April 15, 2023 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – FC Dallas News Release
FRISCO, TX – FC Dallas (4-2-2, 14 points) defeats Real Salt Lake (2-5-0, 6 points) 2-1 after Bernard Kamungo scored the game-winning goal in the 88th minute in front of a sold-out crowd at Toyota Stadium.
JESÚS LOVES TOYOTA STADIUM
Jesús Ferreira scored his fifth goal of the season in the fifth minute and was assisted by Geovane Jesus. Ferreira has scored 24 goals at Toyota Stadium, second most goals scored by an FC Dallas player since the stadium opened in 2005. Only Kenny Cooper (27) has more goals at Toyota Stadium as an FC Dallas player.
FIRST GOAL MATTERS
Dallas is unbeaten in its last 10 MLS matches when leading at half-time (W6, D4) dating back to May 19, 2022 against Vancouver Whitecaps (L1-2). Dallas has also avoided defeat in its last 15 matches when scoring the opening goal.
THE PATHWAY TO PRO
Bernard Kamungo made his first appearance of the 2023 season by coming on in the 72nd minute of the match. Kamungo scored his first career FC Dallas goal and game-winning goal in the 88th minute of the match. Kamungo was born in a refugee camp in Tanzania and moved to Abilene, Texas at the age of 14. He came to the FC Dallas organization through an open tryout. Learn more about his story here.
UP NEXT
FC Dallas will visit New York City FC on Saturday, April 22 at Citi Field. The match kicks off at 6:30 PM CT on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV, the FC Dallas app, Talk Radio 1190 and TUDN 1270AM.
Lineups
FC Dallas – Maarten Paes; Geovane Jesus (Ema Twumasi – 81′), Sebastian Ibeagha, José Martínez, Marco Farfan; Sebastian Lletget (Tsiki Ntsabeleng – 82′), Facundo Quignon, Paxton Pomykal, Paul Arriola (Jáder Obrian – 72′); Jesús Ferreira, Jesús Jiménez (Bernard Kamungo – 72′).
Substitutes not used – Jimmy Maurer, Nkosi Tafari, Sam Junqua, Edwin Cerrillo, José Mulato.
Real Salt Lake – Zac MacMath; Bode Hidalgo (Emeka Eneli – 65′), Justen Glad, Marcelo Silva, Brayan Vera; Carlos Gomez (Justin Meram – 65′), Jasper Löffelsend (Braian Ojeda – 46′), Pablo Ruiz, Jefferson Savarino; Rubio Rubín (Ilijah Paul – 81′), Anderson Julio (Danny Musovski – 81′).
Substitutes not used – Tomas Gomez, Bryan Oviedo, Maikel Chang, Danny Musovski, Diego Luna.
Scoring Summary:
DAL: Jesús Ferreira (Geovane Jesus, Sebastian Lletget) – 5′
DAL: Jefferson Savarino (Justin Meram, Brayan Vera) – 68′
DAL: Bernard Kamungo (Marco Farfan, Jáder Obrian) – 88′
Misconduct Summary:
RSL: Rubio Rubin (caution) – 49′
FCD: Geovane Jesus…
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