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#DALvHOU: Five Facts You Need to Know

Published on May 7, 2021 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
FC Dallas News Release


Seventh-place FC Dallas (1-1-1, 4 points) hosts eighth-place Houston Dynamo FC (1-1-1, 4 points) on Saturday, May 8 at 2:30PM CT in a match presented by Texas Health Sports Medicine. It's the third of three meetings between the teams this season.

Details You Need to Know:

Gameday Social: #DALvHOU

TV: 2:30PM on KUVN 23 (Spanish)

Streaming: 2:30PM on MLS Twitter (English)

Radio: 2:30PM CT on FCDallas.com/Radio (English) and 1270AM (Spanish)

National Anthem: David Webb

Next Home Match: FC Dallas hosts Real Salt Lake on Saturday, May 22 at 7PM at Toyota Stadium

5 Things to Know about #DALvHOU

The Texas Derby Part I

Saturday's meeting between FC Dallas and the Houston Dynamo is the first of three Texas Derbies this season and the only one hosted at Toyota Stadium. Every year, the clubs compete for the right to keep El Capitán, an 18th century replica cannon. The winner is determined by whichever team earns more points against one another over their regular season matches. El Capitán has been housed in Toyota Stadium since 2018. Read more about the Texas Derby at FCDallas.com/TexasDerby.

El Soldado

Forward Jáder Obrian (nicknamed "El Soldado", "The Soldier") got off the mark and scored his first FC Dallas goal in the club's 4-1 triumph over Portland Timbers last Saturday, May 1 at Toyota Stadium. The 25-year-old earned a transfer to FC Dallas in the offseason after scoring 27 goals in 68 appearances for Águilas Doradas in his native Colombia. His first FCD goal was unique in that it was assisted by goalkeeper Phelipe Megiolaro, who found Obrian with a 50-yard punt that beat the entire Portland backline.

Built from Within

FC Dallas tied its own record by playing six Homegrown players in a single match last Saturday against Portland. Eddie Munjoma, Ricardo Pepi and Tanner Tessmann all started the game while Edwin Cerrillo, Paxton Pomykal and Dante Sealy entered as second-half substitutes. Sealy highlighted the night by scoring his first FC Dallas goal in the 85th minute after forward Franco Jara found the 18-year-old Homegrown in open space on a late counterattack.

Against Houston

The all-time regular season series between Dallas and Houston is 13-12-14 (W-L-T) in FCD's favor. Last year, the teams faced off four times with Dallas earning two wins, one loss and one draw (FCD won both its home games), meaning FCD took the lead over Houston in the all-time series. Dallas' home record against the Dynamo is 9-3-7 (34 goals for, 22 goals against). FCD hasn't lost to Houston at Toyota Stadium since 2011.

About Houston

Houston is currently in eighth place in the Western Conference with a 1-1-1 record. The Dynamo kicked off 2021 with 2-1 win over San Jose Earthquakes in the first match of the new MLS season and earned a 1-1 home draw with Los Angeles FC last time out. Although Houston and Dallas have identical records so far (1-1-1), Dallas sits one place above the Dynamo thanks to a superior goal differential (+1).

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