October 30, 2021 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – FC Dallas News Release
Frisco, TX FC Dallas (7-15-11, 32 points) defeated rivals Austin FC (28 points, 8-20-4) 2-1 to win the Copa Tejas in the final home match of the season on Saturday night at Toyota Stadium.
Game Summary
First Half:
18′ – SAVE (DAL) – Julio Cascante’s header from a difficult angle was saved by Jimmy Maurer, following a cross from Hector Jiménez.
31′ – SHOT (ATX) – Cecilio Domínguez laid the ball off for Alex Ring who struck the ball first time as his shot went wide of goal.
34′ – SHOT (DAL) – Nice link up play between Ema Twumasi and Jesús Ferreira ended in a shot that went high over the goal by Ferreira.
36′ – GOAL (ATX) – Diego Fagundez cut inside and with a curling right-footed shot beats Maurer to open up the scoring.
38′ -GOAL (DAL) – Jáder Obrian’s cross fell into the path of Ferreira who simply tapped it in to tie the score at 1-1.
Second Half
50′ – SHOT (ATX) – Nick Lima’s shot from long range was handled by Maurer with a diving save.
61′ – SHOT (DAL) – Jesús Ferreira’s free kick attempt went over the wall but did not dip down on time as it went over the goal as well.
73′ – SHOT (ATX) – Alex Ring’s cross was volleyed by Sebastián Dirussi, but his shot attempt went over the goal.
80′ – GOAL (DAL) – Franco Jara’s first touch on the field ends in a goal as he tapped Obrian’s cross in with an acrobatic jump to give FC Dallas the 2-1 lead.
85′ – SHOT (DAL) – Ricardo Pepi dispossessed the Austin defender inside the box, but his shot went too wide.
Lineups:
FC Dallas – Jimmy Maurer; Ema Twumasi, Matt Hedges, Nkosi Tafari, Ryan Hollingshead; Brandon Servania (Franco Jara – 80′), Edwin Cerrillo; Jáder Obrian, Jesús Ferreira, Paxton Pomykal (Szabolcs Schön – 76′); Ricardo Pepi (Justin Che – 90’+3′).
Substitutes not used – Kyle Zobeck, Bressan, Facundo Quignon, Bryan Acosta, Andrés Ricaurte, Freddy Vargas.
FC Dallas Stats Summary:
Shots: 10
Shots on Goal: 3
Saves: 2
Corner Kicks: 8
Fouls: 17
Offside: 4
Austin FC – Brad Stuver; Hector Jiménez, Julio Cascante (McKinze Gaines – 84′), Jhohan Romaña, Nick Lima; Alex Ring, Dani Pereira; Diego Fagundez, Sebastián Dirussi, Cecilio Domínguez (Tomas Pochettino – 66′); Moussa Djitté (Zan Kolmanic – 60′).
Substitutes not used – Andrew Tarbell, Freddy Kleemann, Jared Stroud, Sebastian Berhalter, Jon Gallagher, Kekuta Manneh.
Austin FC Stats Summary:
Shots: 10
Shots on Goal: 3
Saves: 1
Corner Kicks: 3
Fouls: 11
Offside: 0
Scoring Summary:
ATX: Nick Fagundez (Alex Ring) – 36′
DAL: Jesús Ferreira (Jáder Obrian, Ema Twumasi) – 38′
DAL: Franco Jara – 80′
Misconduct Summary:
ATX: Jhohan Romaña (caution) – 14′
FCD: Ema Twumasi (caution) – 23′
FCD: Edwin Cerrillo (caution) – 48′
ATX: Héctor Jiménez (ejection) – 58′
ATX: Brad Stuver (caution) – 72′
ATX: Diego Fagundez (caution) – 83′
Weather: Clear, 66°
Attendance: 16,080
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
Assistant Referees: Logan Brown, Jeffery Greeson
Fourth official: Marcos DeOliveira
VAR: Kevin Terry Jr.
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