, and they had injury added to insult with Dak Prescott getting hurt in the loss. Dallas had to turn to Cooper Rush for the next five games, and while he led them to a win in his only start in 2021, things felt bleak.
That feeling didn’t last long, as Rush led them to four straight wins, including victories over the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams, who had both been in the Super Bowl the previous year. His final start was a loss to the Eagles, but that 4-1 stretch kept hope alive.
There were ups and downs throughout the season, including Prescott leading the league with 15 picks, but they still went 12-4. They also pulled off one of the more exciting playoff wins in recent memory when they knocked off Tom Brady and the Bucs 31-14 in what proved to be Brady’s final game.
Another loss to the 49ers followed that, making this season feel hollow as well.
This season ended in absolute heartache, but that’s only because the team was so promising. The 2014 Cowboys roster was loaded with talent, and they went 6-1 down the stretch to steal the NFC East away from the Philadelphia Eagles.
Tony Romo had one of his best seasons with 34 touchdowns and just nine picks while completing 69.9 percent of his attempts. Dez Bryant was also on a roll, with 1,320 yards and 16 touchdowns. Defensively, there weren’t many star players, but their talent collection did enough to keep them in games.
As good as their roster was, it was DeMarco Murray who led the way. Murray rushed for 1,845 yards, which led the NFL, and scored 13 touchdowns. He added another 416 yards on 57 receptions, proving to be a dominant force. However, he had a late fumble in the Divisional Round that gave the Green Bay Packers life in a game Dallas had been in control of.
They should have taken the lead back when Bryant caught a pass on fourth down, took two steps, switched the ball to his dominant left hand, and dove for the end zone. Somehow, the refs decided he never made a football move and claimed the catch was no good since the ball bounced out of his hands when Dez hit the turf.
This was their best chance at winning a Super Bowl since the 1990s, and the ref’s inexcusable call led to a disheartening loss. Even with that, it was a fantastic season for America’s Team.
2016 remains arguably Dallas’ best season over the past decade. Not only did they have their best record, 13-3, but they far exceeded expectations.
On the heels of a 4-12 campaign, Dallas selected Ezekiel Elliott with the fourth overall pick. They also took Dak Prescott at No. 135, hoping to groom him behind Tony Romo. Considered a raw prospect, Prescott had no time to develop since Romo and his backup, Kellen Moore were injured in the preseason.
Prescott took the lead and never looked like a rookie. He completed 67.8 percent of his attempts for 3,667 yards with 23 touchdowns and just four interceptions. He won the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award for his efforts and called his teammate, Elliott, to the stage with him. Zeke had 1,631 yards and 15 touchdowns on the ground, and Prescott admitted his performance made life easy for the signal-caller.
Dallas could not advance in the playoffs, losing 34-31 to the Packers, but even that loss was exciting. Down 21-3 at one point, Dallas tied it up at 31 with 35 seconds to play. A miraculous pass from Aaron Rodgers and a 51-yard field goal from Mason Crosby ended their hopes, but it was evident they had their future stars on offense.
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NHL free agency: a period where every hockey fan has to regularly ask themselves, “Who’s on my team again?”
Don’t fret. We’re here to help keep track of who the Dallas Stars are signing, re-signing and letting walk in free agency this offseason.
This will be updated as new information becomes available.
Who have the Stars signed?
D Matt Dumba
The 30-year-old signed a two-year deal worth $3.75 million value annually. Dumba spent last season with the Tampa Bay Lightning after being dealt by Arizona at the trade deadline.
D Ilya Lyubushkin
Lyubushkin, who played for the Maple Leafs in parts of two of the past three seasons, agreed to a three-year, $3.25 million AAV deal with Dallas.
D Brendan Smith
Smith’s one-year contract is worth $1 million. The 35-year-old most recently played for New Jersey and has played both defenseman and forward in his career.
G Casey DeSmith
DeSmith signed a three-year deal through 2026-27 worth $1 million annually, and he figures to be the new backup to Jake Oettinger.
D Kyle Capobianco
The former Manitoba Moose and the AHL’s top scoring defenseman last season was signed to a two-year deal in which the first year is a two-way contract and the second year is a one-way worth $775,000.
F Kole Lind
Lind, who was signed to a one-year, two-way contract, helped the AHL’s Coachella Valley Firebirds, the affiliate of the Seattle Kraken, to back-to-back Calder Cup finals.
