FC Dallas Falls to Tigres UANL in International Friendly

September 24, 2022 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – FC Dallas News Release

Frisco, Texas – FC Dallas dropped a friendly match 3-0 against the Tigres UANL on Saturday afternoon at Toyota Stadium.

RETURN APPEARANCE

Midfielder Thomas Roberts made his first appearance for FC Dallas since playing against Sporting Kansas City in Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup play on May 11. He subbed on at halftime for Sebastian Lletget against Tigres.

SERIES HISTORY

This matchup marks the ninth meeting between the two sides. Dallas is 3-6-0 all-time against Tigres. FCD first played the 62-year-old club on July 19, 2006 in a 2-0 win in the first leg of the Rio Grande Plate in Frisco

FAMILIAR FOE

Forward Franco Jara made his 13th career appearance against Tigres. Jara played for Liga MX’s Pachuca from 2015-2020 prior to joining Dallas.

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Lineups

FC Dallas – Maarten Paes; Nanu (Ema Twumasi – 81′), Matt Hedges (Joshué Quiñónez – 60′), Nkosi Tafari, Eddie Munjoma (Marco Farfan – 60′); Facundo Quignon (Edwin Cerrillo – 75′), Brandon Servania (Paxton Pomykal – 60′), Sebastian Lletget (Thomas Roberts – 46′); Beni Redžić (Jáder Obrian – 60′), Franco Jara, Kalil Elmedkhar.

Substitutes not used – Julian Eyestone.

Tigres UANL – Nahuel Guzman (Miguel Ortega – 46′); Igor Lichnovsky (Hugo Ayala – 46′), Samir De Souza (Diego Reyes – 46′), Juan Pablo Vigon (Francisco Venegas – 60′); Jordy Caicedo; Jesus Garza (Eduardo Tercero – 68′) Sebastian Cordova (Rafael Carioca – 46′), David Ayala (Luis Quiñones – 60′), Guido Pizarro (Florian Thauvin – 46′); Raymundo Fulgencio (Nicolas Lopez -60′), Luis Rodriguez (Vladimir Loroña – 68′).

Scoring Summary:

UANL: Jesus Garza – 45’+4′

UANL: Juan Pablo Vigon – 50′

UANL: Florian Thauvin – 71′

Misconduct Summary:

UANL: David Ayala (caution) – 20′

DAL: Franco Jara(caution) – 35′

UANL: Juan Pablo Vigon (caution) – 35′

UANL: Nahuel Guzman (caution) – 40′

DAL: Matt Hedges (caution) – 45′

Weather: Sunny, 95ËšF

Attendance: 14,199

Referee: Lorenzo Hernandez

Assistant Referees: Ricardo Ocampo, Jennifer Garner

Fourth official: Brandon Garner

FC DALLAS POSTGAME QUOTES

Head Coach Nico Estévez

What was learned from tonight’s match…

“The mission for this match was to have a positive result than what we experienced. We had the mentality that we could fight for a win. If we analyze this match and all of the chances both…