MLS FC Dallas

FC Dallas Draw against Vancouver Whitecaps

Published on June 27, 2019 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
FC Dallas News Release


Frisco, TX - FC Dallas splits points with Vancouver Whitecaps FC in a 2-2 draw Saturday night at Toyota Stadium.

Game Summary

First Half:

4' - A ball bounced out to Fredy Montero and a kick save by Jesse Gonzalez stopped the ball on the line

13' - Michael Barrios played a cross that went clean through the box, and Ryan Hollingshead ran onto the cross but his shot went wide

13' - High press by FC Dallas allowed Dominique Badji to pick it up in the Vancouver box, but his shot was pushed out by Zac MacMath

24' - Reto Ziegler leapt highest on a corner, but his header was cleared off the line

35' - Barrios was played in and crossed it, and Jesús Ferreira's shot bounced off the bar

Second Half:

55' - Barrios was slid in behind the defense by Brandon Servania, and he squared for Ferreira to tap it into an empty net

59' - Hollingshead came forward and his shot deflected past a helpless MacMath

67' - Paxton Pomykal played in Barrios, whose waltzed past two defenders but his shot was deflected just wide

74' - Badji passed it to Pomkyal outside the box, who dragged his shot wide

81' - Yordy Reyna collected the ball in the box, skipped past two defenders and slotted his shot in the far corner

90+4' - After a clever turn in the midfield, Lucas Venuto came forward and his swerving shot beat Gonzalez

Lineups:

FC Dallas - Jesse Gonzalez; Ryan Hollingshead, Reto Ziegler, Matt Hedges, Bressan ; Edwin Cerrillo, Brandon Servania, Paxton Pomykal (Jacori Hayes - 90'+1'); Dominique Badji, Jesús Ferreira, Michael Barrios (Santiago Mosquera - 76').

Substitutes not used - Jimmy Maurer, Callum Montgomery, Pablo Ara?nguiz, Ricardo Pepi, Bryan Reynolds.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC - Zac MacMath; Ali Adnan, Erik Godoy, Andy Rose, Brendan McDonough (Lucas Venuto - 66'), Scott Sutter (Jake Nerwinski - 75'); Hwang In-Beom, Jon Erice, Felipe Martins (Brett Levis- 75'); Yordy Reyna, Fredy Montero.

Substitutes not used - Sean Melvin, Theo Bair, Michael Baldisimo, Victor Giro.

Scoring Summary:

FCD: Jesus Ferreira (Michael Barrios, Brandon Servania) - 55'

FCD: Ryan Hollingshead (Brandon Servania) - 59'

VAN: Yordy Reyna (Lucas Venuto, Jon Erice) - 81'

VAN: Lucas Venuto (Andy Rose) - 90+4'

Misconduct Summary:

VAN: Andy Rose (caution) - 41'

FCD: Reto Ziegler (caution) - 44'

FCD: Matt Hedges (caution) - 45' +3

FCD: Edwin Cerrillo (caution) - 85'

VAN: Brett Levis (caution) - 89'

VAN: Zac MacMath (caution) - 89'

VAN: Lucas Venuto (caution) - 90+4'

VAN: Ali Adnan (caution) - 90+7'

Weather:Sunny, 88

Attendance: 11,911

Referee:Silviu Petrescu

Assistant Referees: Gianna Facchini, Eduardo Mariscal

4th Official: Michael Radchuk

VAR Official: Victor Rivas

FC Dallas head coach Luchi Gonzalez

Overall thoughts on the game...

We have to win this game. It's unacceptable. We know that. We got less pressure from the ball, we didn't attack. We didn't score in the third. I have to reflect on myself: should I have changed formation or made a tactical adjustment, subs, tying of them, etc.? So, hard lesson. Growing pain right now. That's a game that we tied but it feels like a loss.

You look at the series, home away with them, one point. Very disappointing.

I like the direction we're going in. So, I have to remind myself it's a process.

When did you feel the momentum change...

When a team is down they're going to naturally have, it's all or nothing - 3-0, 2-0, 1-0, it's all the same - they're going to go forward. We didn't take advantage of counters. We stopped playing the way that earned us the 2-0 which meant pressure on the ball. Our midfield dropped a little lower, our backline dropped a little lower.

We got comfortable. We let the game go.

On Paxton Pomykal...

He's fine. We did a sub, we didn't want to be a man down.

On why the focus slipped late in the game...

We were satisfied. We were satisfied with 15-20 minutes left. In soccer you can't be satisfied. It's a human, it's an emotion, mental. Yeah, we're going to look at video and break it down, the tactical things but it was an emotion, mental thing. We felt we did enough and we didn't.

On what went well...

Transitions were good, prevention shape was better, we pinned them a few times which recreated attacks. We could create an attack, lose it and recreate an attack because we regain possession. We've been trying to work on that in the attacking third. I thought that showed well today but the teams even in that slower block are going to counter (and) be dangerous in the open space. I thought we managed it well most of the game but we had a draw, so we'll keep working and getting better.

FC Dallas fullback Ryan Hollingshead

Overall thoughts...

It wasn't good enough and we had an easy 3 points and we lost it and so we got to learn.

On the quick turnaround...

We have to, we don't have a choice. This game is over and we have to start focusing on Portland and get ready for them but this one is going to hurt for sure.

On the positives from the first half...

Yeah we played well in the first half, we had a lot of things going forward, but we just stopped playing in the second half.

On the equalizing goal for Vancouver...

We were dropping too deep, letting them play around in our half, and when you do that things like that [the second goal] can happen. They got a good shot on the top of the box moved a little bit on Jesse and Jesse couldn't see it so sometimes you get unlucky.

