FC Dallas Splits Points with Real Salt Lake

August 27, 2022 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – FC Dallas News Release

Frisco, Texas – FC Dallas (11-8-10, 43 points) and Real Salt Lake (10-8-9, 39 points) split points on Saturday night at Toyota Stadium. FC Dallas winger Alan Velasco’s early goal was canceled out by Real Salt Lake’s Anderson Julio resulting in a 1-1 draw.

AUGUST OVERALL

FC Dallas ends August with a 2-2-2 record with seven goals scored and eight goals conceded. Dallas finished 2-0-1 at Toyota Stadium and 0-2-1 on the road this month.

VELAS-GOAT

FC Dallas holds a 2-0-3 record when winger Alan Velasco finds the back of the net. The Argentine registered his fifth goal of the season tonight in the seventh minute of the match.

ENTERING HALF TIME

When FC Dallas scores first, the club holds a 5-0-4 record when playing at Toyota Stadium. Dallas’ improves to 3-0-4 when leading at halftime at home.

STANDINGS UPDATE

FC Dallas falls to fourth place in the Western Conference standings with 43 points following tonight’s tie with Salt Lake. With 40 goals scored and 33 goals conceded, Dallas holds the third-best goal differential (+7) in the conference with Minnesota behind LAFC (29) and Austin FC (22). FC Dallas improves to 8-3-4 following tonight’s draw.

UP NEXT: FC DALLAS TRAVELS TO MINNESOTA UNITED FC

FC Dallas visits Minnesota United FC at Allianz Field on Saturday, September 3. The match kicks off at 2:30PM CT (Univision, TUDN, Talk Radio 1190AM KFXR and TUDN 1270AM).

Lineups

FC Dallas – Maarten Paes; Ema Twumasi (Nanu – 75′), Matt Hedges, José Martínez, Marco Farfan; Edwin Cerrillo (Jáder Obrian – 86′), Paxton Pomykal (Brandon Servania – 51′), Sebastian Lletget (Facundo Quignon – 86′); Paul Arriola, Jesús Ferreira, Alan Velasco.

Substitutes not used – Jimmy Maurer, Nkosi Tafari, Tsiki Ntsabeleng, Kalil ElMedkhar, Beni Redžić.

Real Salt Lake – Zac MacMath; Aaron Herrera, Justen Glad, Marcelo Silva, Andrew Brody (Bryan Oviedo – 84′); Maikel Chang (Rubio Rubín – 62′), Jasper Löffelsend (Scott Caldwell – 84′), Pablo Ruiz, Justin Meram (Diego Luna – 68′); Sergio Córdova (Anderson Julio – 62′), Jefferson Savarino.

Substitutes not used – Tomas Gómez, Bode Hidalgo, Johan Kappelhof, Nick Besler.

Scoring Summary:

FCD: Alan Velasco – 7′

RSL: Anderson Julio (Aaron Herrera, Jasper Löffelsend) – 69′

Misconduct Summary:

RSL: Jasper Löffelsend (caution) – 36′

RSL: Maikel Chang (caution) – 45′

FCD: Alan Velasco (caution) – 56′

Weather: Partly cloudy, 86ËšF

Attendance: 15,573

Referee: Ramy Touchan

Assistant Referees:…