FC Dallas vs LAFC: Highlights, stats and quote sheet

FC Dallas climbed their way back in another match to draw LAFC 1-1 on Saturday night.

Highlights:

Lineups:

FC Dallas: Michael Collodi, Shaq Moore, Sebastien Ibeagha, Lalas Abubakar, Bernard Kamungo; Ramiro (Alvaro Augusto 68’), Kaick, Chris Cappis (Sebastian Lletget 73’); Patrickson Delgado; Logan Farrington (Petar Musa 82’), Anderson Julio (Sam Sarver 73’)

Subs not used: Jacob Jackson, Josh Torquato, Pedrinho, Deedson, Nolan Norris

LAFC: Hugo Lloris, Ryan Hollingshead (Artem Smoliakov 79’), Nkosi Tafari, Eddie Segura (Frankie Amaya 79’), Sergi Palencia; Igor Jesus (Mathieu Choiniere 25’), Mark Delgado (Ryan Porteous 79’), Timothy Tillman; Nathan Ordaz (David Martinez 63’), Denis Bouganga, Heung Min Son

Subs not used: Thomas Hasal, Yaw Yeboah, Ryan Raposo, Kenneth Nielsen

Scoring Summary

LAFC: Son - 6’
FCD: Farrington (Delgado) - 13’

Misconduct Summary

FCD: Ibeagha - 39’
FCD: Ramiro - 63’
LAFC: Tafari - 67’
LAFC: Hollingshead - 75’
LAFC: Bouanga - 90+7’

Stats

Quote Sheet

Head coach Eric Quill
On tonights match…
“I thought we played a really good first half. The name of the game in the pregame speech was to be ultra aggressive when we get the ball and drive into them, and not just because the guys are in your face. Let's have an aggressive mentality to unbalance the first defender, and I thought we did that in the first half. I was proud of the response when going down a goal. Like I said, I thought when we were the aggressors in the first half, in the second half, I thought we fizzled physically.  Their quality with their fronts are going to chew your legs away just because of the nature of the profile that they serve. But I thought we defended excellently and organized. We defended their crosses great and set pieces great. So I'm proud of the team's performance. Of course, I want to win, but I'm proud of the team tonight.  We'll look at the video again and see where we can improve, because that's what we're always looking to do. But I thought that if you're looking at a collective team, that was our team out there playing, I was proud.” 

On Shaq Moore playing as part of the three-man backline…
“Osaze (Urhoghide) felt a little bit of a possible hamstring tightness. “O” is a key piece for us, and I know that injury like the back of my hand from my playing days. I know that when you're feeling it's you're on the cusp of something. So we could have put him in a situation where something pops it 10 minutes in, and we're burning us up. But also, he (would be) out for the long term, and we've got important games coming down the chute. So it was a measured calculation on doing what's right for the player and for the team. It wasn’t easy to not have him in the game tonight, but I thought the group stepped up. Shaq (Moore) being asked to play right center back, I thought he did a beautiful job. He hasn’t had a lot of time there, but I thought he did outstanding. For guys to be sort of shuffled that last minute and not really being able to work on the training field with it, I thought these guys did great. They didn't miss a beat. So I'm really pleased that they have the ability to adapt and play at such a high level.”  

On fighting back from a goal down…
“We gave up a goal five, six minutes into the game against a star-studded group. If you have a weak mentality, that could be it for you. You could put your head down and say, ‘this night is going to be a long winter,’ or you can bounce back. I'm proud of these guys. All year long, we have proven over and over again that we can bounce back from going down…I thought we played hard with him (Son Heung-Min). I thought we closed his lanes to play. He's a special player, and a special talent. He made some half chances happen, and he got in the box and did what he does. You're never going to be able to tie a guy like that up for 95-plus minutes, but at least you try to make it hard. You try to make everything. He had to work tremendously hard for everything, and I thought he must feel in that locker room like he had to work extremely hard for something, except for the goal.”

Defender Shaq Moore
On playing a different position…
“Really I just want to help the team, I played a different position tonight, but I can adapt well to any position, whether that's higher up or down the field. That's one of the values I bring to my team and I'm happy I was able to help the team get a point against a good team.”

On the playoff push…
“Obviously, we know we're kind of behind the ball now, but we're not going to give up, I think we're like five points out of it. So I was going to keep on fighting. We got seven games. I'm going to keep on fighting, and I'm hoping the bye week next weekend will help us get our legs back, rest a little bit, and then start next week. We will have to keep working on what we need to work on. So I think we'll take next week to do that. And then be ready for our next games.”

Forward Logan Farrington 
On getting a point in the comeback…
“It's towards the end of the season now, and we know it's crunch time. So we know even setbacks, we can't let them get us down too much. I thought the team responded very well. But we bounced back, got a goal right away, and I thought the first half we were really good. In the second half, we got a little bit more tired, but again, a lot of resilience from the team to hold out for a really good point at home.”

On his goal…
“It was a good pass by Patrickson (Delgado) off of a long ball, and I just had a little bit of space. I was like, I have to get a shot on target. I got a little bit of luck but that's what strikers need sometimes, so I'll take it.”