FC Dallas wrapped up a difficult month of May with a scoreless draw at home against the Philadelphia Union.
Highlights:
Lineups:
FC Dallas: Maarten Paes, Marco Farfan, Lalas Abubakar, Sebastien Ibeagha, Shaq Moore; Ramiro, Kaick, Patrickson Delgado; Lucho Acosta, Anderson Julio (Bernard Kamungo 83'), Petar Musa (Logan Farrington 87')
Subs not used: Michael Collodi, Alvaro Augusto, Nolan Norris, Tsiki Ntsabeleng, Show, Pedrinho, Sebastien Lletget
Philadelphia Union: Andrew Rick, Francis Westfield, Nathan Harriel, Olwethu Makhanya, Kai Wagner; Alejandro Bedoya (Quinn Sullivan 72’), Jesus Bueno (Jovan Lukic 46’), Jean Jacques (Indiana Vassilev 62’), Ben Bender; Chris Donovan (Tai Baribo 62’), Mikael Uhre (Bruno Damiani 36')
Subs not used: Oliver Semmle, Jakob Glesnes, Cavan Sullivan, Jeremy Rafanello
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Scoring Summary
None
Misconduct Summary
FCD: Abubakar - 31’
FCD: Abubakar (second yellow) - 39'
FCD: Kaick - 75'
FCD: Ibeagha - 90+1'
PHL: Bender - 90+2'
Stats
Quote Sheet
On fighting back…
“It is unbelievable to watch. I was inspired tonight watching the fight and the hustle and the desire behind the ball. It's not easy to do that. Going to Cincinnati and going two goals down and coming back. You can't question the heart and the resiliency that we play with. We gotta have a long reflection of these last four or five, six games we've been in. So we haven't really had reflection, so we'll do that now and really get a good look at who we were over these games, and study ourselves and tweak some things and become better for it. But I can't question the heart, the mentality, the desire, you can't question that. They've been warriors.”
On his message to the fans…
“Stick with us. We're going to get there. We got red carded tonight. To the general fan it wasn't a fun night to watch low block defending, but if you're a soccer enthusiast and you really know the game, you had a real appreciation for what just went on tonight, and the desire that these guys played with, and the heart and hustle, that's for them. It wasn't pretty. It wasn't going to be pretty, but it was one of those games that are built on mentality and organization, communication, being a team, being tight in your lines, and committing to that. They're not going to get the touches in the moments that they want but I think we made our fans proud tonight, and I think we're going to get there. We're becoming a better and better side so stick with us, because we're not, we're not going to be in 11th place much longer.”
Goalkeeper Maarten Paes
Thoughts on the match….
“I’m proud of the team and proud of our fight. It hasn't been an easy two weeks, traveling 8,000 miles. We stood our ground against four tough teams, so it shows our mentality of this group. We had a last minute loss against Seattle (Sounders), a last minute draw against FC Cincinnati, and now a hard fought draw against Philadelphia (Union) with 10 men. I believe this shows what this group is capable of, and our composure for 60 minutes to play with only 10 men should be that standard, just with 11 guys instead.”
On the changes to the backline and the clean sheet tonight…
“I’m proud of our defense and our backline. You see Shaq (Moore) battling for every ball, Ramiro in an unnatural position battling for every duel. You have Marco (Farfan) at centerback, also not his natural position, they just grinded it out and we got the clean sheet together.”
Defender Sebastien Ibeagha
On earning the shutout with 10 men…
“We're very proud. We haven't had a lot of clean sheets this year, so anytime we can get one is great, and to do it in this fashion against the team that's first in the East, with the volume of crosses that they put in a box, and the amount of defending we got to do. I'm very proud of the makeshift back four that we made. But again, it's a steppingstone, and we understand when we're disciplined and we do what we train every week, we can actually come out with results.”
On the two-week break before the next game…
“Rest, I think everyone's a bit banged up and stuff like that, so we're looking to rest, but then come back out, because don't have many games next month, so it's about maximizing the amount of games and getting points out of them.”
