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FC Dallas Defeats St. Louis CITY SC 2-0

June 7, 2023 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
FC Dallas News Release


FRISCO, Texas - FC Dallas (7-5-5) earned a 2-0 win over St. Louis CITY SC (9-5-1) after second-half goals from Jesús Ferreira and Marco Farfan.

FERREIRA HISTORY

Jesús Ferreira scored his 46th-career MLS goal for FC Dallas. It ties him for the second-most goals in club history along with Kenny Cooper. They trail only Jason Kreis with 91 league goals for Dallas.

GOLDEN BOOT LEADER

Ferreira's goal was his 10th of the season, making him a co-leader in the MLS Golden Boot race along with Nashville's Hany Mukhtar and LAFC's Denis Bouanga. Ferreira leads MLS in non-penalty goals with 10, as well as game-winning goals with six.

DEFENDERS WHO SCORE

Defender Marco Farfan scored his first goal of the season and second all-time. He's the fourth FC Dallas defender to score a league goal this season after Nkosi Tafari (2), Sebastian Ibeagha (1) and José Martínez (1).

HOME SHUTOUT

FC Dallas recorded its first shutout at home this season. It's the club's fourth shutout overall this year after recording three on the road (at Miami on April 4, at Minnesota on May 1 and at Austin on May 14).

MATCH RESUMPTION

The game, which originally started on May 6, was postponed due to inclement weather after 50 minutes of play with the score 0-0. It was resumed today, Wednesday, June 7 at 7:35PM CT with an FC Dallas goal kick. Per MLS rules, both teams were required to use the same players that were on the field when the May 6 match was called off. FC Dallas had two players, Paxton Pomykal and Sebastian Lletget, who sustained injuries during the intervening matches. They were replaced in tonight's lineup by Edwin Cerrillo and Alan Velasco.

EXPANSION TEAMS RECORD

FC Dallas is 17-2-3 all-time in the first home meeting against expansion teams. FC Dallas had a 17-game unbeaten streak broken by Nashville SC on Aug. 12, 2020 with its other defeat to the Chicago Fire on July 4, 1998. FC Dallas holds a 12-6-4 record in the first match against expansion teams.

UP NEXT

FC Dallas visits Portland Timbers on Sunday, June11. The match kicks off at 9:00PM CT on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV, the FC Dallas App, Talk Radio 1190AM and TUDN 1270AM.

MORE NOTES

FC Dallas is 5-2-2 at home this season.

FCD has lost only two matches in the last 17 at Toyota Stadium (10-2-5) including playoffs

Dallas has scored 11 goals at home this year led by Jesús Ferreira (7)

Jesús Ferreira's 10 goals have earned FC Dallas 15 additional points this season, more than any other player in MLS

Lineups

FC Dallas - Maarten Paes; Marco Farfan, José Martínez, Sebastien Ibeagha, Geovane Jesus; Paxton Pomykal (Edwin Cerillo - 51'), Facundo Quignon, Alan Velasco (Nkosi Tafari - 88') (Sebastian Lletget - 51'), Jáder Obrian; Jesús Jiménez, Jesús Ferreira

Substitutes not used - Jimmy Maurer, Amet Korça, José Mulato, Sam Junqua, Herbert Endeley, Bernard Kamungo, Nolan Norris

St. Louis CITY SC - Roman Bürki; John Nelson, Tim Parker, Lucas Bartlett, Jake Nerwinski; Tömas Ostrák, Eduard Loewen, Célio Pompeu, Miguel Perez; Nicholas Gioacchini, Indiana Vassilev.

Substitutes not used - Njabulo Blom, Josh Yaro, Akil Watts, Kyle Hiebert, Selmir Pidro, Jared Stroud, Aziel Jackson, Isak Jensen, Ben Lundt.

Scoring Summary:

DAL: Jesús Ferreira (Jáder Obrian) - 80'

DAL: Marco Farfan (Jesús Jiménez) - 89'

Misconduct Summary:

STL: Nicholas Gioacchini (caution) - 25'

STL: Tomas Ostrak (caution) - 45 + 2'

STL: Tim Parker (caution) - 47'

STL: Lucas Bartlett (caution) - 67'

Weather: 85 degrees

Attendance: 19,096

POSTGAME QUOTES FC DALLAS

Head Coach Nico Estévez

On the resumption of the match...

"It was weird. You could see the players on both teams had some missed touches, weren't understanding things, and rushing the play. It was something new for everyone. One of the things we talked about was being aggressive playing behind the backline and I think we did it. Today, we had better execution than other games and we're thankful to score the chances we created. With that amount of time, it helped us to win the game and move up the table closer to St. Louis City. I think the team deserved this win because we've done a lot of good things in other games that we didn't get rewarded for."

On Jesús' ability...

"He's been consistent, which is really important for a young player like him. We know his potential, so we know he can do better. We have to push him not just to be one of the best, but to be the best striker in this league. I think he's going to use what he learned from last year in the second part of the season, with his experience to do better than he did last year. He's a great teammate with the way he defends, links up with teammates, drops deep from his position and makes really good runs in behind. We have to continue using his strengths and keep pushing him, because if he wants to be the best forward in the league, which I think he can be, he has to keep being consistent like he has been and learn from experiences that he's already had from this year and last year."

Goalkeeper Maarten Paes

On preparing for this 40 minute match...

"It is a game that requires a lot of intensity and high pressing. It was the perfect scenario for them as they can get the full intensity and that is exactly what they did. We had to slow them down and take our chances and tonight we were very efficient at it.

On a clean sheet tonight and coming back from injury...

"I was out of force for a couple of weeks so it means a lot to be able to be back on the field. It is important for me to get back in rhythm and tonight was the perfect game for it. It is my first clean sheet at home tonight this season and the defense did a great job and is a huge part of that. We took out details very sharp and it resulted in a clean sheet and hopefully we get many more this season.

Defender Marco Farfan

On his goal tonight...

"It is definitely a different feeling to score a goal. We always practice different set pieces in which any player can try and score and not just leave it in the hands of a forward. We have to try and help them out in any way possible.

On the resumption of the match..

"It was a very different game, playing forty minutes made it feel like a very different environment but the team knew we had to treat it like a regular game. We obviously want to play well and win at home especially after the last game because we definitely did not deserve to lose.

Forward Jesús Ferreira

On tying FC Dallas goal record...

"For me, I'm just happy I can keep scoring goals and helping the team win. I'm excited to keep helping the team with goals, and I love scoring goals as a striker. I want to make history in the club. I grew up watching FC Dallas and my father played for this club. I have always looked forward to making history and I feel like I am achieving that and putting my name at the top of the record book."

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