FC Dallas will hope their house prowess will get them again within the win column once they host road-challenged Atlanta United on Saturday in Frisco, Texas.
Dallas has gained three of its previous 4 MLS house matches, every win coming by way of shutout. The Toros have captured 12 of their previous 18 regular-season matches at house.
Dallas (9-10-6, 33 factors) heads house after a 2-1 loss to enlargement St. Louis. Goalkeeper Maarten Paes was despatched off within the twelfth minute for the Toros, marking the earliest a keeper has been despatched off in an MLS match since 2014. Eugene Ansah logged his first profession regular-season objective for FC Dallas within the loss.
“Enjoying 70 or 80 minutes with 10 gamers may be troublesome, particularly towards a crew with the vitality of St. Louis,” FC Dallas coach Nico Estevez mentioned. “The distinction was that they took benefit of their possibilities, and we did not. I’m actually happy with the group for the way they fought to get a consequence on the highway.”
FC Dallas will play their third contest in eight days and are 1-3-1 of their previous 5 league matches. Jesus Ferreira (10 objectives, two assists) is Dallas’ solely participant with greater than 5 objectives and assists mixed, and he is been out of the lineup the previous few video games as a consequence of sickness.
It is the primary time Dallas has performed Atlanta at house since July 4, 2018. The all-time sequence is break up at two wins apiece, the latest assembly being a 1-0 Atlanta victory at house in 2020.
Atlanta (11-8-8, 41 factors) travels to the Dallas-Fort Price Metroplex after a 2-1 loss at house to league-leading FC Cincinnati on Wednesday. Edwin Mosquera volleyed house a go from Xande Silva early on to attain his first skilled objective, however Atlanta couldn’t maintain on.
“Within the second half we misplaced management of the sport,” Atlanta United assistant coach Diego de la Torre mentioned. “We have been enjoying towards the first-place crew within the League, they usually have been chasing and competing.”
The 5 Stripes’ most up-to-date highway match was a 2-0 win at Seattle on Aug. 20 and was simply their fourth victory of their final 30 matches away from house. Atlanta hasn’t posted back-to-back highway wins since August 2021.
Atlanta head coach Gonzalo Pineda missed the Cincinnati match as a consequence of yellow card accumulation. He’ll return for the FC Dallas match.
—Area Stage Media
