MATCH NOTES
- FC Dallas wins the 2024 Texas Derby with tonight’s draw and last month’s win over Houston
- Forward Petar Musa scored his team-leading fifth goal of the season
- Homegrown midfielder Nolan Norris made his first start of the year
HOUSTON, Texas (May 18, 2024) – FC Dallas rallied from a goal down to tie Houston Dynamo FC 1-1 thanks to Petar Musa’s second-half goal at Shell Energy Stadium Saturday night.
THE TEXAS DERBY
FC Dallas has won the 2024 Texas Derby, the regular season series between Dallas and Houston, thanks to tonight’s draw and last month’s win over the Dynamo. FC Dallas will keep El Capitán, the 19th-century replica cannon, at its home stadium for the third consecutive year. El Capitán has remained at Toyota Stadium in six of the last seven years.
ENDING THE STREAKS
Prior to tonight, FC Dallas had a record of 0-4-0 when trailing at halftime. Dallas ended the streak tonight following a Petar Musa equalizer. Dallas also failed to win its last five matches when conceding the opening goal in MLS dating back to its 2-1 home win against the San Jose Earthquakes on February 25. Dallas is now 3-1-1 in its last five matches across all competitions.
NORRIS GETS THE START
FC Dallas Homegrown Nolan Norris got his first start of the 2024 season today in Houston. This was Norris’ third overall start since signing as an FC Dallas Homegrown in November 2022.
MAKE THEM COUNT
Dallas forward Petar Musa scored the equalizer in the 69th minute after capitalizing on a Houston mistake. Jesús Ferreira played a pass to Bernard Kamungo who assisted Musa. Musa now has five goals in his first season in MLS.
UP NEXT: OPEN CUP ROAD TRIP AND WESTERN CONFERENCE LEADERS VISIT TOYOTA STADIUM
FC Dallas takes on the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the USL Championship in the Open Cup Round of 16 this Wednesday, May 22 at 6:30 PM CT from Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida. The match will air on mlssoccer.com, the FC Dallas app in Spanish and English, and Talk Radio 1190 AM in English.
Following Open Cup play, FC Dallas returns to Toyota Stadium versus Real Salt Lake on Saturday, May 25 at 7:30 PM CT on Night at the Museum presented by WinStar World Casino & Resort. The match will air on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV, the FC Dallas app in Spanish and English, and Talk Radio 1190 AM in English.
Lineups
FC Dallas — Maarten Paes, Sam Junqua, Nkosi Tafari, Sebastien Ibeagha, Marco Farfan, Patrickson Delgado (Carl Sainté – 65’), Nolan Norris (Tsiki Ntsabeleng – 65’), Ema Twumasi (Herbert Endeley – 53’), Jesús Ferreira (Sebastian Lletget – 81’), Bernard Kamungo (Eugene Ansah – 86’), Petar Musa (Logan Farrington– 81’).
Substitutes not used — Jimmy Maurer, Omar González, Dante Sealy.
Houston Dynamo FC — Steve Clark (Andrew Tarbell – 73’), Daniel Steres (Tate Schmitt – 83’), Micael, Erik Sviatchenko, Griffin Dorsey, Artur, Héctor Herrera (McKinze Gaines –83’ (Gabriel Segal – 89’)), Ibrahim Aliyu, Amine Bassi, Adalberto Carrasquilla, Sebastian Kowalczyk (Latif Blessing – 68’).
Substitutes not used — Brad Smith, Ethan Bartlow, Ján Gregus, Brooklyn Raines
Scoring Summary:HOU: Amine Bassi (Daniel Steres) – 45+6’
DAL: Petar Musa (Bernard Kamungo) – 68’
Misconduct Summary:
HOU: Sebastian Kowalczyk (caution) – 54’
DAL: Nolan Norris (caution) – 56’
HOU: Gabriel Segal (caution) – 92’
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