On his goal...

Yeah it felt good at that moment when we were up 2-0, but now it feels pretty bad.

Paxton Pomykal

Overall thoughts...

Good 80-minutes; very, very poor last fifteen. That's part of the game, that's why the game is 90-minutes. Regardless of, I mean, people will see the score line and see 2-2, but I thought that the first 80-minutes were really, really positive from us, but then the last fifteen were really negative. So, a lot to learn from this game; the good and the bad. We'll take that, watch video and learn from it.

On what happened in the last fifteen minutes...

We just put our foot off the gas, we got away from out concepts. We weren't pressing, we weren't keeping the ball. They were throwing numbers forward and we didn't handle it very well. At the end of the day, we have to fix that.

On how he's feeling after the hard tackle...

I'm okay, I'm fine. If I didn't get subbed I was ready to go back in. Now worries, I'm good.

FC Dallas midfielder Brandon Servania

On his first MLS assist...

It was great to get the first assist but it's all about the team. Obviously, it felt nice in the moment but looking back on it we weren't able to get the three points and that's the biggest thing to me is trying to help the team get the three points every time. It was great to be on the field for another 90 but I think I can definitely improve on some things. I'll watch the game back and try to learn from those mistakes.

On how the U-20 World Cup helped his confidence...

I think getting minutes at such a high level and such a great tournament definitely gave me confidence and I think I was able to come back and continue that form and hopefully I can continue playing a role for this team and see how it goes. Just gotta keep working.

On his chemistry with Edwin Cerrillo and Paxton Pomykal...

Obviously I have a lot of chemistry (with Paxton and Edwin) coming from the Academy and moving our way up to the first team. We were able to all go to Poland which was pretty awesome and all coming back and being able to play a role for this team is amazing. I think just knowing those guys helped my confidence knowing that I've played with these guys before- it's just another game. But again, we weren't able to close the game today and all three of us can look back and improve on a few things.

On tonight's draw...

It hurts for all of us. We know that we had the three points and kind of gave those away and just to move on to remember this feeling and to move on and look forward to Sunday and bounce back from this game.

Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Marc Dos Santos

On the resilience of the team...

The mentality like I told the guys is great. We never give up, it's a team that when we are down, we realize of the things that need to be better. We push and keep believing. That only happens when the group believes in each other, and the staff believes in its players. We felt, even at 2-0 down, that if we would score a goal at any minute of the game, we would have another chance. It was important in transition to not allow [FC]Dallas to score the third. But again, the mentality of the group has been fantastic since the start.

On the key parts leading up to the comeback...

The key to the comeback was that we were able to deal with [FC]Dallas transition play. That was very dangerous with Barrios, Mosquera, and Badji. That created a lot of problems in transition. When you don't concede the third goal and the guys that come off the bench to help the team, like the three subs did today that helped and participated. Then you have a chance to turn the game around. In the first half it was an equal game where FC Dallas had a little bit more possession than us. Defensively, we were under control. We had two opportunities with Freddy and Yordy that made the play. But then again that goal that we conceded first changed the type of game. We had to go after the result.

On establishing a foundation at the club...

We have a lot of draws there, but what I tell our players for mentality is, if we are not able to win the game, then we don't lose it. The importance is that every point is going to matter when it comes to making a spot in playoffs at the end.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC defender Brendan McDonough

On making his MLS debut...

It felt great to finally get out there. A lot of hard work put in so it feels good to finally get the debut. Obviously, going down 2-0 wasn't great but no quit from the boys and incredible for us to get a point against a really good team. Overall, happy. It wasn't perfect but happy that we can come out with a point.

On working with the backline...

Loads of experience between everyone in the backline and to be next to Scott (Sutter) and in front of Zac (MacMath) and next to (Erik) Godoy and Andy (Rose) guys that I have a pretty good personal relationship with made it very comfortable for me and easier for me for sure. I can always lean on them and ask them questions and whenever I had a question on the field, I'd go to them and get a pretty straight forward answer so it was very nice playing next to them.

On the importance of spending time with the developmental squad...

Very important. It was actually pretty hot and humid in Korea which was nice because it was unbelievably hot and humid tonight so that was good preparation in terms of the weather four weeks in Korea. The level of players was also very high there so it was good to get good games in and to come in ready to make an impact for the team whenever my name's called.

On the resilience of the team...

Back-to-back games down 2-0 come back and get a point shows a lot of resiliency, again, no quit attitude. Just got to turn that one point into three points and we'll be in good shape but I think a lot of the problems we have is we're kind of beating ourselves with mistakes and if we can just fix the little things and tune some things up and then we can get these three points and keep the streak going.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC defender Andy Rose

Overall thoughts on tonight's match...

Definitely a really good point for us on the road. Tough place, obviously going down 2-0 against a really talented and energetic team. I think we showed a lot of fight and courage to get back into in. We're certainly building that sort of attitude here. Never give in, never beaten like every single game this season has been very close. All of these points are going to add up at the end of the season. The other day, we come out of that match feeling as though we should've had more and today probably the opposite we feel like we really had to fight and find a way to get a point.

On getting comfortable at center back...

Yeah, it takes time. You just have to go out and trust yourself, trust your teammates. Playing alongside Brendan (McDonough) for his debut was a great feeling. So happy for him, he's worked so hard in training and deserves this moment. Added responsibility there but I think with each week that passes, each game I play I get a little bit more comfortable. Obviously, played in a variety of different types of games. Late on today, really pushing for an equalizer. In the second half, we didn't drop quite as deep as maybe we have done in a low block. So, had to deal with a variety of different sorts of attacks, so yeah, as the weeks go by I get more comfortable.

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