FC Dallas Battles to a 0-0 Draw with Seattle Sounders FC

April 13, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
FC Dallas News Release

FRISCO, Texas – FC Dallas (1-4-2, 5 points) played to a 0-0 draw with Seattle Sounders FC (1-3-3, 6 points) in head coach Nico Estévez’ 75th MLS regular season match in charge on Saturday night in front of a sold out Toyota Stadium.

REPEATING THE ELEVEN

Head coach Nico Estévez used the same lineup in back-to-back league games for the first time since March of 2022, his first two matches in charge. Estévez coached his 75th regular season game with FC Dallas and holds a 26-23-26 record.

SELLOUT NUMBER 4

FC Dallas recorded its fourth consecutive sellout of the 2024 season. This marks the first time in club history that FC Dallas has sold out Toyota Stadium in its first four home games of the regular season.

17 CLEAN SHEETS AND COUNTING

Goalkeeper Maarten Paes recorded his 17th career shutout in goal for Dallas, moving into a tie with Chris Seitz for fifth-place in the FC Dallas record book. Paes was tied with Dallas Burn legend Mark Dodd in sixth-place all time with 16 shutouts.

UP NEXT: PRIME TIME IN COLORADO

FC Dallas visits the Colorado Rapids on Saturday, April 20 at 8:30 PM CT. The match will air on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV, the FC Dallas app in Spanish and English, and Talk Radio 1190 AM in English.

Lineups

FC Dallas – Maarten Paes, Sam Junqua, Omar González, Sebastien Ibeagha, Dante Sealy, Liam Fraser, Patrickson Delgado (Asier Illarramendi – 69′), Paul Arriola, Sebastian Lletget (Logan Farrington – 87′), Eugene Ansah (Berard Kamungo – 69′), Petar Musa.

Substitutes not used – Jimmy Maurer, Carl Sainté, Nkosi Tafari, Herbert Endeley, Enes Sali, Ema Twumasi.

Seattle Sounders FC – Stefan Frei; Alex Roldan, Yéimar Gonzalez Andrade, Jackson Ragen, Nouhou; Obed Vargas (Dylan Teves – 90’+2′), Josh Atencio (Joao Paulo – 65′); Cristian Roldan, Albert Rusnák, Jordan Morris; Raúl Ruidíaz (Danny Musovski – 86′).

Substitutes not used – Andrew Thomas, Cody Baker, Xavier Arreaga, Jonathan Bell, Leo Chu, Danny Leyva.

Scoring Summary:

N/A

Misconduct Summary:

DAL: Dante Sealy (caution) – 45′

DAL: Paul Arriola (caution) – 73′

Attendance: 19,096

Weather: 82° Sunny

FC DALLAS POSTGAME QUOTES

Head Coach Nico Estévez

On what was missing in front of goal…

“Quality. A lot of quality. This is what I told the guys. But not only quality, technical execution on the shots because we had 12 shots, but only two were on target. In the first half, most of the situations we had, they were open to shoot and they would pass. And…