“A little rain never hurt nobody.”
M.L. Forman
11th in the West FC Dallas (16 points, 4-6-4) travels to the Northwest to face 6th in the West Seattle Sounders (20 points, 5-4-5) with a 2 pm CT kickoff at Lumen Field.
This is game 2 of a tough 3-game road stretch (including the Cup game in New York) with a brutal 4th home game on the back end.
How’s It Going
I was asked this week how 2025 compares to 2024 when Coach Nico Estevez was fired.
Through 13 games:
2024: 3-6-4, 13 points, -4 GD
2025: 4-5-4, 16 points, -7 GD
So Quill has one more win.
Estevez was fired in June at 3-8-5, 14 points after 16 games. Comparatively, that’s 3 games from now (and 1 more point)… so the end of this stretch will be a measuring point, of a kind.
Broadcast Info
TV: MLS Season Pass on Apple TV
– Apple TV English: Neil Sika, Lloyd Sam
– Apple TV Spanish: Jesus Acosta, N. Garcia
– Dallas Audio: Ryan Figert, Sam Hale, and Steve Davis.
MLS Injury/Player Availability Report
FC Dallas
Léo Chú – Knee (Out)
Geovane Jesus – Knee (Out)
Sebastian Lletget – Upper Leg (Out)
Enzo Newman – Knee (Out)
Luciano Acosta – Suspended
Seattle Sounders FC
Paul Arriola – Knee (Out)
Jordan Morris – Hamstring (Out)
Danny Musovski – Hip (Questionable)
Jackson Ragen – Hamstring (Questionable)
FC Dallas Lineup Prediction
Lucho Acosta is suspended for this one – Pedrinho is the obvious swap – and Coach Eric Quill doesn’t have a lot of options to change things up.
Paxton Pomykal, I don’t think, is up for a start yet, nor is Marco Farfan. Léo Chú and Sebastian Lletget are hurt. Logan Farrington is, apparently, deemed Petar Musa’s backup.
Even though I don’t want to, I’ll predict a Sebastien Ibsagha back in for Lalas Abubakar. I’d rather Abubakar stay in.
Bench Prediction
Michael Collodi
Lalas Abubakar
Show Cafumana
Patrickson Delgado
Paxton Pomykal
Tsiki Ntsabeleng
Logan Farrington
Marco Farfan
Tarik Scott
MLS Kit Assignments
Officials
Allen Chapman
ASSISTANT REFEREES: Mike Nickerson, Nick Balcer
4TH OFFICIAL: Alexis Da Silva
VAR: Chris Penso
More Game Info
- FCD vs. SEA all-time: 8-15-11 (35 goals scored, 50 goals conceded)
- FCD vs. SEA away: 1-11-4 (12 goals scored, 35 goals conceded)
FCD is 4-2-0 in games decided by one goal.
Seattle has yet to lose at home in any comp in 2025. (4-0-3)
Dallas is 2-4-3 when conceding first.
Seattle is 5th in MLS for total passes with 6,336.
Dallas is unbeaten in the last 23 MLS matches when leading at halftime (W17, D6) since May 19, 2022.
FCD is second in MLS in clearances with 127.
Dallas ranks 25th in xG across MLS with 16.82 xG.
Jesus Ferreira leads Seattle with 7 assists in all comps.
The Burn leads MLS alongside San Diego FC in counterattack goals (5).
Pedrinho is the third player with a goal and an assist off the bench in one game for FC Dallas in the last decade, joining Logan Farrington (twice) and Franco Jara.
53 career goals scored by Jesús Ferriera in MLS, second-most by a player before the age of 25 (Landon Donovan, 56).
FC Dallas was unbeaten through its first six road matches of the season, the longest such streak to begin a campaign in club history from February 22- May 3, 2025.
The leading goal scorer in MLS season action for FC Dallas versus Seattle is (current assistant coach) Michel with four goals scored.
Léo Chú has the fastest speed recorded for FC Dallas this season at 35.3 KPH/21.9 MPH, ranking No. 14 in MLS.
Sounders FC midfielder Albert Rusnák is just one goal away from becoming the second player in MLS history to record at least 25 goals and 25 assists with multiple clubs.
Osaze Urhoghide is fourth in MLS in aerial challenges won with 39.
36 key passes by Albert Rusnák this season, sixth in MLS
Shaq Moore is tied for 18th in MLS in clearances with 21.
When Seattle and Dallas meet on Saturday, it will mark the 47th time the two sides have faced off in the regular season and playoffs, the most meetings of any opponent for the Sounders.