Decision Day is usually a wild affair across Major League Soccer. You get seven games kicking off at the same time in each conference and with that is drama.
Saturday could have been a bit of a bore for FC Dallas. They knew they were in the playoffs for nearly a month and almost looked as though they were going to back their way into the playoffs, and potentially back their way into the second seed.
But instead of settling for a second place finish or even a third place finish had San Jose been able to pull off a road win in Minnesota, Dallas opted to dominate.
Yes, it was frustrating at times, but as FC Dallas pulled out a 3-1 win over the Colorado Rapids, we learned once again that this group can beat anyone, at any time.
Let’s discuss the result and what it all means.
Leaving it late again
“Our pressure was suffocating. We flew around the field and gave Colorado no time to breathe, look around or pick out a pass. We were in their faces as quickly as possible, and the chances we created were outstanding. On both sides of the ball, this was probably our most complete performance of the year.” - Eric Quill following the game.
Yeah, if you recall, Quill said that a couple of weeks ago after the win over San Jose when Dallas scored three goals in the final 15 minutes.
This one felt fairly similar to that win, so I get his point. I did press him on that thought and his response was that even with the goal given up, he felt it was a great performance from start to finish.
He’s not wrong about it either.
That first half was something impressive. Zero shots allowed (the one big save Daniel would have had, which was insane, was ruled offside for Colorado). Dallas had 17 shots in the first half, a 2026 record.
But it took 70-ish minutes to finally make a breakthrough.
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