FC Dallas continues to find ways to pick up points away from home as they came from behind twice on Wednesday night to draw FC Cincinnati 3-3.
Highlights:
Lineups:
FC Dallas: Maarten Paes, Marco Farfan, Osaze Urhoghide (Lalas Abubakar 36'), Sebastien Ibeagha, Shaq Moore; Ramiro, Kaick (Patrickson Delgado 65'), Bernard Kamungo (Pedrinho 45'), Lucho Acosta; Anderson Julio (Logan Farrington 83'), Petar Musa
Subs not used: Michael Collodi, Tsiki Ntsabeleng, Show, Diego Garcia, Nolan Norris
FC Cincinnati: Roman Celentano, Luca Orellano, Alvas Powell (Gerardo Valenzuela 74'), Miles Robinson, Gilberto Flores (Lukas Engel 74'), DeAndre Yedlin (Corey Baird 83'), Pavel Bucha (Teenage Hadebe 74'), Obinna Nwobodo, Evander, Kevin Denkey, Sergio Santos (Kei Kamara 64')
Subs not used: Evan Louro, Matt Miazga, Brad Smith, Brian Anunga
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Scoring Summary
FCC: Bucha (Yedlin) - 30'
FCC: Denkey (penalty) - 42'
FCD: Musa (Moore) - 49'
FCD: Julio (Acosta) - 68’
FCC: Valenzuela - 86'
FCD: Ibeagha (Delgado) - 90+2'
Misconduct Summary
FCC: Powell - 2'
FCD: Farfan - 8'
FCD: Kaick - 44'
FCD: Musa - 62’
FCC: Hadebe - 78'
FCC: Baird - 90+3'
Stats
Quote Sheet
Assistant Coach Rodrigo Rios
On the game…
“We talked at half time that we were not that far, that the game shouldn't be 2-0 and that we needed to step up with the ball, and we could not lose concentration. That's what we did in the second half. We won the half 3-1. I think the guys showed resilience and how combative the team is and how united we are behind Eric's idea of how we play, how we defend, and we can compete against any team in the league. It's not an easy place to come and play, and we did it in pretty good form in the second half and we had more chances. That's the feeling in the locker room. We will keep improving and build on this result moving forward.”
On stepping up for Eric Quill tonight…
“We talked before the game, the way that Eric Quill coaches the team has been clear to the players and to the coaching staff. I think we have a fantastic coaching staff that understands Quill's ideas. We go to games with different scenarios. It's easier when we have a clear message from our coach, from our leader. I, Michel, Matt Watson and Drew Keeshan were able to capture the message and put it in place and make the necessary adjustments, the adjustment that we think and we believe, that Eric would do.”
Forward Luciano Acosta
On the match tonight…
“The mentality of not giving up. I think we kept trying until the last minute. They scored two goals in the first half, which were very easy. We said in the second half that we had to come out differently, with more intensity. We did it, we were able to get a point here at their place, which is very difficult, and we are very happy.”
On his return to Cincinnati…
“The truth is that I came with a different mentality. I thought they were going to receive me a little better, they booed, but the truth is I know very well what I did here, I know what I gave to this club and the truth is that people should be grateful, I think we gave them a Supporters Shield, I gave them an MVP campaign, and a goal of the year, I think they should be grateful, but I hold my head high with what I did for the club.”
Defender Marco Farfan
On the game being a back-and-forth contest…
“You never want to go through so many emotions in a game. But the big takeaway from this is that we are coming away from home, in a difficult place to play here in Cincy, against a good team, and the fact that we're able to come back from 2-0 down at halftime, and then again to come back and tie this game, 3-3, it just shows the mentality of this team. We can compete with everybody. It's just fixing up the details to not go down 2-0. We need to be able to take advantage and get three points.”
On what the team needs to adjust to avoid going down…
“It just comes down to starting to play with the confidence that we play with whenever we're down goals. When we're down goals, we kind of take more risks. We should be able to do that even when it's 0-0, to try to take advantage of the games. And we need to be smart in the back to close out games.”
