MLS FC Dallas

FC Dallas Falls 0-1 to Seattle Sounders FC

Published on August 19, 2021 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
FC Dallas News Release


Frisco, TX - FC Dallas (5-9-6, 21 points) was defeated 0-1 by Seattle Sounders FC (11-3-6, 39 points) at Toyota Stadium Wednesday night.

Game Summary

First Half:

15' - SHOT (DAL) - Bryan Acosta sent a powerful right-footed shot from outside the box after he received a ball from Ryan Hollingshead in the midfield but his shot was slightly wide and missed the top left of the goal.

20' - SHOT (DAL) - Jesús Ferreira fired a volley from outside the box but Spencer Richey was alert and blocked the shot which was later cleared by Seattle's defense.

Second Half

47' - SHOT (DAL) - Ricardo Pepi nearly found the back of the net early in the second half after he received a ball from Ferreira at the top of the box but his first shot was stopped by Richey and Pepi fired a rebound shot that missed to the right.

52' - OFFSIDE GOAL (SEA) - Kelyn Rowe tried a through ball to Will Bruin inside the box but he was caught offside and had his goal called back.

63' - GOAL (SEA) - Raúl Ruidiaz collected his own rebound and fired a shot that struck both the crossbar and posts and eventually ended in Jimmy's goal.

Lineups:

FC Dallas - Jimmy Maurer; Ema Twumasi (Freddy Vargas - 78'), Nkosi Tafari, Bressan, Ryan Hollingshead; Edwin Cerrillo (Andrés Ricaurte - 68'), Bryan Acosta, Jáder Obrian (Franco Jara - 64'), Jesús Ferreira, Szabolcs Schön (Kalil ElMedkhar - 78'); Ricardo Pepi.

Substitutes not used - Phelipe, Kyle Zobeck, José Martinez, Matt Hedges, Brandon Servania.

Seattle Sounders FC - Spencer Richey; Abdoulaye Cissoko, Xavier Arreaga, Shane O'Neill (Yeimar Gómez - 75'); Jimmy Medranda (Brad Smith - 68'), Danny Leyva, Joshua Atencio, Kelyn Rowe; Nicolas Benezet (Nicolás Lodeiro - 63'), Will Bruin (Raúl Ruidíaz - 63'), Cristian Roldan (João Paulo - 46').

Substitutes not used - Stefan Cleveland, Fredy Montero, Alex Roldan, Reed Baker-Whiting.

Scoring Summary:

SEA (0-1): Raúl Ruidíaz- 63'

Stats Summary:

Shots

DAL: 18

SEA: 9

Shots on Goal

DAL: 2

SEA: 1

Saves:

DAL: 0

SEA: 2

Corner Kicks:

DAL: 7

SEA: 1

Fouls:

DAL: 8

SEA: 4

Offside:

DAL: 2

SEA: 2

Misconduct Summary:

DAL: Edwin Cerrillo (caution) - 40'

DAL: Bryan Acosta (caution) - 78'

DAL: Franco Jara (caution) - 90'+3'

Weather: Partly Cloudy, 81

Attendance: 11,535

Referee: Robert Sibiga

Assistant Referees: Corey Rockwell, Gjovalin Bori

Fourth official: Matthew Corrigan

VAR: Kevin Terry Jr.

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