The good vibes at Toyota Stadium are back for FC Dallas. On Saturday night, FC Dallas snapped a two-game losing streak at home as they came from behind to defeat Sporting Kansas City 2-1.
Lucho Acosta scores his third goal of the season, while Leo Chu scored his first goal in a Dallas uniform to help guide FC Dallas to its third win of the 2025 season.
Sporting put Dallas on the back foot early and in the 32nd minute, Daniel Salloi scored the game’s opening goal off a cross into the penalty box from Shapi Suleymanov. The goal was Salloi’s ninth against FC Dallas in the regular season.
Five minutes later, FC Dallas responded on a counter attack goal from Acosta. The ball was played forward where Acosta was able to dribble it forward before taking on a few Sporting defenders. He laid the ball off to Musa, who then played it directly back to him in the penalty box where he beat Sporting keeper John Pulskamp.
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Two minutes later, FC Dallas took over the lead thanks to Chu’s first goal in a Dallas uniform. Osaze Urhoghide played a long ball over top the Sporting defense where Sebastian Lletget was able to get on the end of it. Lletget dribbled the ball into the penalty box and then slipped the ball through where Chu was able to meet it and fire home a shot past Pulskamp.
Sporting pressed for an equalizer and came close in the 80th minute on a free kick from Memo Rodriguez that found Dany Rosero open at the back post to head the ball toward goal, but Maarten Paes was able to make a stop.
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Instant Reaction: After the opening 20 minutes, it felt like this was going to be another one of those nights for FC Dallas. But the team’s response after going down a goal was great to see tonight. Once Dallas finally started pushing the ball forward into the Sporting end, the chances came and were good. The defense was still put under a ton of pressure in the second half and had Paes not come up big a couple of times, this could have been a different game.
About the Subs: Eric Quill went to his bench about eleven minutes into the second half as he had a double dub to bring on Tsiki Ntsabeleng and Logan Farrington for Leo Chu and Patrickson Delgado. In the 75th minute, Quill had two more subs as Sebastian Lletget and Nolan Norris came off for Marco Farfan and Kaick. The final sub came in during stoppage time as Lalas Abubakar came on for Lucho Acosta.
Man of the Match: Acosta pulled the strings tonight and helped get the three points, but let’s also give a shout out to Maarten Paes for keeping things where they were when FCD got the lead.
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Where does this fit into the season: It is still early but the win pushed FC Dallas into fourth place in the Western Conference with ten points. That could easily change by the end of the night.
What’s next for FC Dallas: The club kicks off the new month that will see them on the road for three of four weeks, starting first with a trip to battle Atlanta United next weekend.
According to the Chinese New Year, 2025 was the year of the snake, and Dallas shed more than its fair share of restaurants and bars.
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We actually started off on a high note with the closure of Salt Bae’s restaurant, Nusr-Et, which had the audacity to charge upwards of $1,000 for a steak.
After that, local favorites started dropping like flies. Many leases seemed to come to an end with an increase in demand for space sending rent skyrocketing. Along with rising food costs, local restaurants are taking a hit.
It’s not all bad, though. Peppered into the mix are some restaurants and bars in Dallas that closed, but were remodeled and reimagined into new concepts. Others are looking for new spaces with lower rent. The rest, however, are gone for good.
The beginning of this year will likely be no better than the last, and it’s as good a time as ever to get out and support your favorite local spots. Money tight? We know where to go.
These are all the Dallas restaurants that closed in 2025.
Dallas Mavericks star big man Anthony Davis might be facing season-ending left hand surgery after being injured in Thursday night’s game against the Utah Jazz, ESPN reported on Friday.
Davis reportedly underwent an MRI exam on Friday that showed ligament damage in the hand. Davis reportedly will seek a second opinion to see if surgery is needed.
ESPN reported Davis would miss at least six weeks if surgery is avoided.
Davis was injured with 2:52 left in the 116-114 loss while defending Utah star Lauri Markkanen on a drive to the basket. Davis was in obvious pain after the play and left the contest with 2:08 remaining after he was holding the hand and unable to defend Markkanen’s next basket.
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The timing of the injury could affect Dallas’ trade plans. The club reportedly planned to shop Davis prior to the 5 February trade deadline.
Davis hasn’t even been with the Mavericks for a year yet. He came over in the controversial and disastrous deal in which star Luka Dončić was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers.
Davis, who turns 33 in March, is making $54.1m this season. He is due to make $58.5m next season and has a player option for $62.8m in 2027-28.
Davis has played in just 29 games for the Mavericks – nine last season and 20 this season.
He is averaging 20.4 points, 11.1 rebounds and 1.7 blocked shots this season. He is a 10-time All-Star.
Dallas Police Central Business District officers recovered 39 bags of crack cocaine during an arrest Tuesday.
The officers, working with the U.S. Marshal’s North Texas Fugitive Task Force, seized the drugs when they arrested 40-year-old Velisa Purvis, who was wanted on four outstanding felony warrants.
Officers spotted Purvis in the 1500 block of Garrett Avenue near Old East Dallas and took her into custody.
In addition to the cocaine, officers recovered two bags of suspected methamphetamine, drug packaging, money and marijuana.
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She now faces additional charges of manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance between four grams and 200 grams and manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance between one and four grams for the crack cocaine, methamphetamine, currency, and individual packages with the intent to distribute.
