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5 Fun Facts About FC Dallas' Home Opener vs Real Salt Lake

March 1, 2018 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
FC Dallas News Release


FC Dallas opens the 2018 MLS regular season at Toyota Stadium against Real Salt Lake in a match presented by Toyota. This is the first of two meetings between the clubs this year. Dallas will travel to Rio Tinto Stadium in Salt Lake City for a match on July 7, 2018. FC Dallas is 19-11-6 overall against RSL.

DETAILS YOU NEED TO KNOW:

- Gameday Social: #FCDvRSL

- Honorary Scarfer: FC Dallas Midfielder and Homegrown Kellyn Acosta

- Television: 7PM CT on TXA21

- Pregame: 6:40PM on FCDallas.com/Live

- Postgame: Immediately following the match on FCDallas.com/Live

- Radio: FCDallas.com/Radio (English) - 1270AM (Spanish)

Success In Openers

FC Dallas holds the record for the most consecutive victories in MLS regular season openers with six. Dallas set the mark with a win to open the 2017 season. Maxi Urruti and Kellyn Acosta scored in a 2-1 victory against the LA Galaxy on Saturday, March 4, 2017 at StubHub Center.

Success In Home Openers

FC Dallas has not lost a home-opener since 2009. Dallas is unbeaten in seven consecutive home-opening matches at Toyota Stadium and has won every home opener since 2012.

Success Against RSL

Dallas has won six of the last nine games against Real Salt Lake, including two blowout victories last season by scores of 3-0 and 6-2. FCD has been especially dominant vs RSL at home, going 13-1-2 against them.

Focusing On The MLS Season

FC Dallas was eliminated from CONCACAF Champions League play on Wednesday night despite a come-from-behind 3-2 win over Tauro FC Wednesday at Toyota Stadium. The series finished with the aggregate score tied, 3-3, allowing Tauro FC to advance to the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions League on the away goals tiebreaker.

Additional News & Notes

- FC Dallas' opening-day roster is an average of 23.58 years old.

- FC Dallas' opening-day roster was an average of 24.31 years old in 2017.

- FC Dallas added 10 new players during the 2017-18 offseason: Reto Ziegler (32), Anton Nedyalkov (24), Santiago Mosquera (23), Jimmy Maurer (29), Francis Atuahene (21), Brandon Servania (18), Ema Twumasi (20), Kyle Zobeck (28), Kris Reaves (22) and Jordan Cano (21).

- FC Dallas head coach Oscar Pareja and Real Salt Lake head coach Mike Petke played 18 matches against one another during their MLS careers. Both players were ejected once. Petke won seven. Pareja won 10. They tied once. Petke had one goal and one assist. Pareja had one goal and six assists. Matches featuring the two averaged 4.27 goals per game.

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