SEASIDE, Calif. – Monterey Bay FC announced on Friday the club had acquired forward Tarik Scott on loan from FC Dallas of Major League Soccer for the remainder of the 2025 USL Championship season. The transaction is pending league and federation approval.

Monterey Bay adds Scott to its lineup after the 20-year-old Homegrown product recorded 17 goals and five assists in 41 appearances for North Texas SC in MLS NEXT Pro over the past two seasons.

“I’m excited. It’s great to be able to come here to a new environment and join the team with the goal of making the playoffs and bringing a trophy to city,” said Scott. “Coming from an MLS environment, and the FC Dallas organization in general, has given me so much. From the way that I view football to how I play. They’ve done and still do an incredible job at breeding players and I hope to be able to show what that environment has instilled in me. I just want to help this team as much as I possibly can.

“As a forward, there’s an ego to me that craves goals, but above all I truly want to see this team succeed and I want to play whatever part I can and do whatever is asked of me to make that happen. Off the pitch, this is a beautiful place from what i’ve seen so far and I can’t wait to explore the beaches and the nature of the area with my wife.”

Scott rose through the ranks in the FC Dallas system after joining the club’s youth academy at just five years old. As he progressed through the academy, Scott helped to win the 2018 Dallas Cup as well as the 2019 Bayern Adidas Campus Cup before earning the 2021 U-17 MLS NEXT Cup Golden Boot award for leading the tournament with four goals.

A year later, the Brooklyn-born forward made his professional debut with MLS NEXT Pro side North Texas SC against Minnesota United FC 2 on March 26, 2022, and impressed with a brace. A season ago, he helped FC Dallas’ reserve team capture the 2024 MLS NEXT Pro Cup alongside current Monterey Bay FC captain Nico Gordon.

Internationally, Scott received a call-up to the Jamaican U20 Youth National Team for a training camp in Trinidad and Tobago in 2024.