May 11, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
FC Dallas News Release
FRISCO, Texas – FC Dallas (3-6-2, 11 points) beat Austin FC 2-1 (4-4-4, 16 points) in a Copa Tejas matchup on a drizzly Saturday night in front of another sold-out Toyota Stadium crowd.
MUSA, GIVE AND TAKE
Forward Petar Musa scored his third goal in the past four MLS matches after taking advantage of an Austin mistake during the fourth minute. The goal was the earliest of the season for Dallas and ended Austin FC’s franchise record of 307 straight minutes without allowing a score. Musa leads Dallas with four goals this season and has a goal contribution in every match when facing fellow Texas squads.
SCORE EARLY AND FAST
Musa scored just 3:19 into the match, marking the fastest goal for Dallas this season. FC Dallas has scored in each of its last four MLS matches.
JESÚS FERREIRA HISTÓRICO
FC Dallas Homegrown Jesús Ferreira became the youngest player in MLS history to score 50 goals in regular season action. Ferreira scored Dallas’ second goal of the night following a Musa pass to space. This is his second goal of the 2024 MLS season.
Ferreira is the third player in MLS history to reach 50 goals before his 24th birthday (23 years, 132 days), edging out New England Revolution’s midfielder Diego Fagúndez (23 years, 256 days old) for the MLS record.
LUCKY SIX!
FC Dallas recorded its sixth consecutive sellout of the 2024 season. This marks the first time in club history that FC Dallas has sold out Toyota Stadium its first six home games.
RECORD AGAINST AUSTIN
Dallas is 6-2-2 overall and 4-0-1 against Austin at Toyota Stadium.
UP NEXT: THE 2024 TEXAS DERBY FINALE
FC Dallas heads down highway I-45 to take on Houston Dynamo FC in the final Texas Derby of the 2024 season at Shell Energy Stadium on Saturday, May 18. The match will kick off at 7:30PM CT and 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; Sebastien Ibeagha, Nkosi Tafari, Sam Junqua; Ema Twumasi, Liam Fraser, Asier Illarramendi (Patrickson Delgado – 45′), Marco Farfan; Jesús Ferreira (Bernard Kamungo – 71′), Petar Musa (Logan Farrington – 71′), Tsiki Ntsabeleng (Herbert Endeley – 84′).
Substitutes not used – Jimmy Maurer, Omar González, Dante Sealy, Carl Sainté, Eugene Ansah.
Austin FC – Brad Stuver; Jon Gallagher, Julio Cascante, Brendan Hines-Ike, Guilherme Biro (Zan Kolmanic – 57′); Dani Pereira (Jhojan Valencia – 74′), Alex Ring…
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