After a week off, FC Dallas picked up its first win in two months when they downed Sporting Kansas City 4-2.
Highlights:
Lineups:
FC Dallas: Maarten Paes, Marco Farfan, Sebastien Ibeagha, Alvaro Augusto, Shaq Moore; Patrickson Delgado, Sebastian Lletget (Nolan Norris 66'); Pedrinho (Bernard Kamungo 66'), Lucho Acosta (Josh Torquato 90'), Anderson Julio (Anthony Ramirez 90'), Petar Musa (Logan Farrington 83')
Subs not used: Michael Collodi, Tsiki Ntsableng, Michael Collodi, Diego Garcia
Sporting Kansas City: John Pulskamp, Logan Ndenbe (Santiago Muñoz 78’), Joaquin Fernández, Jansen Miller, Khiry Shelton; Manu Garcia, Jacob Davis (Memo Rodriguez 60'), Jacob Bartlett; Erik Thommy (Daniel Salloi 60'), Dejan Joveljic (Mason Toye 90+1'), Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov
Subs not used: Ryan Schewe, Andrew Brody, Ian James, Tim Leibold, Stephen Afrifa
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Scoring Summary
SKC: Suleymanov (Joveljic)- '8
FCD: Musa (Moore) - 11'
FCD: Acosta (penalty) - 59'
FCD: Kamungo (Musa) - 69'
FCD: Acosta (Norris) - 82'
SKC: Munoz (Garcia) - 90+1'
Misconduct Summary
SKC: Shelton - 45+3’
FCD: Musa - 45+5’
FCD: Julio - 45+7’
FCD: Pedrinho - 48’
SKC: Shelton (second yellow)- 62’
FCD: Acosta - 64'
SKC: Fernandez - 90+8’
SKC: Salloi - 90+11'
Stats
Graphics via MLS Stats
Quote Sheet
Head Coach Eric Quill
On the comeback win away from home…
“I’m proud of the resiliency again, going down 1-0 and right away we responded with a great goal of our own. We responded well after the first goal. We went to the half, 1-1, and I thought we played well in the second half. I didn't think we were taking advantage of the attacking profiles that we had on the field, I thought we could have been more aggressive, and we decided to do that in the second half. And it paid off with three goals. Obviously, the red card helps, but we were still front footed before the red card. There were great goals, great team spirit, but I’m not happy with the second goal given up, especially off a substitution. We dropped our mentality, our mindset, a little bit, and we’ve got to look at that. But all in all…I can't ask for more, so a great team win.
On Álvaro’s debut performance…
“I thought some of his tackles were timely and well needed. The kid’s got massive personality and leadership. This club needs that and Álvaro is going to help us, so tonight's the first of many. But to come in on the road and play in a tough place to play and have the composure he had, pretty much throughout the entire night. He didn't really put a foot wrong until, maybe, I'd look at the second goal to see what happened. But that’s not an easy matchup with (Dejan) Joveljić, who’s a great, great #9 in this league and who's on fire this year. Álvaro didn't give up anything, so I just thought, for his first performance in MLS, he was outstanding.”
On Musa and Acosta’s performance…
“That's why they’re Designated Players, right? That's why you invest in them, and that's what they're here to do. I’m proud of those guys on both sides of the ball. They scored and worked behind the ball as well, they have such quality that if these guys get going like this, watch out. But that's what we depend on. We depend on these two guys to create and punish opponents.”
On his assessment through the first half of the season…
“Look at our road record compared to last year. I think we're making real strides in our mentality and our resiliency to come back from disappointment. We are happy with our road form, but we got to get moving at home in front of our fans. Our style of play is coming around, we're starting to click more and more with the ball. Sebastian Lletget had to play the 6 tonight. We had two number 10s in the 8 position. We had a great attacking lineup out there tonight, but I thought they defended well, which maybe isn't a forte for some of them, but you wouldn't know it tonight. Patrickson Delgado is playing some high-level football for us right now, and where he was a month ago compared to where he is now is night and day. So, I really like where we're trending. The culture is becoming right. Their everyday training is becoming the level of intensity and high performance that we need, we're making strides. We're not where we want to be, and we're going to enjoy this one, but we want more for ourselves. We believe we should be higher up the standings, and that's what the fight is going to be in the second half of the season.”
Forward Petar Musa
On winning on the road…
“I’m very happy to take three points home. I think we deserved it, we showed quality from the first minute. Of course, we conceded a goal at the end, but we kept working hard and we’ll take the three points. It’s very important, especially because we’ve faced very hard opponents on the road. After this win we’ll have five days off, but we need to be mentally ready for the next game. We showed we were the better team today and we deserved to take three points.”
On his goal…
“I saw some free space and I took the ball and saw Shaq (Moore) running behind and then passed to him and I attacked the free space. Shaq found me with a very nice pass and I’m very happy help the team with the goal.”
Midfielder Sebastian Lletget
On the match tonight…
“It was a great team effort. I'm very happy with the result, and more than anything, the effort, the mentality, the character we showed. It's a place, a stadium that's very difficult to play in, and we're very happy.”
On playing in a different position today…
“Yeah, playing in this position was a little bit different. I usually play a little bit more forward, but I really enjoyed it. I have good players around me and well, things worked out. I was involved in the first goal and the team helped me a lot. So, it's a great team effort again and well, give it the most important thing that we win.”
