SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC vs FC DALLAS
CENTURYLINK FIELD, Seattle, Wash.
June 13, 2015 (WEEK 15, MLS Game #149)
7 p.m. PT (JOEtv / ROOT-NW Alt; KTXA-CBS21)
A crucial match at the top of the Western Conference kicks off when Seattle Sounders FC return home to take on FC Dallas at CenturyLink Field on Saturday evening. Sounders FC are still atop the Western Conference, now in a tie for the divisional lead following their 1-0 defeat at Sporting Kansas City last weekend. FC Dallas are four points further back, playing the fourth match of their long road run, still winless on the trip following a scoreless draw at the San Jose Earthquakes last Sunday.
- Sounders FC had their undefeated run put to an end after four games and their winning streak snapped after two, falling 1-0 at Sporting Kansas City on Saturday evening. It was the second time in four games they were shut out by SKC.
- FC Dallas were blanked at the attacking end for a second consecutive match as their winless run stretched to four games following a scoreless draw at the San Jose Earthquakes on Sunday evening.
- The teams are meeting for the second time this season. They played to a scoreless draw March 28 at Toyota Stadium.
- Sounders FC have won the last four league meetings between the teams in Seattle, and five of the seven meetings there all-time. The only FCD win at CenturyLink Field came in 2011, a 1-0 victory on May 25.
- The teams also met last year in the Western Conference Semifinals. They reached a 1-1 draw at Toyota Stadium in the first leg, then played to a scoreless draw in the second leg in Seattle, Sounders FC advancing on away goals.
REFEREE: Alan Kelly. AR1 (bench): Corey Rockwell; AR2 (opposite): Kermit Quisenberry; 4th: Alejandro Mariscal
MLS Career: 22 games; FC/gm: 26.4; Y/gm: 3.2; R: 8; pens: 5
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SUSPENDED: DAL: Je-Vaughn Watson (through June 14)
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: SEA: Osvaldo Alonso
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: SEA: Marco Pappa (Guatemala; 6/15 vs. Bermuda) … DAL: Tesho Akindele (Canada; 6/16 vs. Dominica); Je-Vaughn Watson (Jamaica; Copa América); Atiba Harris (St. Kitts and Nevis; 6/16 vs. El Salvador); Moises Hernandez (Guatemala; 6/15 vs. Bermuda); Kellyn Acosta (U.S. U-20)
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (16 meetings): Sounders FC 8 wins, 26 goals … FC Dallas 3 wins, 18 goals … Ties 5
AT SEATTLE (7 meetings): Sounders FC 5 wins, 15 goals … FC Dallas 1 win, 7 goals … Ties 1
- The teams are meeting for the second time this season. They played to a scoreless draw March 28 at Toyota Stadium.
- Sounders FC have won the last four league meetings between the teams in Seattle, and five of the seven meetings there all-time. The only FCD win at CenturyLink Field came in 2011, a 1-0 victory on May 25.
- The teams also met last year in the Western Conference Semifinals. They reached a 1-1 draw at Toyota Stadium in the first leg, then played to a scoreless draw in the second leg in Seattle, Sounders FC advancing on away goals.
- Coaches record: Sigi Schmid vs. DAL: P41 W19 L10 D12 … Oscar Pareja vs. PHI: P10 W2 L6 D2
LAST MEETING (MLS) 3/28: DAL 0, SEA 0
- The match changed in the 18th minute when Kellyn Acosta was sent off by referee Kevin Stott for putting a foot into the stomach of Seattle midfielder Andy Rose.
- Neither team was credited with a shot on target – the first time in MLS history a game ended with no shots on goal. The closest either team came was in the 28th minute when FCD's Michel took a free kick, but saw it deflect off the crossbar and past the outstretched hands of Sounders FC goalkeeper Stefan Frei.
- FC DALLAS (4-2-3-1): Chris Seitz - Atiba Harris, Zach Loyd, Matt Hedges, Kellyn Acosta (ejected 18) - Victor Ulloa, Michel - Ryan Hollingshead (Michael Barrios 86), Tesho Akindele, Fabian Castillo - David Texeira (Walker Zimmerman 59).
- SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC (4-2-3-1): Stefan Frei - Tyrone Mears, Brad Evans, Zach Scott, Leo Gonzalez - Micheal Azira (Oniel Fisher 86), Gonzalo Pineda - Cristian Roldan (Aaron Kovar 61), Andy Rose, Lamar Neagle - Chad Barrett (Victor Mansaray 75).
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