“I like Utah, but they don’t have a Starbucks.”
Mike D’Antoni
11th in the West FC Dallas (4 points, 1-2-1) travels to Utah to take on 9th in the West Real Salt Lake (6 points, 2-2-0) at America First Field in Sandy with an 8:30 pm CT kickoff.
FCD needs a rebound game. If the results keep going the wrong way this season could go south fast.
Make sure to tun in for the anthem, according to RSL there will be adoptable puppies involved.
Broadcast Info
TV: MLS Season Pass on Apple TV
– Apple TV English: Josh Eastern, Jamie Watson
– Apple TV Spanish: Jose Baez & Eduardo Biscayart
– Dallas Audio: Ryan Figert and Steve Davis.
MLS Injury/Player Availability Report
FC Dallas
Out: Geovane Jesus – knee
Out: Paxton Pomykal – knee
Out: Anderson Julio – personal (picking up green card)
Out: Maarten Paes – international duty
Out: Nolan Norris – international duty
Real Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake
Out: Matthew Bell – Hamstring (Out)
Out: Zavier Gozo – International Duty (Out)
Out: Aiden Hezarkhani – International Duty (Out)
Out: Diego Luna – International Duty (Out)
Out: Dominik Marczuk – International Duty (Out)
Out: Zac MacMath – Shoulder (Out)
FCD Lineup Prediction
With Maarten Paes gone, Michael Collodi will be in, that’s been made obvious by the club.
After that, it gets interesting for Coach Eric Quill so I’m shooting blind on a few of the ideas here. When you lose two games at home like the last two, all tactics and personnel bets are off.
We know Kaick is in town and trained all week, plus the club reportedly spent $4 mil on him. That makes him the 4th biggest signing in club history. Bad team play + big signing = my guess he goes straight into the lineup.
On top of that, Kaick’s athleticism and range mean Quill can play more of a single pivot and I think he will want to get more bodies in midfield. Show Cafumana returned to training, everyone seems be eager to get him playing and Anderson Julio hasn’t made it back with his green card yet.
So I’m calling this a 4-3-3 but there will be a lot of fluidity to the shape. Acosta and Farrington will do a lot of swapping and Acosta will come underneath a great so it might even look like a diamond 4 a fair amount of the time. If Lletget releases forward, it will look 4-2-3-1 at times too. This shape also let FCD bracket the new kid in the 6 with two vets in the defense block.
FC Dallas
Bench Prediction
Antonio Carrera
Lalas Abubakar
Enzo Newman
Tarik Scott
Tsiki Ntsabeleng
Ramiro
Patrickson Delgado
Léo Chú
Bernie Kamungo
MLS Kit Assignments
Apparently, the RSL primary kit is called “Peak Utah.”
Officials
REF: Sergii Boiko
AR1: Chris Elliott
AR2: Eduardo Jeff
4TH: Elton Garcia
VAR: Daniel Radford
AVAR: Brian Marshall
More Game Info
- FCD vs. RSL all-time: 23-15-12 (77 goals scored, 62 goals conceded)
- FCD vs. RSL away: 9-13-5 (34 goals scored, 40 goals conceded)
Dallas is unbeaten in the last 21 MLS matches when leading at halftime (W15, D6) since May 19, 2022.
No games have been played with a halftime lead this season (0-0-0).
Dallas ranks third in aerial challenges won with 63.
FCD ranks sixth in MLS in clearances with 39.
Dallas ranks 13th in xG across MLS with 6.44 xG.
RSL is coming off a 2-1 win down in Houston last week. They snapped a nine-game road winless run against the Dynamo in Houston.
Dallas has won two of the last four trips to Utah, winning in 2022 and 2023. No MLS team has won more games at RSL than Dallas in the last 20 seasons (9 wins).
Either Michael Collodi or Antonio Carrera will be the second-ever FC Dallas Homegrown goalie to make an MLS appearance for the club. (Jesse Gonzalez) Note: Richard Sanchez, despite being a homegrown, never played a game for FC Dallas.
Marco Farfan, Sebastien Ibeagha, Petar Musa, and Osaze Urhoghide have started and completed all four games this season, and along with goalie Maarten Paes, they lead Dallas in minutes played (360)
During the 2025 MLS Offseason, FC Dallas acquired Anderson Julio from Real Salt Lake in exchange for Sam Junqua.
RSL has only played two other clubs— Colorado Rapids and LA Galaxy— more than FC Dallas.
Bernard Kamungo has the fastest speed recorded for FC Dallas this season at 34.19 km/h (21.25 miles per hour). He ranks 26th across MLS.
Sebastien Ibeagha ranks seventh in MLS in clearances with 10.
Marco Farfan ranks 22nd across MLS in total distance covered with 45.81 km (28.46 miles).