FC Dallas hands Sporting KC its first home loss of the season
- FC Dallas is undefeated against Sporting KC (5-0-1) since 2019, outscoring them 15 to four.
- Paxton Pomykal and Jesús Ferreira score their first goals of the 2021 season.
- FC Dallas earns back-to-back wins for the first time this season.
- FC Dallas faces Seattle Sounders FC at Lumen Field on Wednesday, Aug. 4 at 9:00PM CT. The match will air locally on TXA21, FCDTV Network, KMPX-29, FCDallas.com/Radio and TUDN 1270AM.
Kansas City, KS (July 31, 2021) – FC Dallas (4-7-5) defeated Sporting Kansas City (9-4-3) 2-1 thanks to goals from Homegrowns Paxton Pomykal and Jesús Ferreira.
Game Summary
First Half:
- 3’ – GOAL (DAL) – Paxton Pomykal fired a right-footed shot past SKC’s Tim Melia after connecting with a pass from Ryan Hollingshead to give Dallas a 1-0 lead.
- 8’ – SAVE (SKC) – Melia made a sliding save with his feet after Pomykal found Ricardo Pepi inside the box.
- 20’ – SHOT (DAL) – Szabolcs Schön beat his defender inside the box and fired a right-footed shot but Melia was quick to make the save.
- 32’ – SAVE (DAL) – Jimmy Maurer made his first save of the night after saving a header from Gadi Kinda.
- 35’ – SHOT (DAL) – Schön made a run up the sideline and took a shot from outside the box but it went over the crossbar.
Second Half
- 51’– GOAL (DAL) – Jesús Ferreira fired a right-footed shot to the top right of the goal following a short pass from Schön at the top of the box.
- 60’– SAVE (DAL) – Maurer denied Kinda’s shot from outside the box to keep the game 2-0.
- 80’ – SAVE (DAL) – Kinda connected with a pass from Dániel Sallói and fired a left-footed shot but Maurer pushed it over the crossbar.
- 85’ – GOAL (SKC) – Johnny Russell cut Dallas’ lead after heading in a cross from *Sallói past Maurer.
Lineups:
FC Dallas — Jimmy Maurer; Ema Twumasi, Nkosi Tafari, Bressan (Matt Hedges – 80’), Ryan Hollingshead; Edwin Cerrillo, Facundo Quignon; Paxton Pomykal (Brandon Servania – 77’), Jésus Ferreira (Johnny Nelson – 77’), Szabolcs Schön (Jáder Obrian – 72’); Ricardo Pepi (Franco Jara – 81’).
Substitutes not used— Phelipe Megiolaro, Edwin Munjoma, Freddy Vargas, Kalil ElMedkhar.
Sporting Kansas City — Tim Melia; Luis Martins, Andreu Fontàs, Nicolas Isimat-Mirin, Graham Zusi; Gadi Kinda, Remi Walter (Ilie Sanchez – 61’), Roger Espinoza; Dániel Sallói, Khiry Shelton (Wilson Harris – 77’), Johnny Russell.
Substitutes not used— John Pulskamp, Jaylin Lindsey, Roberto Punčec, Graham Smith, Kayden Pierre, Kaveh Rad, Ozzie Cisneros
Scoring Summary:
DAL (1-0): Paxton Pomykal (Ryan Hollingshead) – 3’
DAL (2-0): Jesús Ferreira (Szabolcs Schön, Ricardo Pepi) – 51’
SKC (2-1): Johnny Russell (Dániel Sallói) – 85’
Misconduct Summary
SKC: Dániel Sallói (caution) – 68’
DAL: Ema Twumasi (caution) – 74’
DAL: Bressan (caution) – 81’
DAL: Franco Jara (caution) – 84’
DAL: Matt Hedges (caution) – 90’+1’
Weather: Cloudy, 76
Referee Alex Chilowicz
Assistant Referees: Cory Richardson, Ryan Graves
Fourth official: Matthew Corrigan
VAR: Malik Badawi
