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FC Dallas Defeats Seattle Sounders FC, 2-1

June 2, 2019 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
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Frisco, TX - FC Dallas defeat Seattle Sounders FC after Seattle scored two own goals in the half following a 99-minute weather delay.

Game Summary

First Half:

22' - Bryan Acosta gets FC Dallas' first big chance of the night after getting a ball from Michael Barrios just outside the 18-yard box, but his shot goes high above the crossbar.

28' - Thomas Roberts finds Carlos Gruezo outside the box, but the Ecuador international's shot goes above the goal by inches.

33' - FC Dallas gets on the scoreboard after Ryan Hollingshead heads the ball in the box and it deflects off of Seattle's Xavier Arreaga and into the net.

38' - FC Dallas doubles its lead when Seattle's Brad Smith puts the ball in his own net after a Barrios cross.

45' - Jesus Ferreira breaks away from Seattle's defense but his shot from outside the box falls gently into the hands of Stefan Frei.

Second Half:

58' - After a great run by Acosta, Jesus Ferreira receives the ball but is unable to find the back of the net after being denied by Seattle's Cristian Roldan.

65' - Raúl Ruidiaz scores for Seattle after sending a curling shot from the top of the box after receiving a backheel pass from Will Bruin.

68' - Seattle loses the ball in a dangerous area but Barrios' shot is blocked by Jordy Delem.

79' - Bryan Reynolds' cross nearly connects with Dominique Badji in the box but it's cleared away by Seattle's Roman Torres.

85' - Joevin Jones fires a left-footed shot from the top of the box but Jesse Gonzalez makes his first save of the night.

87' - Badji dribbles past a Seattle defender with ease and finds a wide open Acosta at the edge of the box but his shot is too high.

Lineups:

FC Dallas - Jesse Gonzalez; John Nelson, Matheus Bressan, Matt Hedges, Ryan Hollingshead; Carlos Gruezo, Bryan Acosta; Dominique Badji, Thomas Roberts (Jacori Hayes - 64'), Michael Barrios (Reggie Cannon - 89'); Jesus Ferreira (Bryan Reynolds - 72').

Substitutes not used - Jimmy Maurer, Francis Atuahene, Ema Twumasi, Zdenek Ondrasek.

Seattle Sounders FC - Stefan Frei; Brad Smith, Xavier Arreaga, Román Torres, Kelvin Leerdam; Jordy Delem, Gustav Svensson (Will Bruin - 46'); Harry Shipp (Handwalla Bwana - 56'), Cristian Roldan (Joevin Jones - 76'), Alex Roldan; Raúl Ruidiaz.

Substitutes not used - Trey Muse, Saad Abdul-Salaam, Jonathan Campbell, Nouhou Tolo.

Scoring Summary:

FCD: Xavier Arreaga (own goal) - 33'

FCD: Brad Smith (own goal) - 38'

SEA: Raúl Ruidiaz (Will Bruin, Alex Roldan) - 65'

Misconduct Summary:

SEA: Kelvin Leerdam (caution) - 38'

FCD: Bryan Acosta (caution) - 44'

FCD: Jesus Ferreira (caution) - 71'

FCD: Zdenek Ondrasek (caution) - 84'

FCD: Carlos Gruezo (caution) - 90'+ 5'

Weather: Rain, 69

Attendance: 14,327

Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Assistant Referees: Apolinar Mariscal, Adam Garner

4th Official: Alejandro Mariscal

VAR Official: Chico Grajeda

FC Dallas head coach Luchi Gonzalez

On ending the winless streak...

We don't believe in streaks. It's game to game. Training to training. Day to day. Bringing our best, learning from yesterday and being the best we can today.

We wanted to win today. All I know is whatever happened in the past is in the past. We wanted to win for our fans, amazing fans, who stayed here after a two hour delay in these conditions. For the boys to show that honor and respect to them to do it today. It was a given today that we wanted to perform and not walk off that field without getting the points and that was our focus.

On Reggie Cannon not starting...

Just a moment to look at some other things, give him a mental rest. Reggie's been very positive in his contributions to this team and he's going to continue to do that. The young man is learning and growing. So, I'm not worried about Reggie.

On Bryan Reynolds' performance tonight...

I think it's three in a row, he's played in. Really proud. Really proud of him. He needs to not relax. He's similar to Ryan (Hollingshead) in that he can be a back or a winger. He's got the tools physically, athletically, technically.

On Thomas Roberts performance...

Good. Positive. Good. I'd say best performance so far. We don't need magic from him. He's a player that is naturally talented. He's learning that defensive role in the midfield and that responsibility. I thought he did a very good job, I think. His mentality is to get the assist, create shots, score, draw the foul. He's hungry to help this team as much as he can.

FC Dallas midfielder Bryan Reynolds

On what his role is on the team...

Right now, maybe not starting, obviously I'd like to start but you have to play your role. Me coming off the bench, I feel like I'm really dangerous because I feel like I have some pace. When the opponent is tired, I'm in there running them down. I feel dangerous, I'm a super sub right now.

On head coach Luchi Gonzalez's advice before coming on the field...

Today, I got subbed in as a winger and he was telling me that [Seattle Sounders] were pretty good on the left side, so he wanted me to be helping Ryan out with a 2v2. He was telling me to 'play my game, you're good enough to play here', and I just expected to do good and I thought I did well.

FC Dallas forward Dominique Badji

On tonight's match...

Feels great. Feels amazing. Winning is a feeling that is unbelievable, and you want to replicate that every weekend. So it's nice that we got a win under our belts now and we are looking forward. Now we don't want to drop points, we want to win as many wins as we can.

On the team's endurance in difficult matches and maintaining the same style...

Games aren't going to be pretty. We practice a certain way that we just have to keep enduring tough moments like that and we have players that really want to grind it out and put in that extra shift to get the win and that's what we needed tonight.

