FRISCO. Dallas overcomes Seattle Sounders 3-1. Dallas got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Paul Arriola (6′) and Jesús Ferreira (18′). Seattle Sounders tried to recover with a goal from Jordan Morris (48′). Nevertheless, the match was closed by a goal (89′) scored by Jader Obrian for Dallas. Seattle Sounders lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the Toyota Stadium stadium in Frisco on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Rosendo Mendoza who was helped by Logan Brown and Brooke Mayo. The 4th official was Jon Freemon. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 22.94 degrees Celsius or 73.29 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.
Match Statistics
- 43 Ball Possession 57
Shots
- 8 Total 11
- 3 On Target 5
- 3 Off Target 6
- 2 Shots blocked 1
- 83 Attack 109
- 24 Dangerous attack 55
- 74 Ball safe 67
- 1 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 4
- 1 Off Sides 6
Fouls
- 12 Total 8
- 3 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Seattle Sounders had a strong ball possession 57% while Dallas was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Seattle Sounders had a more offensive attitude with 55 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyway, Dallas was able to find the solution to win this encounter.
Dallas shot 8 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Seattle Sounders shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Dallas received 3 yellow cards (Paxton Pomykal, Paul Arriola and Asier Illarramendi). Regarding the opposition, Seattle Sounders received 3 yellow cards (Josh Atencio, Yeimar Gómez Andrade and Nouhou Tolo).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After playing this encounter, Dallas will have 46 points to remain in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, Seattle Sounders will stay with 53 points to remain in the 2nd place.
Next matches
Dallas – Formation
Dallas adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Nicolás Estévez Martínez decided to play with the following team: Maarten Paes
, Ema Twumasi , Sebastien Ibeagha , Nkosi Burgess , Sam Junqua , Liam Fraser , Asier Illarramendi , Bernard Kamungo , Paxton Pomykal , Paul Arriola and Jesús Ferreira .The home team had on the bench: Jimmy Maurer, José Antonio Martinez, Marco Farfan
, Jader Obrian , Jesús Jiménez, Dante Sealy, Sebastian Lletget, Tsiki Ntsabeleng and Eugene Ansah .Dallas could not rely on the presence of Eugene Ansah (injured).
Substitutions
Dallas made 4 changes: Bernard Kamungo for Marco Farfan (73′), Jesús Ferreira for Eugene Ansah (84′), Paxton Pomykal for Jader Obrian (83′) and Paul Arriola for Dante Sealy (90′).
Best player: Bernard Kamungo
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Dallas was Bernard Kamungo.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 17 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 2 crosses.Seattle Sounders – Formation
Also Seattle Sounders adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Brian Schmetzer played with: Stefan Frei
, Alex Roldán , Yeimar Gómez Andrade , Jackson Ragen , Nouhou Tolo , João Paulo , Josh Atencio , Cristian Roldán , Albert Rusnák , Léo Chú and Jordan Morris .The following players were sitting on the bench: Xavier Arreaga, Raúl Ruidíaz
, Nicolás Lodeiro , Fredy Montero, Héber, Kelyn Rowe , Stefan Cleveland, Paul Rothrock and Obed Vargas .Seattle Sounders could not rely on the presence of Raúl Ruidíaz (injured).
Substitutions
Seattle Sounders made 4 changes: João Paulo for Obed Vargas (69′), Léo Chú for Nicolás Lodeiro (59′), Josh Atencio for Raúl Ruidíaz (69′) and Nouhou Tolo for Kelyn Rowe (84′).
Best player: Nicolás Lodeiro
The most impressive player for Seattle Sounders was Nicolás Lodeiro.
His rating is
with 14 passes (79% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 5. He performed 3 crosses.His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 59′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.