March 11, 2023 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – FC Dallas News Release
VANCOUVER, BC – FC Dallas (1-1-1, 4 points) and Vancouver Whitecaps FC (0-2-1, 1 point) share points during a 1-1 draw at BC Place on Saturday afternoon.
CENTURION
Homegrown forward Jesús Ferreira made his 100th-career MLS start in tonight’s match. His first start came on March 23, 2019 against the Colorado Rapids, almost two years after he made his debut as substitute on June 3, 2017.
BREAKTHROUGH
Defender Sebastien Ibeagha opened the scoring with his first-ever MLS goal in his 97th league appearance. The goal was assisted by his center back partner Nkosi Tafari, the third of his career. Ibeagha’s goal is the fastest goal scored in the 2023 MLS Regular season at four minutes and three seconds.
DEBUT
Defender Sam Junqua made his FC Dallas debut as a substitute in the 89th minute. Junqua is the 281st different player to make an MLS appearance for the club.
FACING THE WHITECAPS
FC Dallas is 10-9-8 in regular season matches against the Vancouver Whitecaps with a 3-7-5 record in Vancouver. FC Dallas had lost the three last meetings at BC Place with its last road win on Sept. 23, 2018. Vancouver was the only team to win both regular season games against Dallas last season.
UP NEXT
FC Dallas returns home to face Sporting Kansas City on Saturday, March 18 at Toyota Stadium. The match kicks off at 7:30PM CT on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV.
Lineups
FC Dallas – Maarten Paes; Ema Twumasi (Geovane Jesus – 77′), Sebastien Ibeagha, Nkosi Tafari, Marco Farfan (Sam Junqua – 89′); Paxton Pomykal, Edwin Cerrillo, Sebastian Lletget (José Martínez – 60′); Paul Arriola © (Jáder Obrian – 60′), Jesús Ferreira, Alan Velasco.
Substitutes not used – Jimmy Maurer, Nolan Norris, Tsiki Ntsabeleng, Bernard Kamungo, José Mulato.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC – Yohei Takaoka; Ryan Raposo (Ali Ahmed – 83′), Ranko Veselinovic, Javain Brown, Tristan Blackmon; Julian Gressel (Mathías Laborda – 83′), Ryan Gauld ©, Adrián Cubas, Alessandro Schöpf (Sebastian Berhalter – 78′), Cristian Dájome (Sergio Córdova – 45′), Brian White (Pedro Vite – 70′).
Substitutes not used – Russell Teibert, Thomas Hasal, Jean-Claude Ngando, Karifa Yao.
Scoring Summary:
DAL: Sebastien Ibeagha (Nkosi Tafari) – 5′
VAN: Paul Arriola (own goal) – 34′
Misconduct Summary:
VAN: Adrián Cubas (caution) – 42′
DAL: Nkosi Tafari (caution) – 69′
VAN: Alessandro Schöpf (caution) – 75′
DAL: Jader Obrían (caution) – 88′
Weather: Showers, 44°F
Attendance: 16,780
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