FC DALLAS vs NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
TOYOTA STADIUM, Frisco, Texas
July 4, 2015 (WEEK 18, MLS Game #181)
9 p.m. ET (MLS Live)
FC Dallas and the New England Revolution meet for the only time in league play this season when the clubs face off Saturday evening at Toyota Stadium. FC Dallas returned home following a long road spell and put an end to a six-game winless run last weekend, with a 2-0 victory against the Houston Dynamo in the Texas Derby. The Revolution have lost three games on the trot, seeing their long home undefeated run come to an end last Saturday in a 2-1 loss to Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
- Fabian Castillo scored for a second consecutive match as FC Dallas put an end to their six-game winless slide with their first victory since May 9, their second Texas Derby victory of the season in a 2-0 defeat of the Houston Dynamo last Friday evening at Toyota Stadium.
- The Revolution suffered their third consecutive 2-1 defeat, falling to Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Saturday evening at Gillette Stadium. The Revs have won just once in the last 10 league matches, dating back to May 8.
- FC Dallas have won the last three meetings between the teams, including a 2-0 victory last July 19 at Toyota Stadium in the only encounter between the clubs.
- The Revolution have not won in Frisco since 2008; FCD has taken three consecutive home wins by shutout vs. New England. FCD won 1-0 at Gillette Stadium in 2013, their first in Foxborough since 2003.
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REFEREE: Baldomero Toledo. AR1 (bench): Felisha Mariscal; AR2 (opposite): Kyle Longville; 4th: Armando Villarreal MLS Career: 196 games; FC/gm: 25.1; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 72; pens: 71
SUSPENDED: NE: Andrew Farrell (through July 5)
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: DAL: Atiba Harris, Victor Ulloa … NE: Teal Bunbury, London Woodberry
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: DAL: Matt Hedges… NE: Juan Agudelo, Jermaine Jones, Lee Nguyen
DISABLED LIST: NE: Darrius Barnes
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: DAL: Tesho Akindele, Kyle Bekker (Canada, CONCACAF Gold Cup); Moises Hernandez (Guatemala, CONCACAF Gold Cup); Je-Vaughn Watson (Jamaica, CONCACAF Gold Cup); Blas Pérez (Panama, CONCACAF Gold Cup)
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (40 meetings): FC Dallas 14 wins (1 shootout), 50 goals…Revolution 23 wins (1 shootout), 65 goals…Ties 3
AT DALLAS (21 meetings): FC Dallas 8 wins (0 shootout), 25 goals … Revolution 11 wins (0 shootout), 28 goals … Ties 2
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