FC Dallas maintains its at-home non-losing streak to Austin FC in this Saturday’s 2-1 win.
Now, FCD joins the Verde and Black at the top of this season’s Copa Tejas leaderboard.
Dallas snapped Austin’s three-game shutout streak in the 4th minute, when forward Petar Musa picked off a pass played back for his fourth goal of the season.
Forward Jesús Ferreira tacked on the night’s second with his second of the season in the 56th minute. He had a 1-on-1 break away and beat Austin goalkeeper Brad Stuver, who led the MLS with 58 saves, to finish it in the bottom right corner. Ferreira is now the youngest player to reach 50 goals in the MLS regular season.
According to Head Coach Nico Estévez, the most important takeaway from the match was how united the team was.
“The willingness to win the game, the suffering, the sacrifice, hanging out there in the difficult moments… being humble to defend when needed…” Estévez said. “I think it was a collective team win.”
FCD did give up a penalty, in the 82nd minute—Austin midfielder and captain Sebastian Driussi buried it left past Dallas goalkeeper Maarten Paes.
It’s FC Dallas’ second win of the week, after beating Memphis 901 FC 1-0 on Tuesday in Round 32 of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
Austin FC will head back down I-35 with a loss on its record, while FC Dallas and its three points will head south next Saturday, May 18, for another Copa Tejas leg and Texas Derby matchup with Houston Dynamo FC.
Kickoff is set for 7:30.
Now, FCD joins the Verde and Black at the top of this season’s Copa Tejas leaderboard.
Dallas snapped Austin’s three-game shutout streak in the 4th minute, when forward Petar Musa picked off a pass played back for his fourth goal of the season.
Forward Jesús Ferreira tacked on the night’s second with his second of the season in the 56th minute. He had a 1-on-1 break away and beat Austin goalkeeper Brad Stuver, who led the MLS with 58 saves, to finish it in the bottom right corner. Ferreira is now the youngest player to reach 50 goals in the MLS regular season.
According to Head Coach Nico Estévez, the most important takeaway from the match was how united the team was.
“The willingness to win the game, the suffering, the sacrifice, hanging out there in the difficult moments… being humble to defend when needed…” Estévez said. “I think it was a collective team win.”
FCD did give up a penalty, in the 82nd minute—Austin midfielder and captain Sebastian Driussi buried it left past Dallas goalkeeper Maarten Paes.
It’s FC Dallas’ second win of the week, after beating Memphis 901 FC 1-0 on Tuesday in Round 32 of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
Austin FC will head back down I-35 with a loss on its record, while FC Dallas and its three points will head south next Saturday, May 18, for another Copa Tejas leg and Texas Derby matchup with Houston Dynamo FC.
Kickoff is set for 7:30.
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00:00 FC Dallas has never lost to Austin FC here at Toyota Stadium and as of this
00:09 Saturday that remains the same. A 2-1 win in favor of FC Dallas is all the
00:14 team really needed in order to forget about what happened back at Q2 Stadium
00:18 in March. Head coach Nico Estevez says that this team plays the best when they
00:23 play aggressive against Austin FC. I think it was a collective team win and
00:28 this is what I said the other day in the press conference when when they asked me
00:32 about how the group it is. It's very united you can see it how they battle
00:36 each other and how they want to to win for their fans for the for the club.
00:41 Meanwhile Jesus Ferreira scored the night's second goal really sealing the
00:46 deal. It'll be back-to-back rivalry games for FC Dallas when they head to Houston
00:50 next Saturday. For all things FC Dallas you can tune in to Spectrum Cable
00:54 channel 15 on Wednesday and Thursday nights at 11 for D210 sports I'm Sydney
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