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FC Dallas Ties Longest Home Unbeaten Streak in Franchise History with 1-0 Win over San Jose

May 26, 2013 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
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FRISCO, Texas - FC Dallas (8-2-3, 27 points) extended its home unbeaten streak to 12 games on the strength of a Fabian Castillo goal scored in the 33rd minute and six saves by goalkeeper Raul Fernandez, tonight at FC Dallas Stadium.

Castillo's counter-attack goal began with rookie Walker Zimmerman clearing the ball out of FC Dallas' penalty area with a header. Former MLS MVP David Ferreira collected the ball 30-yards from Dallas' goal, beat one defender and cut across the midfield line in a footrace with San Jose midfielder Adam Jahn. Ferreira carried the ball to within 30 yards of San Jose's goal before slipping a pass to the right side for Castillo. The speedy Colombian cut left, inside San Jose defender Jason Hernandez with his first touch, and slotted a low shot just inside the far post to give Dallas the lead.

San Jose came within inches of drawing level in the 41st minute when defender Victor Bernardez cracked the crossbar from just outside the area. The shot followed a punch-save by Fernandez on a header by Alan Gordon. The Peruvian sprinted off his line to clear the shot out of the six-yard box only to see the rebound fall directly to Bernardez, who volleyed the ball off the crossbar with his first touch.

Ferreira and Castillo nearly combined to score again in the 53rd minute. Castillo won the ball on the left flank and played a long give-and-go with Ferreira that resulted in a break-away attempt. Castillo tried to beat San Jose goalkeeper Jon Busch with a hard shot from close range, but the veteran came off his line to deny the youngster of his second goal of the match.

San Jose forced Fernandez to make four saves between the 78th and 84th minutes. The first was a diving save to his right side to knock away a long-range effort by second-half substitute Shea Salinas. The third was Fernandez's best of the night. Once again it was Salinas who caused FC Dallas trouble by getting the ball to the end line and chipping a cross to the back post for Wondolowski. Fernandez tracked the ball post-to-post and was in perfect position to fight off a full-volley attempt from the two-time Golden Boot winner.

Fernandez capped his fifth shutout of the season with his sixth save of the game. A diving save to his right side, Fernandez once again denied Wondolowski off a goal via header. The shot was expertly placed, low to the post in the first minute of stoppage-time.

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