Frisco, TX (July 13, 2022) – FC Dallas (7-6-7, 28 points) falls to New York City FC (10-4-5, 35 points) 1-0 Wednesday night at Toyota Stadium.
SERIES RECORD AGAINST NEW YORK CITY FC
FC Dallas falls to 1-2-4 all-time against New York City FC. This was the first time Dallas dropped a home match at Toyota Stadium to NYCFC.
BOX SCORE BREAKDOWN
Dallas outshot New York 12-4 with both teams shooting once on target. FC Dallas had 1.22 expected goals compared to 0.94 for New York City as Dallas managed nine shots inside the box and two big chances with 28 touches inside the box. NYC managed two shots in the box and nine touches within the box. FC Dallas attempted 32 crosses to NYC’s two.
4-4-2 FORMATION
For the first time this season, head coach Nico Estévez strayed from his preferred 4-3-3 formation to start a match. Instead, he fielded a 4-4-2 with Franco Jara joining Homegrown Jesús Ferreira in attack to form a strike partnership.
HOMEGROWNS AT HOME
Five FC Dallas Homegrowns featured in the match whether as a starter or substitute. Defender Eddie Munjoma, midfielder Edwin Cerrillo and forward Jesús Ferreira all started the match while midfielders Paxton Pomykal and Beni Redzic entered the match in the second half.
UP NEXT: FC DALLAS FACES AUSTIN FC IN COPA TEJAS FINALE
Dallas’ I-35 rivals Austin FC make the trip to Toyota Stadium on Saturday, July 16 in the final Copa Tejas meeting of the season. The match, presented by Pepsi, kicks off at 8 PM CT (TXA21, Talk Radio 1190AM, TUDN 1270AM).
FC DALLAS POSTGAME QUOTES
Head Coach Nico Estévez
On the formation change in tonight’s match…
“There were two reasons why I played the 4-2-2 formation. We had Facundo (Quignon) and Brandon (Servania) out, and then we had to rest Paxton (Pomykal). We noticed that New York City FC likes to be aggressive with their two center backs. Having the two forwards would help us get one-on-one situations in the box. We were able to get wide quicker and get a lot of crosses in. If you look at the goals NYCFC have conceded a good amount of goals from crosses. We had 37 today and we were unable to score. They played a back line of three which is why we went with the 4-4-2. We would attack their central guy two-on-one. We made their play style narrow, so we were able to get our fullbacks to go forward. We created chances but we just couldn't finish our chances. It’s a type of game where if we score, we are able to win the game.”
On facing Austin FC…
“Every game is very important, whether we win or lose. Every game is very important. We have a need right now. We get in positions to win games, but we are lacking that need and desire to win the games. Every game we are knocking that door and getting closer. We can not lose our mind because we will create mistakes that will not allow us to win games. Against Austin we will always play for the win. We were close whenever we played over there in their field. We know they are a team on a good run but we will be ready to battle.”
Forward Paul Arriola
On the match tonight…
“Yeah, tough. I think we obviously deserved more. We made one mistake and, obviously, they took advantage of it. And then, obviously, offensively we're dry. So, you know, definitely for us it's a frustrating one and one we definitely think that we should have won that game.”
On the Austin match…
“Yeah, it's huge, especially right now with our winless streak that we're on. It's important and it's a winnable game just to kind of bounce back and get three points against a rival.”
Defender Eddie Munjoma
On the match tonight…
“We're at a time in the season where things aren't going our way. And at the beginning of the season, you know, a lot of things did go our way, we just gotta grind through what's going on, and, you know, have faith that we're gonna turn things around. “
On his first start...
“I mean, it means a lot, obviously, I've put in a lot of work for it. I still, you know, feel like I need to get back in rhythm a little bit. It's been a while since I've played, you know, 90 minutes, not just this season, but in a long time at this level. So, I want to keep working on that. And I hope to get more opportunities. But again, you know, it's, it's a credit to the team and you know, they push me every week in training opportunity. So hopefully, I can just keep building play tonight.”
