7th in the West FC Dallas (19 points, 5-4-4) travels to the coast to take on 2nd in the West San Jose Earthquakes (29 points, 9-2-2) at 9:30 pm CT from PayPal Park.
FC Dallas actually has 8 road wins at San Jose, but this ain’t that San Jose. The Quakes are 2-1-4 vs. FCD in their last seven league meetings.
Their goals for are similar; the Quakes lead 29 to 25, but San Jose is much stingier with just 11 goals allowed to FCD’s 19.
Broadcast Info
TV: AppleTV
– Apple TV English: Mark Rogondino, Heath Pearce
– Apple TV Spanish: Carlos Mauricio Ramirez
– Dallas Audio: Ryan Figer, Steve Davis, and Sam Hale
MLS Injury/Player Availability Report
FC Dallas
Anderson Julio – Lower Leg (Out)
Bernard Kamungo – Lower Leg (Out)
Eric Quill – Red Card (Deliberately Leaving TA to Dissent)
Suspended after next yellow: Osaze Urhoghide
Suspended after two more yellows: Nolan Norris
San Jose Earthquakes
Vitor Costa- Lower Body (Out)
Earl Edwards Jr. – Lower Body (Out)
DeJuan Jones- Lower Body (Out)
Niko Tsakiris – Lower Body (Out)
Timo Werner – Lower Body (Out)
Dave Sarachan – Red Card – Deliberately Leaving TA to Dissent
Suspended after next yellow: Preston Judd
FC Dallas Lineup Prediction
Look, Vancouver is good. That game wasn’t about a breakdown in the system, but rather talent and mindset. So I’m sticking with Quill’s new flex 4-4-2. A few rotations back into the XI should take place.
Herman Johansson, back in after being a sub last game, shifts Shaq Moore central.
Ramiro looked tired midweek, and Christian Cappis played well, so I’m putting Cappis in the middle with Kaick.
Logan Farrington played well on Wednesday and deserves a start, but Santiago Moreno played well last weekend. So I’m putting both in. I think Farrington can do the wide defensive work, so I’m putting him into the right mid flex position, and he can flex up to the front line.
With Michael Collodi having a down game midweek, keep an eye out for a possible Jonathan Sirois start. Although I’m not predicting it.
Bench Prediction
Jonathan Sirois
Sam Sarver
Joaquín Valiente
Sebastien Ibeagha
Nick Simmonds
Ramiro
Lalas Abubakar
Caleb Swann
Patrickson Delgado
MLS Kit Assignments
Goodness, that’s awful. Double dark and double yellow.
Officials
Referee: Chris Penso
Assistant Referees: Jeffrey Greeson, Nick Balcer
4th Official: Alexis Da Silva
VAR: Kevin Stott
Assistant VAR: Tom Felice
More Game Info
- FCD vs. SJ all-time: 22-31-23 (95 goals scored, 119 goals conceded)
- FCD vs. SJ away: 8-18-13 (46 goals scored, 67 goals conceded)
Dallas is 2-4-0 in one-goal games.
The Quakes’ 9-2-2 start is the best in club history after 13 games, dating back to 1974.
The Caps are 3-0-2 over their last 5 games.
Dallas is 3-0-0 when leading at halftime and 5-1-2 when scoring first. They are also 0-3-1 when conceding first. Hum…
FCD is 7th in crosses in MLS with 157.
The Quakes were on an 8-game unbeaten streak in the league and a 10-game undefeated run across all competitions before Wednesday’s loss to Seattle.
Los Toros are third in MLS in aerial challenges won with 190.
Preston Judd has 6 goals in his last 5 MLS games and 9 goal contributions (7g/2a) in his last 8 league
games.
FCD is tied in 6th in most goals scored in MLS with 25 and is 9th in MLS in xG with 21.47.
The Burn are 7th in total distance covered in MLS with 1514.71 km (941.20 miles).
Petar Musa is 2nd in MLS in goals scored with 11 and 3rd in MLS in xG with 9.18.
Sebastien Ibeagha recorded the 22nd fastest speed in MLS this season at 35.42 kph (22.01 mph).
Ousseni Bouda has five goal contributions (3g/2a) in his last five league games as a starter.
Osaze Urhoghide ranks third in MLS in aerial challenges with 38 and tied in 17th in clearances with 18.
Paul Marie has four assists in his last four league games.
Former FC Dallas coach Luchi Gonzalez is the Quakes Academy Director.
All-Time FC Dallas Goals Tracker
| Player | Goals |
|---|---|
| Jason Kreis | 91 |
| Jesus Ferreira | 48 |
| Kenny Cooper | 46 |
| Petar Musa | 45 |
| Blas Perez | 36 |