FC Dallas Falls to Los Angeles Football Club 2-1

March 26, 2023 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – FC Dallas News Release

LOS ANGELES – FC Dallas’ (2-2-1, 7 points) comeback falls short in a 2-1 loss to LAFC (3-0-1, 10 points) at BMO Stadium on Saturday night.

CENTERBACKS WHO ATTACK

Nkosi Tafari scored his second career goal for FC Dallas in the 73rd minute of the match which tied the game at 1. His centerback partner, Sebastien Ibeagha, earned the assist after setting up Tafari for the goal. In the last road game against Whitecaps FC, Tafari was the one who assisted Ibeagha on his goal in the 1-1 tie. The last time Tafari scored was in the 2-2 draw against Houston Dynamo on August 21, 2021.

A CENTURY MILESTONE

Marco Farfan appeared in his 100th MLS match Saturday night. He signed as a Homegrown player for the Portland Timbers in October 2016. He played a career-high 32 games for FC Dallas in 2022. Prior to joining FC Dallas, Farfan played one season with LAFC.

UP NEXT

FC Dallas hosts the Portland Timbers, in a match presented by AdvoCare, on April 1 at 7:30PM for its Red Out match at Toyota Stadium. The match will be available for free on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV.

Lineups

FC Dallas – Maarten Paes; Marco Farfan (Sam Junqua – 87′), Nkosi Tafari, Sebastian Ibeagha, Ema Twumasi; Facundo Quignon, Facundo Quignon (Tsiki Ntsabeleng – 70′); Jáder Obrian (Geovane Jesus – 40′), Alan Velasco (Jesús Jiménez – 70′), Paul Arriola (José Mulato – 88′); Jesús Ferreira.

Substitutes not used – Jimmy Maurer, Amet Korça, Paxton Pomykal, Bernard Kamungo.

LAFC – John McCarthy; Ryan Hollingshead, Giorgio Chiellini, Jesús Murillo (Aaron Long – 65′), Sergi Palanca; Kellyn Acosta, Ilie Sánchez; Timothy Tillman, Stipe Biuk (Dénis Bouanga – 65′), Carlos Vela; Kwadwo Opoku.

Substitutes not used – Eldin Jakupović, Denil Maldonado, Erik Dueñas, Nathan Ordaz, Julian Gaines.

Scoring Summary:

LAFC: Timothy Tillman – 2′

FCD: Nkosi Tafari (Sebastien Ibeagha, Jesús Jiménez) – 73′

LAFC: Dénis Bouanga (Carlos Vela) – 84′

Misconduct Summary:

FCD: Ema Twumasi (ejection) – 35′

LAFC: Jesús Murillo (caution) – 38′

FCD: Facundo Quignon (caution) – 41′

FCD: Nico Estévez (caution) – 45’+4′

FCD: Sebastien Ibeagha (caution) – 53′

FCD: Edwin Cerrillo (caution) – 62′

FCD: Nkosi Tafari (caution) – 66′

LAFC: Ryan Hollingshead (caution) – 69′

Weather: Clear, 59°F

Attendance: 22,163

POSTGAME QUOTES

FC DALLAS

Head Coach Nico Estévez

On the postgame message to the team…

“I will say we didn’t play good the first 15 minutes of the match and that goal [LAFC] scored is…