April 30, 2022 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – FC Dallas News Release
Kansas City, Kansas – FC Dallas (4-1-4, 16 points) earned a road point after playing to a 2-2 draw against Sporting Kansas City (2-6-2, 8) on Saturday night at Children’s Mercy Park.
Game Summary
First Half:
3′ – CHANCE (DAL) – Paxton Pomykal played a through ball into the path of Paul Arriola but SKC goalkeeper Tim Melia came off his line to intervene.
22′ – GOAL (SKC) – Johnny Russell converted his penalty to give SKC the lead after José Martínez fouled Daniel Sallói in the box.
29′ – SHOT (SKC) – Sallói collected a looping pass from Johnny Russell in the box but his shot sailed over Maarten Paes’ goal.
31′ – CHANCE (DAL) – Jesús Ferreira beat his defender to a loose ball in the box but his shot only found the side netting.
36′ – GOAL (DAL) – Alan Velasco’s free kick from the left flank curls over Melia’s leap to tie the score with FC Dallas first road goal of the season.
42′ – GOAL (DAL) – Arriola played a perfect through ball into the path of Ferreira who dribbled into the middle of the box before placing his shot in the top right corner to give FC Dallas the 2-1 lead.
Second Half
56′ – SHOT (SKC) – Sporting’s Sallói had two great chances in Dallas’ box but both his shots were blocked off the line, first by Paes before Martínez made a goal-saving block with his head.
66′ – SHOT (SKC) – Russell’s free kick attempt near the outside of the box sailed high over Paes’ goal.
72′ – SHOT (DAL) – Velasco’s free kick from the left side of the field was placed perfectly for Facundo Quignon whose shot was saved by Melia.
77′ – GOAL (SKC) – Sallói’s shot from the inside of the box was able to get past Paes to level the match at 2-2.
90’+5′ – CHANCE (DAL) – Nanu squared the ball into the box and nearly connected with Franco Jara but the striker lost his footing before he could take the shot.
Lineups:
FC Dallas – Maarten Paes; Ema Twumasi, Matt Hedges, José Martínez, Marco Farfan (Nanu – 85′); Facundo Quignon, Tsiki Ntsabeleng (Brandon Servania – 60′), Paxton Pomykal; Paul Arriola (Edwin Cerrillo – 80′), Jesús Ferreira (Franco Jara – 85′), Alan Velasco (Joshué Quiñónez – 81′).
Substitutes not used – Jimmy Maurer, Lucas Bartlett, Szabolcs Schön, Jáder Obrian.
FC Dallas Stats Summary:
Shots: 9
Shots on Goal: 4
Saves: 2
Corner Kicks: 0
Fouls: 16
Offside: 2
Sporting Kansas City – Tim Melia; Graham Suzi (Cam Duke – 23′), Kortne Ford, Robert Voloder, Logan Ndenbe; Rémi Walter, Oriol Rosell (Felipe Hernández – 63′), Roger Espinoza (Marinos Tzionis – 80′); Johnny Russell, Khiry Shelton, Daniel Sallói.
Substitutes not used – John Pulskamp, Andreu Fontàs, Ben Sweat, Kaveh Rad, Jacob Davis, Nikola Vujnovic.
Sporting Kansas CIty Stats Summary:
Shots: 15
Shots on Goal: 5
Saves: 2
Corner Kicks: 1
Fouls: 15
Offside: 0
Scoring Summary:
SKC: Johnny Russell (penalty kick) – 22′
DAL: Alan Velasco – 36′
DAL: Jesús Ferreira (Paul Arriola) – 42′
SKC: Daniel Sallói (Cam Duke) – 77′
Misconduct Summary:
DAL: Tsiki Ntsabeleng (caution) – 25′
SKC: Remi Walter (caution) – 27′
SKC: Kortne Ford (caution) – 34′
DAL: Ema Twumasi (caution) – 44′
DAL: Alan Velasco (caution) – 53′
DAL: Jesús Ferreira (caution) – 62′
DAL: Brandon Servania (caution) – 63′
DAL: Brandon Servania (ejection) – 67′
DAL: Maarten Paes (caution) – 90’+4′
Weather: Cloudy, 80°
Attendance: 17.344
Referee: Nima Saghafi
Assistant Referees: Adam Wienckowski, Diego Blas
Fourth official: Lukasz Szpala
VAR: José Carlos Rivero
Ast. VAR: Jonathan Johnson
FC Dallas Postgame Quotes
Head Coach Nico Estévez
Initial thoughts on the match…
“Any game played in Kansas will always be complicated, the game and the atmosphere is what makes it difficult to play in. We showed in the first half that we are a team with a brave mentality and attitude. We came here to play and we showed it, especially in the play building up to Jesús’ goal. There were parts throughout the game where we had good sequences and plays. Their major threats were when they would counter us, but other than that it felt like it was a fair match up. They came out pressing in the second half but we still kept playing the way we did in the first half. We are a team that is still in the process of improving and playing better weekly. I am happy with the team’s performance and mentality they showed throughout the match, even when going down a player.”
On the positives from tonight’s match…
“It’s impressive what these guys did today to get a point on the road. We have to give credit to them. It is not easy with all the adversities that were had against us today. It was very professional of the players to answer like that throughout the game. This team is going to build off today’s disappointment, the disappointment to not get three points with 10-men, and the disappointment to not get the three points with the adversities we had. We are really disappointed but we want to use this energy to focus on Monday and prepare the best way we can for Seattle.”
Forward Alan Velasco
On describing his goal tonight…
“Leading up to the freekick, I was talking to Marco [Farfan] on who would take the free kick. I told him to let me take it because I saw that the goalie had left a lot of space at the back post. The ball was able to float just enough to get over the goalkeeper’s and it went in from a tough angle.”
On the physicality of the game…
“I am still needing to develop more physically but that will come over time as we are still working on that. There were times during the game that it felt like I was doing better tonight. The referee was making questionable decisions for both teams today but I prefer not to speak on that topic. We will work during the week to keep improving and showing teams that we come out to play.” Forward Jesús Ferreira
Overall thoughts on the game…
“A lot of the guys were upset. We know that we could have done more. We could have come out with the three points. It’s soccer, you know. Obviously, we went down a man and we have to adapt. This is a place that you come here and there’s always a battle. It’s war. It’s every ball – 50-50. It’s a challenge. Knowing that we came here and we took a point home, that’s the important thing. Obviously, there’s stuff we have to work on, especially in the second half but that’s something that we’ll take home, look at film, and adapt and fix during the week so we can take three points at home.”
Playing a man down and coming away with a point…
“We knew that this is a battle. It’s strong place, hard place to get points. We’re glad that we could get that point and go home and taking a point back home is the most important thing.”
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