June 30, 2022 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – FC Dallas News Release
Los Angeles, CA – FC Dallas (7-5-5, 26 points) falls 3-1 to LAFC (11-3-3, 36 points) on Wednesday night at Banc of California Stadium.
LEADING SCORER
Forward Jesús Ferreira scored his 10th goal of the season to become the outright top scorer in MLS. With 14 overall goal contributions this season (10 goals, four assists), Ferreira is just one shy of his previous career-high of 15 in 2021 (nine goals, eight assists).
MATT HEDGES 25,000 MINUTES
Defender Matt Hedges passed 25,000 career minutes played 58 minutes into tonight’s match. Hedges ranks eighth among active MLS players and first in club history.
BOX SCORE BREAKDOWN
FC Dallas out possessed LAFC 52-48 and completed 27 more passes (450-413). LAFC outshot Dallas 16-9 with a 9-3 advantage in attempts on target. Maarten Paes made six saves tying his career-high set at New York Red Bulls.
UP NEXT: FC DALLAS FACES INTER MIAMI CF
FC Dallas hosts Inter Miami CF in its annual Fourth of July match on Monday at Toyota Stadium. Monday’s match kicks off at 8PM CT and will broadcast locally on TXA 21, FCDTV Network, KMPX-29, Talk Radio 1190AM KFXR and TUDN 1270AM. Pregame coverage begins at 7:30PM.
Lineups
FC Dallas – Maarten Paes; Ema Twumasi (Nanu – 76′), Matt Hedges, Nkosi Tafari, Marco Farfan; Edwin Cerrillo (Facundo Quignon – 87′), Brandon Servania (Tsiki Ntsabeleng – 67′), Paxton Pomykal (Franco Jara – 76′); Paul Arriola, Jesús Ferreira, Jáder Obrian (Alan Velasco – 67′).
Substitutes not used – Jimmy Maurer, Lucas Bartlett, Eddie Munjoma, Beni Redžić.
LAFC – Maxime Crépeau; Ryan Hollingshead (Franco Escobar – 71′), Jesús Murillo (Eddie Segura – 87′), Sebastien Ibeagha, Diego Palacios; Kellyn Acosta, Ilie Sánchez, Jose Cifuentes (Francisco Ginella – 87′); Danny Musovski (Kwadwo Opoku – 71′), Cristian Arango, Carlos Vela.
Substitutes not used – John McCarthy, Mamadou Fall, Latif Blessing, Jennings, Danny Trejo.
Scoring Summary:
LAFC: Danny Musovski (Jose Cifuentes) – 23′
DAL: Jesús Ferreira – 38′
LAFC: Cristian Arango (Carlos Vela, Kellyn Acosta) – 57′
LAFC: Kwadwo Opoku (Carlos Vela) – 86′
Misconduct Summary:
DAL: Brandon Servania (caution) – 12′
DAL: Nkosi Tafari (caution) – 44′
LAFC: Jose Cifuentes (caution) – 82′
Weather: Clear, 72°
Attendance: 22,014
Referee: Marcos de Oliveira
Assistant Referees: Cameron Blanchard, Jose Da Silva
Fourth official: Ramy Touchan
VAR: Geoff Gamble
Assistant VAR: Fabio Tovar
FC DALLAS POSTGAME QUOTES
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