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FC Dallas vs Toronto FC: Highlights, stats and quote sheet
Lineups
FC Dallas — Maarten Paes, Sam Junqua, Nkosi Tafari Burgess, Sebastien Ibeagha, Marco Farfan (Eugene Ansah – 68’), Liam Fraser, Patrickson Delgado (Asier Illarramendi – 54’), Ema Twumasi, Paul Arriola (Jesús Ferreira – 45’), Bernard Kamungo (Tsiki Ntsabeleng – 54’, (Dante Sealy – 72’), Petar Musa
Substitutes not used — Jimmy Maurer, Omar Gonzalez, Carl Sainté, Logan Farrington.
Toronto FC — Sean Johnson; Raoul Petretta (Sigurd Rosted – 17’), Nickseon Gomis, Kevin Long; Tyrese Spicer, Alonso Coello (Matty Longstaff – 64’, Deybi Flores, Federico Bernardeschi; Jonathan Osorio, Derrick Etienne Jr. (Kobe Franklin – 65’), Prince Osei Owusu (Deandre Kerr – 79’).
Substitutes not used — Aimé Mabika, Kosi Thompson, Jesús Batiz, Luka Gavran
Scoring Summary:
TOR: Federico Bernardeschi (penalty kick) – 45’+8’
TOR: Federico Bernardeschi (Jonathan Osorio) – 53’
TOR: Matthew Longstaff (Federico Bernardeschi) – 82’
DAL: Sam Junqua (Jesús Ferreira) – 87’
Misconduct Summary:
DAL: Petar Musa (caution) – 9’
DAL: Ema Twumasi (caution) – 56’
TOR: Nickseon Gomis (caution) – 72’
TOR: Sigurd Rosted (caution) – 95’
Weather: 57°F, Cloudy
Stats
FC DALLAS POSTGAME QUOTES
Head Coach Nico Estévez
General thoughts on the match…
“We had opportunities and chances to make the difference early in the game but we were not clean enough, we have to learn from that, we have to be better in order to win. We cannot be dominant, create good situations, put ourselves in good spots and then after make the wrong pass, or rush the last pass. A player like (Federico) Bernardeschi made the difference today.”
On the second half adjustments…
“At halftime, what I told the guys is that we could win this game, we had to adjust a couple of things. Subbing Tsiki, Asier and Jesus, helped us a lot to get balls into the pocket. It was just the last pass, the last action that was not connected.”
On the team bouncing back…
“Every game gives you a good understanding on where the issues can be and where we have to get better. And we have to be better. We’re not good enough right now. And this is my takeaway from today. We are not good enough. We are making good steps but we are not at the level that we all would like to be.”
Forward Paul Arriola
On tonights game…
“Two teams that matched up together in similar formations. We knew where these spaces would be, but we did not execute those. Obviously (Federico) Bernardeschi had an amazing game and was the game changer for them(Toronto FC). It feels a lot worse than what the game actually was, but that’s my first initial feeling. We have to look back at the game and see what we can fix. We don’t have time to dwell on it, we have an opportunity to bounce back on Tuesday in Open Cup play.”
On the Open Cup match on Tuesday…
“Regardless win or lose, the Open Cup match on Tuesday is important for us. It’s an amazing opportunity to play in front of our fans at home, and it’s a great match up. There’s not much time to think about this game. We will study this game to correct what needs to be fixed ahead of the match on Tuesday. But we will move on and look forward to the next one.”
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Johnston gave the Stars a 1-0 lead at 8:58 of the first period. His slap shot from above the right face-off circle deflected off Wild forward Danila Yurov and then bounced off the end boards and in off Wallstedt’s left arm.
“I’ve had a goal like that go in on me, too, that’s a tough bounce,” Oettinger said. “Like I said in Game 1, we got some bad bounces. We got a nice bounce there. We had one where I was behind the net, and the guy was shooting it in the net and our (defense) stopped it, so we got some good bounces. The way we played the last 40 minutes of the game, I think, didn’t give up much, had a ton of good chances offensively. The power play, we got looks and our (penalty kill) was great. If we kind of build off the game that we played the last 40 minutes, I think we should feel very good for the next few games.”
Faber tied it 1-1 at 11:33. He took a pass from Hughes, skated around Robertson in the left circle and cut to the slot, where his wrist shot ramped up and in off Oettinger.
Duchene put the Stars back up 2-1 with a power-play goal at 4:02 of the second period. Mikko Rantanen gained the offensive zone along the right boards and sent a backhand pass to Duchene, who snapped the puck between Wallstedt’s pads from in front.
Robertson made it 3-1 at 7:09 of the third period when he tipped Lundkvist’s wrist shot from the blue line past the right pad of Wallstedt.
“I think we got to do a better job, I mean, the odd-man’s, right? I thought we played a really good game. Probably their best game, you know, meaningful game. And, yeah, we didn’t get fazed by it. Was really good by us. Just got to be smarter in some areas, and we get to go back home and in front of our crowd,” Minnesota forward Marcus Foligno said. “They want (penalties). I mean, they’re looking to play 5-on-4. I mean, that’s their game. They can’t hang with us 5-on-5. We got to just be smarter, and myself included. But it’s a heated game out there. You’re gonna have emotional swings and learn from it. We got a split series.”
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