[Head coach] Luchi [Gonzalez] has a style a play he definitely wants us to play. He enforces it every day, every practice and it shows during the game. He wants to win that way and even if we lose, we lost that way. But more times than none, we are going to win.

On playing as a winger...

Playing on the wing requires different attributes for me. I'm deeper in times we are defending. I'm naturally a nine and so when I got the opportunity to go up there I did what I naturally was able to do and caused havoc. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get a goal, but that's my natural position.

FC Dallas midfielder Carlos Gruezo

On his fitness and FCD's many international absentees...

Truthfully, I'm recovering. I came from almost two weeks without play because of an injury. It was an intense game and I tried to manage the game. Decide when to sprint, when not to. The most important thing for me, and what I'm happy about, is that the team gained three points. I see a very united group. We have a lot of player on international duty. Tomorrow we lose three more. It's difficult because we're not all together but what's important is that the ones that are playing are doing so to the best of their abilities. So that leaves me relaxed and happy.

On winning today after six-game streak without a win...

It was a difficult time. We have a very young team. I tried to relay to them that that's soccer and that's MLS and to get out of that difficult time we had to get three points tonight and stay united at all times, work hard and never lose confidence. Today, I leave happy because of this great group that left everything on the pitch and that's why the result went our way.

FC Dallas midfielder Bryan Acosta

On winning today after six-game streak without a win...

"It was very important for us to get three points tonight. They were due for us. I think the team was confident with our work and we were convinced that we had to win tonight by any means and what's important is that the three points stayed at home tonight.

On hanging onto the win after Seattle's goal...

They made it hard on us in the second half. They changed up their system, they controlled the ball more and we lost some intensity what's important is, despite their goal, we knew how to endure the final minutes. We had opportunities to score a third. We couldn't do it but I'm happy with the team for getting a necessary victory.

Seattle Sounders FC head coach Brian Schmetzer

General thoughts on the match...

Similar to Sporting KC, I thought the second goal killed us. It's just a bad goal to take. It gave them momentum going into the half and you can't dig yourself a hole doing nothing all the time and expect to win, especially on the road.

On the team's half time talk...

We just tried some tactical adjustments. Gustav [Svensson] did the best he could, his first game back and it was a planned sub. We have a game plan we need to execute, and we need to keep a clean sheet to give us a chance to go. A couple of unfortunate own goals, you never know when Xavi [Arreaga] heads the ball whether it will go to one of their players or one of ours clears it out. The other one we let them slip in on the set piece, and brad unfortunately stuck it in. That happens and I much rather have our luck be better at the end of the year than have few lucky bounces here on the road. The overall message at half time was we needed to be better.

On Raul Ruidiaz's performance...

It was good, he had another chance where he controls the ball clean in the box. Had a couple other chances where they go stuck in his foot. Goal scorers are good in the sense that he's coming back and scoring goals. That gets him into some rhythm, and eventually he's going to break for multiple goals.

On Xavier Arreaga first start...

Good, I think he just needs to learn the player in the league. That's going to be his challenge this year. Again, he had a solid performance and my expectations are very limited right now. He's only handling four to five training session and it's only his second game.

Seattle Sounders FC goalkeeper Stefan Frei

Thoughts on the match...

The first half was pretty garbage, it's something to look at. It's our second game on the road where we come out flat in the first half. We put in a lot of work in the second half to climb back, but we didn't have enough time nor enough juice. We just got to come out stronger and mentally a bit more prepared to not make errors. I am not talking about the two goals specifically, but giving the ball away poorly, first touches, simple passes. Those are the things that are small but add up at the end. In these last couple of games in the first half, we have not been able to do the simple things well. Therefore, we find ourselves in holes. That is something we need to fix.

Message at half time...

We don't have to say much; everybody knows it's not good enough. There is no grand speech needed, if that's your standard then you're proud of that when there is something wrong. Just have some pride in what you do. Again, it's very frustrating because we put in a lot of work out there today in the second half. It leads to nothing. If Raul [Ruidiaz] came out like that from the beginning and put opponents on their back foot, then they would have to chase the game. We need to play with a little bit more aggressiveness and a little bit more of confidence. At Kansas we found a way to play ourselves into the game, and these last two we found our way to play out of games.

On Xavier Arreaga's performance...

Very good, he still needs some time to gel and we need to figure out each other's tendencies. He's getting used to this teams play style. I'm asked to use my feet a lot and mi used as an anchor point back there. It gives him more space to get out wider, when Roman has the ball he doesn't have to come inside. He can stay wide and we can switch the ball trough me or straight to him. Those are all things that come with time, but I am happy with what I am seeing right now. Hopefully we can progress from this.

FC Dallas midfielder Cristian Roldan

General thoughts on the match...

I think it's disappointing overall, we never gave ourselves the chance to start on the right note. I felt that we were a little timid at first. The two goals woke us up but that's disappointing and it's something we have addressed amongst ourselves. Hopefully for our game against Montreal going forward, that we can put ourselves in the right positions since kick off.

On the team getting back into the match...

I felt the second half in particular, where we were solid in terms of trying to keep the ball, making chances, trying to make them run on a warm day. I feel like the chances they got were because of our sloppiness, and our mishandling of the ball. That's something that you clean up but, in the end, I felt like the second half was better. You take that as a positive but overall it was disappointing to not get the result.

On the performances of the new signings...

That's why you sign quality players, to have guys and have a big roster. You need to have talented players especially during these international breaks to be able to play in these games. It's really the next man up, JJ [Joevin Jones] had a dangerous ball into the box that we could've done better with, and Xavier with his composure helped us in the second half. Like I said a little bit of sloppiness overall. You have to take it to the chin and move forward.

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