RECAP: FC Dallas Splits Points with Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Ricardo Pepi scored his third goal in the last two games

• Leading scorer Ricardo Pepi notched his fifth goal of the season
• FC Dallas extends its home unbeaten streak to 16 matches.
• FC Dallas has a 8-0-8 record dating back to August 16, 2020
• FC Dallas remains undefeated on the Fourth of July (8-0-4) since 2007, although the club did not play on the date in 2010 and 2011.
• FC Dallas travels to face LA Galaxy on Wednesday, July 7 at Dignity Health Sports Park at 9:30PM CT. The match will air on TXA21, FCDTV Network, KMPX-29, FCDallas.com/Radio and TUDN 1270AM.

Frisco, TX (July 4, 2021) –FC Dallas (2-4-5, 11 points) drew 2-2 with Vancouver Whitecaps FC (2-6-3, 9 points) at Toyota Stadium Sunday night.

Game Summary

First Half:

• 7’ – SHOT (DAL) – Bryan Acosta fired a curler from a difficult angle but his shot is punched out by Maxime Crépeau.
• 12’ – SHOT (DAL) – Ricardo Pepi attempted to get past Crépeau with a low-shot near the top of the six-yard box but Crépeau pushed the ball for a rebound that Pepi tried to chip over but Crépeau was aware and made another save.
• 22’ – GOAL (DAL) – Pepi scored his fifth goal of the season after heading in a cross from Jesús Ferreira past Crépeau.
• 30’ – GOAL (VAN) – Lucas Cavallini was able to take advantage of Bressan’s mistake and got past Jimmy Maurer and slotted the ball into the net to tie the match up at 1-1.
• 45’+2’ – GOAL (VAN) – Andy Rose gave Vancouver a 2-1 lead before the end of the first half after heading in a cross from Déiber Caicedo following a corner.

Second Half

• 48’ – SHOT (DAL) – Shot by Jesús Ferreira from the top of the box ends up going over the crossbar.
• 51’ – SHOT (DAL) – Pepi took a shot from outside of the box and barely missed with the ball going to the left and over the crossbar.
• 56’ – SHOT (DAL) – Bryan Acosta took a right-footed freekick directly outside the left side of the box only for it to be punched away by Crépeau and go over the crossbar.
• 90’+4’ – GOAL (DAL) – Paxton Pomykal’s cross from the right wing was headed by defender Ranko Veselinovic into their own goal to tie the match at 2-2.

Lineups:

FC Dallas — Jimmy Maurer; Justin Che, Bressan, Nkosi Tafari, Johnny Nelson (Paxton Pomykal – 63’); Facundo Quignón ( Franco Jara – 75’), Bryan Acosta; Jáder Obrian (Dante Sealy – 63’), Jesús Ferreira (Andrés Ricaurte – 81’), Ryan Hollingshead; Ricardo Pepi.

Substitutes Not Used— Phelipe Megiolaro, Brandon Servania, Ema Twumasi, Edwin Cerrillo, Kalil ElMedkhar.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC — Maxime Crépeau; Javain Brown (Jake Nerwinski – 90’+5’), Erik Godoy, Andy Rose, Cristian Gutiérrez; Caio Alexandre (Patrick Metcalfe – 83’, Janio Bikel, Russell Teibert; Cristian Dájome (Ryan Raposo – 71’), Lucas Cavallini (Brian White – 83’), Déiber Caicedo (Ranko Veselinovic – 90’+3’).

Substitutes not used— Thomas Hasal, Evan Newton, Ranko Veselinovic, Theo Bair, Leonard Owusu.

Scoring Summary:

DAL (1-0): Ricardo Pepi (Jesús Ferreira) – 22’

VAN (1-1): Lucas Cavallini – 30’

VAN (1-2): Andy Rose (Déiber Caicedo) – 45’+2’

DAL (2-2): Ranko Veselinovic (own goal) – 90’+4’

Stats Summary: FC Dallas/Vancouver Whitecaps FC:

Shots: 17/5

Shots on Goal: 8/2

Saves: 0/7

Corner Kicks: 7/5

Fouls: 11/11

Offside: 0/1

Misconduct Summary

DAL: Jáder Obrian (caution) – 18’

VAN: Lucas Cavallini (caution) – 45’+3’

DAL: Bryan Acosta (caution) – 67’

VAN: Caio Alexandre (caution) – 72’

VAN: Patrick Metcalfe (caution) – 90’+1’

VAN: Jake Nerwinski (caution) – 90’+5’

Weather:Partly Cloudy, 84

Attendance: 19,096

Referee: Ramy Touchan

Assistant Referees: Diego Blas, Jennifer Garner

Fourth official: Elton García

VAR: Joseph Dickerson