FC Dallas picked up their first draw of the season as they tied the Vancouver Whitecaps 1-1.

Lineups
FC Dallas
— Maarten Paes; Ema Twumasi (Geovane Jesus – 77’), Sebastien Ibeagha, Nkosi Tafari, Marco Farfan (Sam Junqua – 89’); Paxton Pomykal, Edwin Cerrillo, Sebastian Lletget (José Martínez – 60’); Paul Arriola © (Jáder Obrian – 60’), Jesús Ferreira, Alan Velasco.

Substitutes not used — Jimmy Maurer, Nolan Norris, Tsiki Ntsabeleng, Bernard Kamungo, José Mulato.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC — Yohei Takaoka; Ryan Raposo (Ali Ahmed – 83’), Ranko Veselinovic, Javain Brown, Tristan Blackmon; Julian Gressel (Mathías Laborda – 83’), Ryan Gauld ©, Adrián Cubas, Alessandro Schöpf (Sebastian Berhalter – 78’), Cristian Dájome (Sergio Córdova – 45’), Brian White (Pedro Vite – 70’).

Substitutes not used — Russell Teibert, Thomas Hasal, Jean-Claude Ngando, Karifa Yao.

Scoring Summary:
DAL:
Sebastien Ibeagha (Nkosi Tafari) — 5’
VAN: Paul Arriola (own goal) — 34’

Misconduct Summary:
VAN:
Adrián Cubas (caution) — 42’
DAL: Nkosi Tafari (caution) — 69’
VAN: Alessandro Schöpf (caution) — 75’
DAL: Jader Obrían (caution) – 88’

Weather: Showers, 44°F
Attendance: 16,780

Stats
Possession: FC Dallas 56.5%, Vancouver 43.5%
Shots: FC Dallas 10, Vancouver 11
Shots on Target: FC Dallas 2, Vancouver 4
Corner Kicks: FC Dallas 6, Vancouver 7
Duels Won: FC Dallas 48, Vancouver 39
Saves: FC Dallas 4, Vancouver 1
Fouls: FC Dallas 7, Vancouver 14
Yellow Cards: FC Dallas 2, Vancouver 2

FC DALLAS POSTGAME QUOTES
Head Coach Nico Estévez

General thoughts on the match…
“We had a very good game, playing away and dictating the tempo. We knew that they were a good team, they have quality. We had a good start and scored a goal. And then it was a moment there that we should have been more aggressive, we should be more determined to score the second goal. And even though we were having the possession, we were dominating, we weren't creating those goal scoring opportunities.”

On the second half…
“In the second half, things started better. We tried to modify to defending to a 4-4-2. But that didn't didn't work well. And then we switched to a three in the back and it helped us. Sometimes people think that switch which introduces a center back, it means you want to defend - it was the opposite. We were looking to give more forward players the ball, to have more width with our winbacks and then trying to exploit the wide areas to score goals. And we did a good job on that, we created some good chances to score the second goal. But we couldn't and at least we got a point.”

Defender Sebastien Ibeagha
On scoring his first FC Dallas goal…
“It’s been a long time since I scored a goal, so it is good to be back on the score sheet. For it to be assisted by Kos (Tafari) is great because he’s my guy. We looked at each other and I told him to put the ball in the box and that is exactly what he did. It was a good goal and it makes it a little extra special that Kos assisted it for me.”

On the change formation mid game…
“Switching to a back three means we will be more aggressive and attack more. We missed the chance to get in the lead in the first half and Nico saw that. We tried to push the game more and go forward in the second half. Changing us to three at the back allowed us to go more forward and that is exactly what we did.”

On the different pairings at the center back position…
“José (Martínez) and Kos (Tafari) are two different players. Kos is similar to the athletic play style I have, while José has that technical play and is very good on the ball. It’s about knowing each other’s strengths and weaknesses so we can push each other and become better. We always rotate in training and try different pairings because we don’t know what could happen in a game and we need to all be on the same page.”