Football Match Recap: Stats, Highlights, and Quotes
FC Dallas wrapped up a challenging month of May with a scoreless draw at home against the Philadelphia Union. This match, while not high in goals, carried significant weight in terms of team morale and defensive prowess.
Highlights:
Lineups:
FC Dallas: Maarten Paes, Marco Farfan, Lalas Abubakar, Sebastien Ibeagha, Shaq Moore; Ramiro, Kaick, Patrickson Delgado; Lucho Acosta, Anderson Julio (Bernard Kamungo 83′), Petar Musa (Logan Farrington 87′)
Subs not used: Michael Collodi, Alvaro Augusto, Nolan Norris, Tsiki Ntsabeleng, Show, Pedrinho, Sebastien Lletget
Philadelphia Union: Andrew Rick, Francis Westfield, Nathan Harriel, Olwethu Makhanya, Kai Wagner; Alejandro Bedoya (Quinn Sullivan 72’), Jesus Bueno (Jovan Lukic 46’), Jean Jacques (Indiana Vassilev 62’), Ben Bender; Chris Donovan (Tai Baribo 62’), Mikael Uhre (Bruno Damiani 36′)
Subs not used: Oliver Semmle, Jakob Glesnes, Cavan Sullivan, Jeremy Rafanello
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Scoring Summary
None
Misconduct Summary
FCD: Abubakar – 31’
Abubakar (second yellow) – 39′
Kaick – 75′
Ibeagha – 90+1′
PHL: Bender – 90+2′
Stats
Quote Sheet
On fighting back…
“It is unbelievable to watch. I was inspired tonight watching the fight, hustle, and desire behind the ball. It’s not easy to do that. Going to Cincinnati and going two goals down and coming back. You can’t question the heart and the resiliency that we play with. We gotta have a long reflection on these last four or five, six games we’ve been in. So we haven’t really had reflection, so we’ll do that now and really get a good look at who we were over these games.”
On his message to the fans…
“Stick with us. We’re going to get there. We got red carded tonight. To the general fan, it wasn’t a fun night to watch low block defending, but if you’re a soccer enthusiast and you really know the game, you had a real appreciation for what just went on tonight. It wasn’t going to be pretty, but it was built on mentality, organization, communication, being a team… We’re not going to be in 11th place much longer.”
Goalkeeper Maarten Paes
Thoughts on the match…
“I’m proud of the team and proud of our fight. It hasn’t been an easy two weeks, traveling 8,000 miles. We stood our ground against four tough teams, showing our mentality. A last-minute loss against Seattle, a last-minute draw against FC Cincinnati, and now a hard-fought draw against Philadelphia with 10 men.”
On the backline changes and clean sheet…
“I’m proud of our defense. You see Shaq (Moore) battling for every ball, Ramiro in an unnatural position battling for every duel. It’s a testament to their character.”
Defender Sebastien Ibeagha
On earning the shutout with 10 men…
“We haven’t had a lot of clean sheets this year. Anytime we can get one is great, especially against the team that’s first in the East. It’s a proud moment for our makeshift back four, but we understand that discipline can yield positive results.”
On the upcoming break…
“Rest is crucial. Everyone’s a bit banged up. We need to come back stronger because we don’t have many games next month. It’s all about maximizing our performance to ensure we get points.”
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