Dallas Trinity FC kicked off their first-ever season with a road game at Tampa Bay Sun and came away with a road point in the 1-1 draw. Dallas will probably rue their poor finishing, however, as they outshot the Sun 14-6. The first half Trinity performance was particularly dominant while the second half was more even.
Trinity was led by its 3-player midfield of Amber Brooks, Jenny Danielsson, and Sam Meza who controlled most of the play.
“I thought it was an exciting match and we played pretty well,” said acting hed coach Chris Petrucelli. “We had a number of chances to score, and got the goal to go ahead before the end of the first half.”
Trinity scored first off a corner kick in first-half injury time. Hannah Davison putting away a pass from Chioma Ubogagu.
“It was really exciting. This club is really special to all of us, and that goal was going to go to someone. I think that with the way we played that whole first half we deserved to be going into halftime with that goal. To score the first goal in team history is really cool, there’s lots more to come, and it was really special.”
Hannah Davison
In the second half, adjustments by the Sun evened out the play and they capitalized on a corner as well. Center back Brooke Hendrix heading in the goal.
“The second half was a little bit of a battle, but overall we’re pretty happy with how we played. I would have liked to have gotten three points, but happy with a point,” Petrucelli continued.
The game also saw the debut of the Dallas Trinity secondary kits which features the club gold on the jersey and shorts with a nice twist of white socks. One kit nerd nitpick would be the black names and numbers which would have looked better in the club’s primary maroon.
The Dallas Trinity FC XI
