Through the first month of the season, FC Dallas has picked up right where they left off in 2015 as one of the hottest teams in MLS – especially at home. As the calendar turns to April with a pivotal matchup against the defending Eastern Conference Champions, Columbus Crew SC, here are a few fast facts on the team’s fast start and why you should join the fun at Toyota Stadium on Saturday by clicking the link below::
- With consecutive Dos a Cero home wins to open the year, Dallas has won their last seven regular season home matches while outscoring opponents an astounding 16-3.
- Newcomer Maxi Urruti is second in the league in goals (3) and tied for the lead in shots on target (8) through four matches, while fellow Argentine Mauro Diaz leads MLS in assists (4).
- For the first time since the inaugural 1996 season, FCD has two-straight shutouts at home to open the season and will be looking for their first-ever three-peat on Saturday as Columbus visits Frisco.
- For the fourth-straight season, the team picked up at least three wins in the opening month of the season, while scoring at least six goals. In the last four years, FCD has a 13-2-2 record in March with 30 goals scored.
- FC Dallas has three shutouts through their first four matches for the second-consecutive year. After posting three in the opening four contests in 2015, Dallas went on to tie a franchise mark with 13 clean sheets in a single season (2011). Never before has the club picked up four shutouts in their first five games of the year.
- Against Eastern Conference foes, Dallas is 3-0-0 on the year and dating back to the beginning of 2015, the team is 6-0-1 at home against cross-conference opponents at Toyota Stadium.
- In the lone meeting between the two clubs last season, FCD beat Columbus 3-0 at MAPFRE Stadium – a game in which Dallas started an MLS-record five Homegrown players.
- Columbus scored the second-most goals in MLS last season (58) and boasts an exciting single-striker look, very similar to Dallas’ dangerous attack which scored 52 goals in 2015.
- Forward Kei Kamara led the charge for Crew SC in 2015, tying for the Golden Boot with 22 goals in his first season in Ohio. After missing the lone matchup last season, FCD will face Kamara for the first time since 2013 on Saturday.
- With a win over Columbus, FC Dallas could vault themselves into the early lead in the 2016 Supporters’ Shield standings.
