North Texas SC announced today the team has signed forward Sam Sarver for the 2025 MLS NEXT Pro season, with a club option for 2026.  
 
Sarver was drafted 41st overall in the 2025 MLS SuperDraft out of Indiana University by FC Dallas. In 2024, he appeared in 20 matches, scored five goals, assisted eight times, and helped Indiana win the Big Ten regular season title. Sarver earned All-Big Ten First Team honors in 2024. 

The native of Chesterland, Ohio, he recorded 24 goals, 22 assists and 70 points over his four-year IU career. Sarver was also a 2023 first-team All-Big Ten member, the 2023 Big Ten Offensive Player of the Tournament, and a Big Ten All-Freshman Team selection in 2021.

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Prior to Indiana, Sarver played in the Columbus Crew SC Academy and scored 44 goals in 55 matches. He also competed with the U16 U.S. Youth National Team at the Nike Friendlies and 4 Nations Tournament in 2019, held in the Czech Republic.

Sarver was not part of the FC Dallas travel group to Portugal this month, but instead stayed in North Texas to train with the defending MLS NEXT Pro champions.
 
North Texas SC now has nine players under contract for the 2025 season:
 
Goalkeepers (1): Victor Darub
Defenders (3): Isaiah Kaakoush, Zach Molomo, Kaka Scabin
Midfielders (3): Jaidyn Contreras, Leonardo Orejarena, Caleb Swann
Forward (2): Gianluca Cangiano, Sam Sarver

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