F Cameron Hughes
Hughes, who also played for the Firebirds, received a one-year, two-way contract from the Stars after a 25-goal season in Coachella Valley.
Who have the Stars re-signed?
F Sam Steel
Restricted free agent forward Sam Steel did not receive a qualifying offer on Sunday, making him an unrestricted free agent Monday at 11 a.m. But just 90 minutes later, the Stars announced they re-signed the fourth-line forward to a one-year contract for the 2024-25 season. The deal is worth $1.2 million.
D Nils Lundkvist
The Stars re-signed defenseman Nils Lundkvist to a one-year, $1.25 million deal. The 23-year-old has spent the last two seasons with Dallas after a blockbuster trade ahead of the 2022-23 season, in which the Stars sacrificed a 2023 first-round draft pick to the New York Rangers. In 119 regular-season games in Dallas, Lundkvist hasn’t lived up to expectations, scoring just 35 points despite being known for his offensive ability.
F Matt Duchene
The Stars announced they re-signed Duchene to a one-year, $3 million deal, the same deal he signed to join Dallas’ roster last season. The unrestricted free agent will return to Dallas in the fall for his second year.
D Alexander Petrovic
The Stars signed defenseman Alexander Petrovic to a two-year, two-way contract last Friday. The 32-year-old appeared in one regular-season game and seven playoff games for the Stars last season. Petrovic spent most of last season with the Texas Stars, where he had 22 points in 70 games.
F Oskar Back
Drafted with Dallas’ third-round pick in 2018, Back scored 36 points, seven goals and 29 assists, in 59 regular-season games in Cedar Park, with an additional five points in seven Calder Cup games. His new two-way contract is worth $775,000, and he will be an unrestricted free agent in 2025.
F Matej Blumel
Blumel signed a two-way deal for the 2024-25 season. In his second AHL season, the 24-year-old led Texas in goals (31) and ranked second in points (62) in 72 regular-season games.
F Emilio Pettersen
Pettersen, who also signed a two-way deal for next season, split the 2023-24 AHL season between the Calgary Wranglers and the Texas Stars. The 24-year-old posted 30 points (7 goals, 23 assists) in 54 games with Calgary before he was acquired by Dallas via trade on March 7.
Who’s leaving?
D Chris Tanev
Just 124 days after the Stars traded for the 34-year-old right-handed defenseman, the Toronto Maple Leafs signed him to a six-year deal with an average annual value of $4.5 million.
The Stars traded the rights to Tanev to Toronto on Saturday during the second day of the NHL draft after it became apparent that Jim Nill and his staff would not be able to re-sign him.
F Craig Smith
The Blackhawks announced Monday afternoon they had signed the former Dallas Stars forward to a one-year, $1 million deal when free agency opened. Smith was acquired by Dallas in free agency last year after splitting the 2022-23 season between Boston and Washington. He appeared in 75 regular season games and recorded 20 points on Dallas’ fourth line.
D Jani Hakanpaa
Hakanpää reportedly signed a two-year, $3 million contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs, ending his three-year stint in Dallas after a difficult season.
The Finnish defenseman played the fewest games since becoming a mainstay of the Stars’ lineup in the 2021-22 season — appearing in just 64 in the regular season and none in the playoffs after dealing with injury.
G Scott Wedgewood
The 31-year-old backup goaltender agreed to a two-year, $1.5 million AAV deal with the Nashville Predators. Despite being a good fit, the Stars and Wedgewood’s team couldn’t agree to new contract ahead of his previous one expiring Monday. He sought a raise that Dallas wouldn’t deliver on.
F Ty Dellandrea
The Stars traded forward Ty Dellandrea to the Sharks in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2025 NHL draft, though Dellandrea, who was set to become a free agent, is not yet under contract for the 2024-25 season.
Who’s left to sign?
D Thomas Harley
The Stars extended a qualifying offer to restricted free agent defenseman Thomas Harley Sunday. By doing so, Dallas retains negotiating rights for the young blue-liner.
Harley was due for the biggest raise among Dallas’ RFAs and the most likely candidate for an offer sheet. The 22-year-old defenseman recorded 47 points (15 goals and 32 assists) as a top-pairing defenseman for Dallas last year despite making an average annual salary of $7.6 million less than his partner Miro Heiskanen. His negotiation could also be the most complicated.
