It was pretty ugly until it wasn’t for FC Dallas on Saturday afternoon as they picked up a big 2-1 win over rivals Houston Dynamo in the first game of the Texas Derby.
FC Dallas — Maarten Paes; Ema Twumasi (Joshué Quiñónez - 84’), Matt Hedges, José Martínez, Marco Farfan; Edwin Cerrillo (Facundo Quignon - 84’), Brandon Servania (Tsiki Ntsabeleng - 84’), Paxton Pomykal (Franco Jara – 67’); Paul Arriola, Jesús Ferreira, Alan Velasco.
Substitutes not used — Jimmy Maurer, Nkosi Tafari, Szabolcs Schön, Jáder Obrian, Kalil ElMedkhar.
FC Dallas Stats Summary:
Shots: 14
Shots on Goal: 7
Saves: 1
Corner Kicks: 8
Fouls: 14
Offside: 4
Houston Dynamo FC — Steve Clark; Griffin Dorsey, Tim Parker, Ethan Bartlow, Adam Lundkvist; Darwin Quintero (Memo Rodríguez – 46’), Matías Vera (Darwin Cerén - 68’), Adalberto Carrasquilla (Sam Junqua - 94’); Tyler Pasher (Corey Baird - 76’), Sebastián Ferreira (Thorleifur Úlfarsson - 77’), Fafà Picault.