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FC Dallas Falls 1-0 to New York City FC

July 14, 2022 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
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Frisco, TX - FC Dallas (7-6-7, 28 points) falls to New York City FC (10-4-5, 35 points) 1-0 Wednesday night at Toyota Stadium.

SERIES RECORD AGAINST NEW YORK CITY FC

FC Dallas falls to 1-2-4 all-time against New York City FC. This was the first time Dallas dropped a home match at Toyota Stadium to NYCFC.

BOX SCORE BREAKDOWN

Dallas outshot New York 12-4 with both teams shooting once on target. FC Dallas had 1.22 expected goals compared to 0.94 for New York City as Dallas managed nine shots inside the box and two big chances with 28 touches inside the box. NYC managed two shots in the box and nine touches within the box. FC Dallas attempted 32 crosses to NYC's two.

4-4-2 FORMATION

For the first time this season, head coach Nico Estévez strayed from his preferred 4-3-3 formation to start a match. Instead, he fielded a 4-4-2 with Franco Jara joining Homegrown Jesús Ferreira in attack to form a strike partnership.

HOMEGROWNS AT HOME

Five FC Dallas Homegrowns featured in the match whether as a starter or substitute. Defender Eddie Munjoma, midfielder Edwin Cerrillo and forward Jesús Ferreira all started the match while midfielders Paxton Pomykal and Beni Redzic entered the match in the second half.

UP NEXT: FC DALLAS FACES AUSTIN FC IN COPA TEJAS FINALE

Dallas' I-35 rivals Austin FC make the trip to Toyota Stadium on Saturday, July 16 in the final Copa Tejas meeting of the season. The match, presented by Pepsi, kicks off at 8 PM CT (TXA21, Talk Radio 1190AM, TUDN 1270AM).

Lineups

FC Dallas - Maarten Paes; Eddie Munjoma (Matt Hedges - 85'), José Martínez, Nkosi Tafari, Nanu (Ema Twumasi - 85'); Alan Velasco (Paul Arriola - 67'), Edwin Cerrillo, Tsiki Ntsabeleng (Paxton Pomykal - 67'), Jáder Obrian(Beni Redžić - 90+3); Franco Jara, Jesús Ferreira.

Substitutes not used - Jimmy Maurer, Joshué Quiñónez, Kalil ElMedkhar, Thomas Roberts,

New York City FC - Sean Johnson; Maxime Chanot, Alfredo Morales, Thiago Martins; Tayvan Gray; Gray Tayvon, Nicolas Acevedo(Andres Jasson - 73'), Justin Haak, Talles Magno, Thiago Andrade (Malte Amundsen - 67'); Santiago Rodriguez(Gedion Zelalem - 90+4), Héber (Gabriel Pereira - 73').

Substitutes not used - Luis Barraza, Christopher Gloster, Vuk Latinovich, Kevin O'Toole, Samuel Owusu.

Scoring Summary:

NYC: Héber (Santíago Rodríguez) - 29'

Misconduct Summary:

NYC: Maxime Chanot (caution) - 8'

DAL: Tsiki Ntsabeleng (caution) - 50'

NYC: Sean Johnson (caution) - 90'+4'

DAL: Franco Jara (caution) - 90'+6

Weather: Clear, 102ËšF

Attendance: 13,656

Referee: Victor Rivas

Assistant Referees: Jeffrey Greeson, Ryan Graves

Fourth official: Joseph Dickerson

VAR: José Carlos Rivero

Assistant VAR: Claudiu Badea

FC DALLAS POSTGAME QUOTES

Head Coach Nico Estévez

On the formation change in tonight's match...

"There were two reasons why I played the 4-2-2 formation. We had Facundo (Quignon) and Brandon (Servania) out, and then we had to rest Paxton (Pomykal). We noticed that New York City FC likes to be aggressive with their two center backs. Having the two forwards would help us get one-on-one situations in the box. We were able to get wide quicker and get a lot of crosses in. If you look at the goals NYCFC have conceded a good amount of goals from crosses. We had 37 today and we were unable to score. They played a back line of three which is why we went with the 4-4-2. We would attack their central guy two-on-one. We made their play style narrow, so we were able to get our fullbacks to go forward. We created chances but we just couldn't finish our chances. It's a type of game where if we score, we are able to win the game."

On facing Austin FC...

"Every game is very important, whether we win or lose. Every game is very important. We have a need right now. We get in positions to win games, but we are lacking that need and desire to win the games. Every game we are knocking that door and getting closer. We can not lose our mind because we will create mistakes that will not allow us to win games. Against Austin we will always play for the win. We were close whenever we played over there in their field. We know they are a team on a good run but we will be ready to battle."

Forward Paul Arriola

On the match tonight...

"Yeah, tough. I think we obviously deserved more. We made one mistake and, obviously, they took advantage of it. And then, obviously, offensively we're dry. So, you know, definitely for us it's a frustrating one and one we definitely think that we should have won that game."

On the Austin match...

"Yeah, it's huge, especially right now with our winless streak that we're on. It's important and it's a winnable game just to kind of bounce back and get three points against a rival."

Defender Eddie Munjoma

"I think what happened is one of the, I think it's just, we're at a time in the season where things aren't going our way. And at the beginning of the season, you know, a lot of things did go our way, we just gotta grind through what's going on, and, you know, have faith that we're gonna turn things around. "

"I mean, it means a lot, obviously, I've put in a lot of work for it. I still, you know, feel like I need to get back in rhythm a little bit. It's been a while since I've played, you know, 90 minutes, not just this season, but in a long time at this level. So, I want to keep working on that. And I hope to get more opportunities. But again, you know, it's, it's a credit to the team and you know, they push me every week in training opportunity. So hopefully, I can just keep building play tonight."

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