Nine Newcomers Played For United States Developmental Academy Teams
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Four-year letterwinner at Naaman Forest High School ... named Newcomer of the Year following standout freshman season ... tabbed Garland District Sophomore of the Year after outstanding sophomore campaign ... garnered consecutive Garland District Offensive MVP awards as a junior and senior ... was selected to the all-district first team three times, and was placed on the all-region first team during the team's run into the Sweet 16 of the 2010 Texas State Championship ... served as team captain as a senior ... tallied 38 goals and 28 assists during his prolific four-year career graduated within the top 10 percent of his class ... was a member of the '92 North Texas ODP State Team ... squad was a four-time Dallas Cup participant ... also helped the U-18 Dallas Texans U.S. Soccer Development Academy (USSDA) team to an undefeated 17-0-13 season and a third place ranking in the 2011 USSDA Finals ... spent last season at prep school powerhouse South Kent ... named to the ESPN High School Connecticut All-Star soccer team ... served as an integral part of the Cardinals' fifth New England Championship in six years, their seventh consecutive Western New England Regular Season Championship their No. 1 ranking ESPN High School ... finished the 2011 season with an undefeated 19-0-1 record.
PERSONAL: Cody Christopher Guerry was born July 30, 1992 in Garland, Texas ... parents are Tony and Kay Guerry ... has one sister, Rachel ... played club soccer with former Army player Jordan Reese ... former high school teammate Kaoru Forbess was a member of the University of Maryland's 2008 national championship team ... former high school teammate Cameron Brown was a member of the University of North Carolina's 2011 national championship team ... former FC Dallas club teammates Ruben Luna and Moises Hernandez are now members of the FC Dallas MLS squad ... former coach Hassan Nazari played in the 1976 Olympics and the 1978 World Cup for Iran ... Nazari also coached the Dallas Texans club team to three national championships ... former coaches Ben Iroha and Ed Puskarick were former MLS players ... Iroha, who played for Nigeria in the 1994 World Cup, won an MLS title as a member of the DC United in 1997 ... hobbies include lifting weights and swimming ... also enjoys art ... once pulled a man from an over-turned burning truck on the way home from soccer practice ... traveled to Mexico to build a school house on a church-sponsored trip ... major is undeclared.