MLS FC Dallas

FC Dallas Falls 3-1 to LA Galaxy

Published on July 8, 2021 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
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Carson, CA - FC Dallas (2-5-5, 11 points) falls to LA Galaxy (8-4-0, 24 points) 3-1 Wednesday night at Dignity Healthy Sports Park.

Game Summary

First Half:

8' - SHOT (LA) - Kévin Cabral headed in a through ball from Victor Vázquez but Jimmy Maurer pushed it wide.

17' - GOAL (LA) - LA Galaxy's Ryan Raveloson headed in a cross from Victor Vázquez corner to give them a 1-0 lead.

27' - GOAL (LA) - Sebastian Lletget's backwards cross fell to the feet of Kévin Cabral who slotted into the bottom corner to extend the lead to 2-0.

37' - SHOT (DAL) - Bryan Acosta's shot from far out goes wide right of the goal defended by Jonathan Bond.

Second Half

51' - GOAL (LA) - Ethan Zubak takes advantage of the mistake by the FC Dallas backline and dribbled past Jimmy Maurer to put the ball into the back of the net and increase the lead to 3-0

58' - SHOT (DAL) - Jesús Ferreira's free kick on the left side of the field connected with Facundo Quignon's head inside the box and it was comfortably dealt with by Bond.

71' - GOAL (DAL) - Franco Jara receives a long pass and pokes the ball out of the reach of Bond to be able to put the ball into the back of the net and cut the lead to 3-1.

Lineups:

FC Dallas - Jimmy Maurer; Justin Che, Bressan, Nkosi Tafari, Johnny Nelson (Jáder Obrian - 46'); Edwin Cerrillo, Bryan Acosta (Facundo Quignon - 46'); Ema Twumasi (Franco Jara - 65'), Jesús Ferreira (Paxton Pomykal - 77'), Ryan Hollingshead; Ricardo Pepi (Szabolcs Schön - 75').

Substitutes not used - Phelipe Megiolaro, Brandon Servania, Andrés Ricaurte, Dante Sealy.

LA Galaxy - Jonathan Bond; Julian Araujo, Ryan Raveloson, Nick DePuy, Jorge Villafaña: Sacha Kljestan, Sebastian Lletget (Josh Drack - 90'+4'); Samuel Grandsir (Cameron Dunbar - 90+3'), Victor Vázquez (Adam Saldaña - 54'), Kévin Cabral (Daniel Aguirre - 90'+4'); Ethan Zubak (Augustine Williams - 71').

Substitutes not used - Jonathan Klinsmann, Josh Drack, Jonathan Perez.

Scoring Summary:

LA (0-1): Rayan Raveloson (Victor Vázquez) - 17'

LA (0-2): Kévin Cabral (Sebastian Lletget) - 27'

LA (0-3): Ethan Zubak - 51'

DAL (1-3): Franco Jara (Jesús Ferreira) - 71'

Stats Summary: FC Dallas/LA Galaxy

Shots: 13/12

Shots on Goal: 5/5

Saves: 2/3

Corner Kicks: 2/2

Fouls: 15/7

Offside: 3/0

Misconduct Summary:

DAL: Ema Twumasi (caution) - 54'

DAL: Edwin Cerrillo (caution) - 57'

LA: Nick Depuy (caution) - 66'

DAL: Jáder Obrian (caution) - 83'

Weather: Clear, 71

Attendance: 16,453

Referee: Alan Kelly

Assistant Referees: Jason White, Jeremy Kieso

Fourth official: Michael Radchuk

VAR: Kevin Terry Jr.

FC Dallas Postgame Quotes

FC Dallas head coach Luchi Gonzalez

Thoughts on the match...

"They made plays and we didn't in the box. You can do the counts of possession and the stats, but they made plays in the box. Attacking wise and defensively, we didn't make enough so the results aren't going to be going our way. I think that's the reality at this point for us as a team. It's those crucial moments of attacking and defending the box where we have to be better. We need to do better."

On the positives of tonight...

"We responded well in the second half, but conceding that third goal knocked the wind out of us. There was a point where it felt like it would be difficult to come back. Credit to the boys who didn't stop fighting until the final whistle, and the ones who came off the bench with energy like [Szabolcs] Schön, [Franco] Jara, and Facundo [Quignon]. They tried to help us push forward and tried to make a comeback. I do appreciate their efforts when they came off the bench."

FC Dallas defender Nkosi Tafari

On the locker room conversation after the match...

"Mostly just things we need to work on. It would be abnormal of us to not try to fix things with the current record and situation that we're in, but I'll probably keep it at that for the teams sake. Mostly talking about things that we need to work on going forward. We can't really change the past or anything of that nature. You can only affect the present and the games coming up. We can only focus on Portland right about now, so we are well aware of how we play on the road and we are well aware that we have more games on the road before we come home."

FC Dallas midfielder Edwin Cerrillo

On making his first start of the season...

It gave me a lot of flashbacks from the times when I was playing and getting the starts. I wasn't as nervous as the first time but overall I was more excited than nervous. I had a lot of confidence. I've been working hard. It wasn't an ideal result and for me that's the most important thing, putting the team first. If I had to take something positive is that I worked hard and kept that mentality to earn the start today.

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