FC Dallas vs Philadelphia Union, 2025 MLS, Regular Season
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39': Lalas AbubakarShort-handed FC Dallas draw with MLS-leading Union
FC Dallas refused to relent despite playing the final 51 minutes a man down and held on for a scoreless draw with the league-leading Philadelphia Union on Saturday in an interconference match in Frisco, Texas.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Offside, FC Dallas. Anderson Julio is caught offside.
- 3': Foul by Mikael Uhre (Philadelphia Union).
- 3': Lalas Abubakar (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 3': Foul by Frankie Westfield (Philadelphia Union).
- 3': Kaick (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Attempt missed. Chris Donovan (Philadelphia Union) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Alejandro Bedoya with a headed pass.
- 9': Attempt missed. Patrickson Delgado (FC Dallas) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Anderson Julio.
- 11': Attempt missed. Anderson Julio (FC Dallas) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lucho Acosta with a through ball.
- 12': Attempt missed. Alejandro Bedoya (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Mikael Uhre.
- 14': Corner,Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Lalas Abubakar.
- 15': Attempt blocked. Danley Jean Jacques (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alejandro Bedoya.
- 15': Corner,Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Ramiro.
- 15': Delay in match because of an injury Ramiro (FC Dallas).
- 17': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 18': Attempt blocked. Kaick (FC Dallas) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Anderson Julio.
- 19': Corner,FC Dallas. Conceded by Olwethu Makhanya.
- 19': Foul by Danley Jean Jacques (Philadelphia Union).
- 19': Kaick (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 22': Foul by Jesús Bueno (Philadelphia Union).
- 22': Lucho Acosta (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 23': Foul by Jesús Bueno (Philadelphia Union).
- 23': Patrickson Delgado (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Corner,Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Lalas Abubakar.
- 26': Foul by Olwethu Makhanya (Philadelphia Union).
- 26': Kaick (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 27': Foul by Alejandro Bedoya (Philadelphia Union).
- 27': Marco Farfan (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Attempt blocked. Ben Bender (Philadelphia Union) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Danley Jean Jacques.
- 28': Attempt blocked. Jesús Bueno (Philadelphia Union) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Chris Donovan.
- 28': Corner,Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Lalas Abubakar.
- 29': Attempt missed. Kai Wagner (Philadelphia Union) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Danley Jean Jacques following a corner.
- 31': Foul by Lalas Abubakar (FC Dallas).
- 31': Mikael Uhre (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 31': Lalas Abubakar (FC Dallas) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 33': Attempt missed. Alejandro Bedoya (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is just a bit too high. Assisted by Kai Wagner following a set piece situation.
- 34': Foul by Lucho Acosta (FC Dallas).
- 34': Kai Wagner (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 35': Delay in match because of an injury Mikael Uhre (Philadelphia Union).
- 37': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 37': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Bruno Damiani replaces Mikael Uhre because of an injury.
- 38': Attempt missed. Chris Donovan (Philadelphia Union) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kai Wagner with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 39': Chris Donovan (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 39': Foul by Lalas Abubakar (FC Dallas).
- 39': Second yellow card to Lalas Abubakar (FC Dallas) for a bad foul.
- 41': Attempt blocked. Olwethu Makhanya (Philadelphia Union) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kai Wagner with a cross.
- 41': Corner,Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Anderson Julio.
- 44': Attempt missed. Bruno Damiani (Philadelphia Union) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Frankie Westfield with a cross.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time.
- 45'+2': Foul by Alejandro Bedoya (Philadelphia Union).
- 45'+2': Shaq Moore (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+5': Attempt missed. Anderson Julio (FC Dallas) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Petar Musa.
- 45'+5': Attempt missed. Danley Jean Jacques (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jesús Bueno.
- 45'+6': Foul by Bruno Damiani (Philadelphia Union).
- 45'+6': Shaq Moore (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+7': Corner,Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Marco Farfan.
- 45'+8': Foul by Olwethu Makhanya (Philadelphia Union).
- 45'+8': Kaick (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+8': First Half ends, FC Dallas 0, Philadelphia Union 0.
- 45': Second Half begins FC Dallas 0, Philadelphia Union 0.
- 45': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Jovan Lukic replaces Jesús Bueno.
- 48': Corner,Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Ramiro.
- 48': Attempt missed. Bruno Damiani (Philadelphia Union) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Kai Wagner with a cross following a corner.
- 50': Bruno Damiani (Philadelphia Union) hits the left post with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Kai Wagner with a cross.
- 50': Corner,Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Marco Farfan.
- 51': Attempt missed. Danley Jean Jacques (Philadelphia Union) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
- 52': Delay in match (Philadelphia Union).
- 52': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 57': Attempt saved. Anderson Julio (FC Dallas) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner by Andrew Rick (Philadelphia Union).
- 57': Corner,FC Dallas. Conceded by Andrew Rick.
- 58': Attempt missed. Anderson Julio (FC Dallas) right footed shot from more than 40 yards on the right wing misses to the left. Assisted by Patrickson Delgado following a fast break.
- 59': Corner,Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Ramiro.
- 62': Foul by Danley Jean Jacques (Philadelphia Union).
- 62': Patrickson Delgado (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Tai Baribo replaces Chris Donovan.
