FC Dallas vs Real Salt Lake: Highlights, stats and quote sheet
FC Dallas vs Real Salt Lake: Highlights, stats and quote sheet
All the facts from FC Dallas' draw with RSL.
Lineups
FC Dallas — Maarten Paes; Sam Junqua, Nkosi Tafari, Sebastien Ibeagha; Marco Farfan (Dante Sealy — 66’), Asier Illarramendi, Liam Fraser (Nolan Norris — 80’), Ema Twumasi; Patrickson Delgado (Sebastian Lletget — 88’), Paul Arriola (Bernard Kamungo — 66’), Petar Musa.
Substitutes not used — Jimmy Maurer, Omar González, Carl Sainté, Tsiki Ntsabeleng, Logan Farrington.
Real Salt Lake — Zac MacMath; Diego Luna (Anderson Julio — 62’), Matt Crooks (Maikel Chang — 63’), Andrés Gómez (Fidel Barajas — 63’), Cristian Arango; Alexandros Katranis (Bryan Oviedo — 63’), Philip Quinton, Justen Glad, Andrew Brody; Emeka Eneli (Nelson Palacio — 70’), Braian Ojeda.
Substitutes not used — Brayan Vera, Bertin Jacquesson, Gavin Beavers.
Scoring Summary:
DAL: Asier Illarramendi (Patrickson Delgado) — 45’+4’
DAL: Patrickson Delgado — 57’
DAL: Paul Arriola (Aiser Illarramendi) — 59’
RSL: Diego Luna (Andrés Gómez) — 61’
RSL: Anderson Julio (Maikel Chang) — 73’
RSL: Nelson Palacio (Anderson Julio) — 90+8’
Misconduct Summary:
DAL: Liam Fraser (caution) — 38’
DAL: Maarten Paes (caution) — 80’
DAL: Nolan Norris (caution) — 81’
RSL: Sebastien Ibeagha (caution) — 87’
Attendance: 19,096
Weather: 92° Cloudy
Stats
FC DALLAS POSTGAME QUOTES
Head Coach Nico Estévez
On tonight’s takeaways…
“It’s unacceptable to lose this game. The mistakes we made and the goals conceded are avoidable. The giveaway that we had in the first goal is unacceptable. The second goal, the way that we defended is unacceptable. The third goal is a really, really bad moment for the team. I understand that we played on Wednesday, and they didn’t. I understand that we were going to be fatigued at the end of the game. Not just the goals conceded, I think we had chances to score a fourth and fifth goal and close this game out earlier. On the other hand, until we conceded the first goal, I think overall we did pretty well. We were being very, very dangerous and doing the things that we’ve been doing well. I think it’s a very disappointing result overall after the effort that we had today.”
How the team created chances…
“We pushed Marco (Farfan) a little bit higher on the press, this allowed us to build press earlier and then trap them in one area and win the ball back. After, we just found the pockets. We did a really good job at finding Paul (Arriola) and Patrickson (Delgado) in those pockets and that helped us to create dangerous chances.”
Looking towards the future…
“We have to recover because we have three away games in a row. It’s going to be challenging, we go to LA and then we go to Minnesota. It’s going to be hard, but there’s been improvement of the team against Austin, Houston, and now, against RSL. We’re going in the right direction. And today, I thought it could be a great opportunity to close this game with the way it was going, whether it was 3-0 or 3-1, or more because we had the chances to score more, and we didn’t. We’ll review, we’ll try to find the things we have to improve, but also the mentality. Some of the mistakes we made were too much like youth players, we cannot do that at the pro level.”
Midfielder Patrickson Delgado
On tonight's result…
“Despite scoring two goals this week, I am not happy with tonight's result. We had to win the game tonight but despite this, I am thankful for this group of guys I play with because it is because of them that I am able to score. The game will be a learning lesson for us ahead of our three games on the road. Tonight taught us that we cannot concede those goals.”
On the ability to play in different positions…
“The number one thing for me is to help the team no matter what position on the field I play. Tonight I played a more attacking role and I did well, but I have to correct a couple of things.”
Defender Marco Farfan
On giving up the lead…
“Yeah, it's very frustrating. Giving up a 3-0 lead here at home is unacceptable to our team. The vibes in the locker room afterwards, you can tell. We hold each other to a standard. We showed that we could do it against the first-place team in the West.”
On a lapse in focus at the end…
“Yes I think there was some lack in concentration, we relaxed and we were overconfident. What caused us to be up 3-0 is what our coach has asked us to do, it’s what worked. We stopped doing that, and that’s what cost us.”
On if the team has been improving…
“Yes, of course. So we feel good about that. But obviously, with a result like that at home, we can’t accept that.”
Defender Ema Twumasi
On the second half emotions…
“It’s a tough one to be honest. That is one of the best games we ever played this season and we had them against the ropes. We just switched off mentally and we gave them a chance back in the game with their quick goal after we scored three. We still had control of the game but we weren’t locked in enough and we blew it.”
On a tough week on the road in LA…
“We’ve got two big games coming up this week.Tonight’s was a tough one to swallow. We got a game Wednesday so we have to turn the page and focus on LA Galaxy. They are having a great season and so is Real Salt Lake. The positive we can take tonight is that we can take on any opponent. We just have lock in and focus on playing our game in LA.”