MATCH NOTES
- Midfielder Liam Fraser scored his first professional goal in the 15th minute of the match.
- Asier Illarramendi recorded his second assist of the season
- MLS Box Score
ST PAUL, Minnesota (June 8, 2024) – FC Dallas (3-8-5, 14 points) earned one point with a 1-1 draw against Minnesota United FC (8-3-5, 29 points) Saturday night at Allianz Field.
SET PIECE EXECUTION
Liam Fraser’s goal in the 15th minute of the match came off a set piece play. Jesús Ferreira played a short corner towards Asier Illarramendi, who laid it off into Fraser’s path to strike the ball first time into the right side of the goal. That was FC Dallas’ fourth set piece goal of the season and Fraser’s first career goal at the senior level.
ASIER ILLARRAMENDI’S MIDFIELD PRESENCE
Midfielder Asier Illarramendi led the midfield in many parts of the game including chances created (2), touches (130), accurate passes (100) and passes in the final third (19). The Mutriku, Spain, native also registered his second assist of the season in Liam Fraser’s goal.
RECORD
FC Dallas is now 6-7-3 all-time against Minnesota and 2-5-1 at Allianz Field. Dallas improved to 1-7-2 when conceding the opening goal in the MLS this season and is now 0-6-3 on the road this season and 0-4-3 vs. the west.
UP NEXT: BACK HOME AT LAST
FC Dallas will return to action at Toyota Stadium by hosting St. Louis CITY SC on Saturday, June 15 presented by NUU. The match kicks off at 7:30PM CT and will air on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV, the FC Dallas app in Spanish and English, and Talk Radio 1190 AM in English.