- 63': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Indiana Vassilev replaces Danley Jean Jacques.
- 63': Attempt saved. Petar Musa (FC Dallas) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Andrew Rick (Philadelphia Union). Assisted by Lucho Acosta.
- 64': Attempt missed. Ben Bender (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Frankie Westfield with a cross.
- 67': Attempt saved. Jovan Lukic (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Maarten Paes (FC Dallas).
- 68': Attempt missed. Bruno Damiani (Philadelphia Union) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Indiana Vassilev.
- 72': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Quinn Sullivan replaces Alejandro Bedoya.
- 73': Corner,Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Shaq Moore.
- 74': Attempt missed. Bruno Damiani (Philadelphia Union) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Indiana Vassilev with a cross following a corner.
- 75': Bruno Damiani (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 75': Foul by Kaick (FC Dallas).
- 75': Kaick (FC Dallas) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 76': Attempt missed. Indiana Vassilev (Philadelphia Union) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Jovan Lukic.
- 77': Foul by Bruno Damiani (Philadelphia Union).
- 77': Kaick (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 78': Foul by Jovan Lukic (Philadelphia Union).
- 78': Patrickson Delgado (FC Dallas) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 79': Foul by Petar Musa (FC Dallas).
- 79': Indiana Vassilev (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Foul by Lucho Acosta (FC Dallas).
- 80': Olwethu Makhanya (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 80': Attempt missed. Bruno Damiani (Philadelphia Union) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Tai Baribo.
- 81': Foul by Lucho Acosta (FC Dallas).
- 81': Indiana Vassilev (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 82': Attempt blocked. Jovan Lukic (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Quinn Sullivan.
- 82': Corner,Philadelphia Union. Conceded by Shaq Moore.
- 83': Substitution, FC Dallas. Bernard Kamungo replaces Anderson Julio.
- 85': Hand ball by Ramiro (FC Dallas).
- 86': Bernard Kamungo (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Foul by Olwethu Makhanya (Philadelphia Union).
- 86': Bruno Damiani (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Foul by Sebastien Ibeagha (FC Dallas).
- 87': Substitution, FC Dallas. Logan Farrington replaces Petar Musa.
- 87': Attempt missed. Bruno Damiani (Philadelphia Union) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kai Wagner with a cross.
- 88': Ben Bender (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Foul by Ramiro (FC Dallas).
- 89': Attempt missed. Bruno Damiani (Philadelphia Union) left footed shot from very close range is too high. Assisted by Quinn Sullivan with a cross.
- 90': Attempt missed. Quinn Sullivan (Philadelphia Union) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Indiana Vassilev.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Bruno Damiani (Philadelphia Union) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Foul by Sebastien Ibeagha (FC Dallas).
- 90'+1': Sebastien Ibeagha (FC Dallas) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+2': Foul by Ben Bender (Philadelphia Union).
- 90'+2': Shaq Moore (FC Dallas) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Ben Bender (Philadelphia Union) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, FC Dallas 0, Philadelphia Union 0.
- 0': Match ends, FC Dallas 0, Philadelphia Union 0.
Statistics
 PHI |
DAL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Fouls | 11 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Offsides | 1 |
| 11 | Corner Kicks | 2 |
| 2 | Saves | 1 |
| 68.8 | Possession | 31.2 |
| 24 | SHOTS | 7 |
| 1 | ON GOAL | 2 |
| 0.0 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 510 | Accurate Passes | 203 |
| 599 | Passes | 289 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.7 |
| 15 | Accurate Crosses | 1 |
| 51 | Crosses | 6 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 44 | Long Balls | 51 |
| 22 | Accurate Long Balls | 21 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 5 | Blocked Shots | 1 |
| 9 | Effective Tackles | 5 |
| 18 | Tackles | 7 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 11 | Interceptions | 9 |
| 16 | Effective Clearances | 48 |
| 16 | Clearances | 48 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: Toyota Stadium
Location: Frisco, Texas, USA
Attendance: 11,004
Venue: Toyota Stadium
Location: Frisco, Texas, USA
Attendance: 11,004
MLS Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia Union | 17 | +14 | 34 |
| 2 | FC Cincinnati | 17 | +1 | 30 |
| 3 | Inter Miami CF | 16 | +9 | 29 |
| 4 | Nashville SC | 17 | +9 | 29 |
Line-Ups
FC Dallas (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Maarten Paes (GK) |
| 5 | Lalas Abubakar  |
| 25 | Sebastien Ibeagha |
| 4 | Marco Farfan |
| 18 | Shaq Moore |
| 10 | Luciano Acosta |
| 17 | Ramiro |
| 6 | Patrickson Delgado |
| 9 | Petar Musa |
| 55 | Kaick |
| 11 | Anderson Julio |
Philadelphia Union (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 76 | Andrew Rick (GK) |
| 26 | Nathan Harriel |
| 29 | Olwethu Makhanya |
| 27 | Kai Wagner |
| 39 | Francis Westfield |
| 8 | Jesús Bueno |
| 21 | Danley Jean Jacques |
| 16 | Ben Bender |
| 11 | Alejandro Bedoya |
| 25 | Chris Donovan |
| 7 | Mikkel Uhre |
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