On a hot, muggy night in July, FC Dallas picked up its second home win of the season by downing St. Louis CITY SC 3-0.
Highlights:
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Lineups:
FC Dallas: Maarten Paes, Lalas Abubakar, Alvaro Augusto (Osaze Urhoghide 72’), Sebastien Ibeagha, Josh Torquato (Shaq Moore 66’); Ramiro, Kaick (Marco Farfan 66’), Sebastian Lletget; Bernard Kamungo (Patrickson Delgado 72’), Logan Farrington (Sam Sarver 81’), Petar Musa
Subs not used: Michael Collodi, Anthony Ramirez, Tsiki Ntsabeleng, Tarik Scott
St. Louis CITY: Roman Burki, Tomas Totland (Akil Watts 71’), Josh Yaro, Timo Baumarti, Jaziel Orozco, Conrad Wallem, Tomas Ostrak (Jayden Reid 71’), Simon Becher (Eduard Lowen 46’), Marcel Hartel, Cedric Teuchert (Xande Silva 61’), Joao Klauss
Subs not used: Jake Girdwood-Reich, Kyle Hiebert, Tyson Pearce, Ben Lundt, Joseph Zalinsky
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Scoring Summary
FCD: Kaick (Musa, Lletget) - 24’
FCD: Musa (Farrington) - 80’
FCD: Musa (penalty) - 88’
Misconduct Summary
FCD: Kamungo - 59’
FCD: Farrington - 77’
Stats
Graphics via MLS Stat
Quote Sheet
Head coach Eric Quill
On tonights match…
“I am happy for our fans since we haven't done them right. We knew that and we didn't like that about ourselves. We have been trying to change it. Something triggered in San Jose, where I really started seeing a team that's honest, a team that's fighting for each other, communicating to each other, picking each other off the ground, clapping at each other. On an emotional night like today there's no doubt that there are people probably sitting in those stands that were heavily affected by what happened two weeks ago in Central Texas. I told the team that this isn't about soccer tonight. This is about giving two and a half hours to people in need and if you do that with honesty and your heart and soul, the win will take care of itself and they did that. We played well tonight on both sides of the ball and in set pieces. St. Louis is not an easy team to defend. Our players were running through the lines all night in 90 degree weather. They're active and we were honest. We've tracked them everywhere. I'm pleased with the shutout. We haven't had one of those in a while, so we have to stay humble and hungry. We've got a lot of work to do, but I'm proud of this team. This team's not giving up.”
On the growth he has had this season...
“This league has tested me in every way, managing at this level, tested in every which way. I'm in a growth lesson but I always believe in solutions. I believe in finding the solutions and never giving up. Challenges are what makes life fun. You lose four games in a row and in this day and age resilience and belief in yourself is important, and I've never lost that. All I've wanted for this club is to help lead the club in the right direction. We're proud of what we see game to game, we're building something that's gonna bring a trophy. We have a long way to go, but I know that something's changing here. It's about consistency, consistency to keep this kind of performance going.”
On the tactics...
“We went to the back five again. Versus San Jose it had a stability to it that I really liked, it was also generating chances. Sometimes you think back fives are more of a defensive approach and you can tweak it to make it more and so I rewarded the back five. The structure, the people within the structure, the profiles that I thought fit the structure really well. I'm also a guy that think that it's people over tactics, It's all about desire, effort, anticipation, engagement, concentration, all these things that people have to produce, because you can throw as many X's and O's as on a chalkboard as you want, but the people have to be right and be willing to do it together, all 11. It can't be eight, it can't be nine, it's got to be 11 engaged and bought in together in the entirety. That's how you get it done. So I rewarded a performance the other night, I stuck with it again. We grew in it again in game two. We'll see where it goes.”
Midfielder Ramiro
On the importance of tonight’s win…
“We needed to win at home tonight. Our last win in front of the fans was four months ago. Today, we fought for our fans, our club, our people, and we are happy to get this win and the three points.”
On the tactical change for tonight’s match …
“I think we have more players to protect the goal, so if you don't concede the goals you win the game. That's our job at this moment, all of us working together and fighting for one another. Now we keep pushing and working to get more positive results.”
Defender Shaq Moore
On the emotions of winning at home…
“It feels great. Obviously, we haven't won at home in a long time, it's really fulfilling to see our hard work pay off and get the win tonight.”
On the clean sheet tonight…
“We all feel proud of what we helped accomplish tonight. Even in San Jose, we were proud of what we did. It was a shame we couldn’t get all three points last time out, but today we didn't give up a lot of chances and now we keep pushing for the next time out.”
Forward Petar Musa
On tonight’s brace performance…
“It’s always nice to score goals, but for me more importantly, we got those three points in front of our home fans. In the last couple of games we didn't perform to our best ability, but we put in the work and I’m proud of this team tonight. We deserved to win.”
On inconsistency with results…
“We always go out there and try to win every game. We gave our best tonight, and I’m happy that we got to win in front of our fans. These people deserve that from us. We’ll try to build off the momentum of tonight and hopefully deliver more wins home and away.”
