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FC Dallas 2, Colorado Rapids 1
Pizza Hut Park – Frisco, Texas
Scoring:
DAL -- George John 1 (Dave van den Bergh 11) 4
DAL -- Ugo Ihemelu 1 (Jeff Cunningham 9, Dax McCarty 6) 66
COL -- Pat Noonan 2 (unassisted) 71
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FC DALLAS: Dario Sala, Heath Pearce, George John, Ugo Ihemelu, Jair Benitez, David Ferreira, Dax McCarty, Atiba Harris, Dave van den Bergh (Marvin Chavez 87), Daniel Hernandez, Jeff Cunningham (Brek Shea).
Subs Not Used: Ray Burse, Eric Avila, Blake Wagner, Kyle Davies, Andre Rocha.
Shots - 21; Shots on Goal - 6; Total Saves - 1; Fouls - 13; Offsides - 5; Corner Kicks - 7
COLORADO RAPIDS: Preston Burpo, Kosuke Kimura, Cory Gibbs (Michael Holody 63), Drew Moor, Scott Palguta (Ross Schunk 87), Pablo Mastroeni, Pat Noonan, Nick LaBrocca, Jordan Harvey, Conor Casey (Facundo Diz 69), Omar Cummings.
Subs Not Used: Matt Pickens, Greg Dalby, Ty Harden,Rob Valentino.
Shots - 11; Shots on Goal - 2; Total Saves - 3; Fouls - 15; Offsides - 1; Corner Kicks - 4
Misconduct Summary:
COL -- Cory Gibbs (caution) 3
DAL -- Daniel Hernandez (caution) 51
DAL -- Dax McCarty (caution) 58
DAL -- Dario Sala (caution) 62
DAL -- George John (caution) 75
COL -- Nick LaBrocca (caution) 78
COL -- Michael Holody (caution) 82
DAL -- Atiba Harris (caution) 85
NOTES:
• With the win, FC Dallas improves to 11-12-6 (39 pts.) and currently sits in sixth place in the Western Conference, now tied with Toronto FC, New England Revolution and D.C. United for the final playoff spot.
• FC Dallas extends their winning streak to four games, a season high for the team. The last time FCD won four in a row was from July 8 to July 29, 2006 with wins over New York (2-1), Chicago (3-2), Salt Lake (1-0), Colorado (4-1).
• Dallas is now 24-17-8 all time against the Colorado Rapids and 17-5-3 at home.
• Rookie George John scored his first MLS career goal in the 3rd minute after heading home a Dave van den Bergh free kick set up right outside the 18 yard box. It was the fastest FC Dallas goal scored this season.
• van den Bergh earned his 11th assist of the season, taking sole possession of second in the league in assists.
• Defender Ugo Ihemelu scored his first FC Dallas goal and second MLS career goal tonight against his former club.
• Atiba Harris earned his fifth assist of the season on Ihemelu’s goal while Dax McCarty earned the secondary assist and his sixth of the season.
• Jeff Cunningham still remains top in the league in goals with 17 while Colorado’s Conor Casey remains in second with 16.
• Two FCD players have now started all 29 regular season games: David Ferreira and Dave van den Bergh.
• FC Dallas team awards were presented at tonight’s game to Jeff Cunningham for MVP, Dario Sala for Defender of the Year and Pablo Ricchetti for Humanitarian of the Year.
• Tonight’s attendance was 15,243.
• FC Dallas will conclude the 2009 regular season at Qwest Field when they face the Seattle Sounders on Saturday, Oct. 24 at 9:30 p.m. CT (live on KFWD-52).
• FC Dallas Head Coach Schellas Hyndman on the game: “I thought it was a really pressure game. It was a game that we went in and desperately needed to win. The focus was to play our best. We scored a nice goal early. I thought we did pretty well that first 20-25 minutes and then, they started to play well. I thought the goal they got was one of their better chances. Then, we were able to hold on. I thought it was an exciting game. We kind of made it a little bit harder for ourselves but we can’t complain too much about winning.”
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