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FC Dallas Extends Their Losing-Streak To Three – D210SPORTS
FRISCO, TEXAS — FC Dallas was going to need a little more than the luck of the Irish to not lose their third-straight game—something they haven’t done since September of 2021.
Their 3-1 loss to Vancouver Whitecaps FC started the same as the first three games of the season: Dallas conceding first.
While FC Dallas controlled much of the possession in the beginning, it took until the 25th minute when Whitecaps’ Mathias Laborda scored the game’s first, a right footed shot from the center of the 18-yard-box, assisted by Brian White.
Then, White got one for himself, four minutes later in the 29th minute, heading the ball down dead center of goal, off a Fafà Picault cross from the top left corner of the box.
If you think you recognize that name, you probably do: tonight was the return to Toyota Stadium for Picault, having played for FCD for one year, helping the team reach the conference semifinals in 2020 before being traded to Houston Dynamo.
What a return it was for him, having both assisted and scored.
His goal came after Sebastian Lletget’s, who got Dallas on the board with a header, assisted by Jesús Ferreira on a free kick in the 40th minute.
Picault answered Lletget with a header two minutes later, assisted by Ryan Rapos in the 43rd minute.
It was the fifth time he scored against his former club: three times for the Dynamo, once for Nashville, and now once as a Whitecap.
The second half’s score line remained the same, FC Dallas ultimately falling in front of their home faithful.
“We are very disappointed,” Head Coach Nico Estévez said. “This bad moment is coming too early, but we’ll regroup and get this right and get back to [giving wins] to our supporters,” Estévez said.
Even their formation change didn’t give them enough of a tactical edge to win, having lined up in a 4-4-2 tonight after playing predominantly in a three-back system to open the season. Estévez said that it was the game plan heading into the match, to have their wingers play high and exploit Vancouver’s back-three.
“We didn’t concede our goals because we went to four [in the back],” Estévez said.
Some positives to take from tonight is Sebastien Ibeagha having made his return to the field and starting lineup tonight, after being out the past two games due to injury.
Patrick Delgado also got his first MLS start.
FC Dallas will go on the road for their next two, playing in-state foe Austin FC first, next Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
Morton started 15 games in 1972 for an injured Staubach, who eventually returned in the playoffs. The Cowboys decided to trade Morton in 1974 to the Giants, who sent back a first-round pick, which turned out to be the No. 2 overall pick in 1975. The Cowboys used that selection to take Randy White, a 10-time Pro Bowler and future Hall of Famer.
Ironically enough, White’s best game was likely Super Bowl XII, when he was named Co-MVP with Harvey Martin. The Cowboys’ Doomsday defense dominated the Broncos, who were quarterbacked by Morton.
Overall, Morton played for the Cowboys, Giants and Broncos before officially retiring at the end of the 1982 season.
His career ended with 27,908 passing yards, ranking him 71st in NFL history, just ahead of Hall of Famer Joe Namath (27,663).
With the official NFL schedule coming this week, the Dallas Cowboys have revealed when, where and against who their Week 1 contest will be.
The Cowboys announced that they will square off against the New York Giants on the road in Week 1, with the game set for Sunday, Sept. 13, at 7:20 p.m. CT. So, it’s prime time for the Cowboys to start the season.
This is the second game we know about for the Cowboys this year. Of course, we know they will be playing on Thanksgiving, also.
The official schedule will drop on May 14, the NFL announced last week. Schedules for all 32 teams will be revealed on ESPN and the NFL Network, but each team will unveil its own schedule on social media, also.
The Cowboys were always likely to play a road game in Week 1 because of an Usher and Chris Brown concert taking place at AT&T Stadium that week.
Dallas will also be impacted by an Ed Sheeran concert in Week 7, so that’s another potential road game. They could also play on Monday or Thursday that week, or have a bye.
Cowboys’ strength of schedule
According to Warren Sharp of Sharp Football Analysis, the Cowboys are not going to have an easy road to make the postseason.
The Cowboys have the fourth-toughest schedule in the NFL going into the 2026 season, with only the Arizona Cardinals, Miami Dolphins and Carolina Panthers having tougher slates.
Dallas’ schedule is also the third-toughest in the NFC, and the most difficult in the NFC East.
Sharp does his strength of schedule rankings based on win totals from Vegas oddsmakers rather than utilizing the previous season’s records because that metric doesn’t factor in offseason changes.
The Cowboys will play home games against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, Tennessee Titans, Baltimore Ravens, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders.
On the road, Dallas will square off against the Giants, Eagles, Commanders, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers.
Of those opponents, seven of them made the postseason in 2025, a list that includes the Jaguars, 49ers, Eagles, Texans, Rams, Seahawks and Packers.
All of those teams should be as good in 2026, and teams like the Colts, Titans, Ravens, Bucs, Giants and Commanders have a very real chance to be improved as well.
It won’t be an easy road for Dallas to get back to the playoffs in 2026, but there’s at least hope following a defensive overhaul.
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