FC Dallas and Nashville SC played to a scoreless draw on Saturday night.
Highlights
Lineups:
FC Dallas: Michael Collodi, Bernard Kamungo (Deedson 62’), Sebastien Ibeagha, Osaze Urhoghide, Shaq Moore, Herman Johansson (Sam Sarver 71’); Kaick, Patrickson Delgado (Joaquin Valiente 62’), Chris Cappis (Ramiro 85’); Logan Farrington (Anderson Julio 71’), Petar Musa
Bench: Brooks Thompson, Nolan Norris, Lalas Abubakar, Ran Binyamin
Nashville SC: Brian Schwake, Andy Najar (Josh Bauer 87’), Daniel Lovitz, Jeisson Palacios, Maxwell Woledzi, Matthew Corcoran, Patrick Yazbek, Edvard Tagseth (Alex Muyl 72’), Hany Muhktar (Ahmed Qasem 87’), Cristian Espinoza (Jordan Knight 87’), Warren Madrigal (Woobens Pacius 76’)
Bench: Joe Willis, Jack Maher, Bryan Acosta, Reed Baker-Whiting
Scoring Summary
None
Misconduct Summary
FCD: Kaick - 51’
NSH: Corcoran - 74’
FCD: Urhoghide - 76’
NSH: Corcoran (ejection) - 85’
FCD: Sarver - 90+5’
Stats
Quotes
Head coach Eric Quill
On the match tonight…
“I love our fighting spirit, but we weren’t at our best tonight. The guys in the locker room know Nashville is a great side that presents a lot of problems, and we couldn’t find our way onto the scoresheet. Their keeper made a couple of big saves. I felt like we weren’t clean enough in possession. We didn’t move them around or create real quality looks. There were a bunch of half chances, and we know we can be better. I’m proud of our group. We’re a good team, and that’s a good team we just played. We have so much potential and so much room to grow. We’re going to look at it and be better versions of ourselves next weekend. Nobody can fault the mentality or the fight of this group. They battled tonight. It’s early in the season, and we have some growing to do.”
On the positives of this year's home form…
“We always want six points. We want to be really greedy with our home points. We didn’t perform at home last year, and we want to rectify that this year. We have a deep roster of guys who are capable, and these are just early-season nuances you go through with tactics and figuring out who steps up in their moments, especially when substitutions come under pressure. There are a lot of variables that go into getting off to a consistent winning start, but what I like is that we have the mentality, the work ethic and the honesty you need to be a consistent winner. I have a group of guys in there who aren’t happy with a tie. That’s what I take away from going into the locker room. They want to win, and they’re not satisfied. The fans are leaving here with a draw, and we don’t want to be okay with draws at home. That’s what I love about our guys. They care, and they know our purpose. We’ll be better. We can be better.”
Midfielder Christian Cappis
On tonight's match…
“We gave a really good effort. I think the team worked extremely hard. We played a good opponent, and the improvements we made defensively from last week were very positive. We created a couple of good chances, but they just didn’t go in today. Sometimes you have games like that, but it’s important we keep moving forward and take all the positives we can from this one.”
On the defensive line against Nashville…
“I think it was about organization and communication. We made sure we were helping each other. Those were things we really focused on this week. Nashville scored four or five goals last week, and they’re a strong attacking group, so I think we can be proud of the defensive work we did today.”
Defender Osaze Urhoghide
On the draw…
“We’re disappointed to get a draw today. We went into the game with confidence from the last match and had a good game plan, so it’s a bit disappointing how things played out. They had the better of us in the first half, but we did well to stay in the game. Defensively, we performed well as a unit, but it’s always disappointing not to get the three points.”
On the defensive effort tonight…
“We did very well in terms of sliding and making key tackles. We’ve been working as a unit during the week, growing together and understanding our roles. It’s coming through in the game when we need it. We’re still growing, and we just want to keep improving.”
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