F Max Ellis
The Stars received Ellis, who was not under contract for 2024-25 but over whom Dallas retained negotiating rights, from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Chris Tanev’s negotiating rights. The 5-foot-9, 166-pound forward did not receive a qualifying offer by Sunday, making him a free agent. The 24-year-old notched 14 points in 36 regular-season games with the AHL’s Toronto Marlies last season.
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Another Californian is packing up and leaving for Texas.
Say what you will about residential relocation motives, but in terms of sports, it’s a storied and strange pipeline that Klay Thompson will enter July 6 when he can officially sign the deal.
Thompson is certainly not the first nor will he be the last Bay Area sports legend to take his career to the Lone Star State.
After arriving as a 2011 first-round pick and helping shoot the Warriors to four NBA titles, Thompson is reportedly leaving in free agency for the Dallas Mavericks. He’s scoring a three-year, $50 million deal.
That money could go a long way almost anywhere. So, Texas? Ugh.
“Trade nothing to Dallas ever,” Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young tweeted last summer, when the 49ers shipped 2021 draft bust Trey Lance to the Cowboys.
Yes, the 49ers-Cowboys rivalry is on a more championship-laden level than the Warriors-Mavs, the Giants-Rangers, the A’s-Rangers, the Sharks-Stars and the Earthquakes-FC Dallas feuds.
Then again, the Warriors did beat the Mavericks in the 2022 Western Conference Finals — and Thompson scored 32 points while shooting 8-of-16 from 3-point range in that close-out Game 5 — en route to their fourth NBA championship with him, Steph Curry and Draymond Green as their legendary trifecta.
Any California export to Texas can merit a cringe. State taxes surely couldn’t have swayed Thompson, who made over $266 million in his Warriors career. Heading down to Dallas is easier to digest from a rivalry standpoint than heading south to the Los Angeles Lakers, for whom his father played and now calls games on radio.
Here are three notable Bay Area-to-Dallas moves over the years from each of the major men’s pro franchises, with apologies for overlooking an old-timer or two, and for excluding players whose career had a layover elsewhere before arriving in Dallas:
WARRIORS
Harrison Barnes 2012-16 Warriors, ’16-19 Mavericks
Erick Dampier 1997-2004 Warriors, ’04-10 Mavericks
Antawn Jamison 1998-03 Warriors, ’03-04 Mavericks
49ERS
Deion Sanders 1994 49ers, 1995-99
Charles Haley 1996-91 49ers, 1992-96 Cowboys, ’98-99 49ers after 1-year retirement in 1997
J.D. Smith 1956-64, Cowboys 1965-66
*Hall of Famer Terrell Owens spent 2004-05 with the Eagles between stints with the 49ers (1996-2003) and Cowboys (2006-07)
GIANTS
Will Clark 1986-93 Giants, ’94-98 Rangers
Bengie Molina 2007-10 Giants, 2010 Rangers
Hunter Pence 2012-18 Giants, 2019 Rangers, ’20 Giants
ATHLETICS
Jose Canseco 1985-92 A’s, ’92-94 Rangers
Bert Campaneris 1968-76 A’s, ’77-79 Rangers
Claudell Washington 1974-76 A’s, ’77-78 Rangers
SHARKS
Joe Pavelski 2006-19 Sharks, 2019-24 Stars
Antti Niemi 2010-15 Sharks, 2015-17 Stars
Artus Irbe 1991-96 Sharks, 1996-97 Stars
*Hall of Famer Ed Belfour had a 1996-97 stint with the Sharks before playing five seasons with the Stars, making four All-Star appearances for them and winning the 1999 Stanley Cup.
EARTHQUAKES
Arturo Alvarez 2003-04 Earthquakes, ’05-08 FC Dallas, ’08-10 Earthquakes
Richard Mulrooney 1999-2004 Earthquakes, 2005-06 FC Dallas
Atiba Harris 2014 Earthquakes, 2015-17 FC Dallas
*Assisting with this research were former FC Dallas coach Marco Ferruzzi and former pro player Josh McKay, the latter of whom runs McKay’s Beer Garden in Pleasanton.
**While they didn’t go to Dallas, the Earthquakes franchise essentially relocated in 2006 to become the Houston Dynamo, only for an expansion franchise to return in 2008 with the Quakes name. In 2009, Chris Wondolowski came back to his native Bay Area and became MLS’s all-time leading scorer before retiring in 2021. Also, the Earthquakes recently fired coach Luchi Gonzalez, who formerly was FC Dallas’ coach.
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