MLS

FT Saturday, September 4, 2021
FC Dallas LLDWL 2
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Real Salt Lake WWLLW 3
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DAL112
RSL123
America First Field · 15,882 att.

Match Report

Menéndez scores first MLS goal, RSL beats FC Dallas 3-2

— Jonathan Menéndez scored his first MLS goal and Real Salt Lake rallied to beat FC Dallas 3-2 on Saturday night.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
3
9
Saves
0
45.7
Possession
54.3
14
SHOTS
25
2
ON GOAL
12
0.1
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
265
Accurate Passes
362
352
Passes
415
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
7
12
Crosses
22
0.3
Cross %
0.3
59
Long Balls
62
29
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
8
19
Tackles
12
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
11
Interceptions
18
13
Effective Clearances
14
13
Clearances
14

Head to Head

DAL leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

RSL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 51Andrew PutnaG
  2. 30Marcelo SilvaCD-L
  3. 15Justen GladCD-R
  4. 26Noah PowderLB
  5. 22Aaron HerreraRB
  6. 8Damir KreilachAM
  7. 25Everton LuizLM
  8. 6Pablo RuizRM
  9. 14Rubio RubínF
  10. 11Albert RusnákAM-L
  11. 10Jonathan MenéndezAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 3Ashtone MorganSUB
  2. 4Danny ToiaSUB
  3. 23Milan IloskiSUB
  4. 44Toni DatkovicSUB
  5. 43Justin PortilloSUB
  6. 16Maikel ChangSUB
  7. 13Nick BeslerSUB
  8. 1David OchoaSUB
  9. 29Anderson JulioSUB

DAL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 99PhelipeG
  2. 24Matt HedgesCD-L
  3. 14Nkosi TafariCD-R
  4. 12Ryan HollingsheadLB
  5. 22Ema TwumasiRB
  6. 9Jesús FerreiraAM
  7. 18Brandon ServaniaLM
  8. 6Edwin CerrilloRM
  9. 29Franco JaraF
  10. 19Paxton PomykalAM-L
  11. 7Jáder ObrianAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 32Justin CheSUB
  2. 30Kyle ZobeckSUB
  3. 5Facundo QuignónSUB
  4. 3José MartínezSUB
  5. 10Andrés RicaurteSUB
  6. 21Kalil ElMedkharSUB
  7. 2Edwin MunjomaSUB

Timeline

  1. 19' Goal! Real Salt Lake 0, FC Dallas 1. Franco Jara (FC Dallas) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jesús Ferreira.
  2. 25' Jáder Obrian (FC Dallas) is shown the yellow card for dangerous play.
  3. 42' Goal! Real Salt Lake 1, FC Dallas 1. Justen Glad (Real Salt Lake) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aaron Herrera with a cross following a set piece situation.
  4. 45'+2' Aaron Herrera (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 49' Nkosi Burgess (FC Dallas) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 54' Goal! Real Salt Lake 2, FC Dallas 1. Jonathan Menéndez (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal.
  7. 65' Albert Rusnák (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 68' Substitution, FC Dallas. Kalil ElMedkhar replaces Paxton Pomykal.
  9. 72' Goal! Real Salt Lake 3, FC Dallas 1. Albert Rusnák (Real Salt Lake) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jonathan Menéndez.
  10. 76' Substitution, FC Dallas. Facundo Quignon replaces Edwin Cerrillo.
  11. 76' Substitution, FC Dallas. Andrés Ricaurte replaces Brandon Servania.
  12. 76' Substitution, FC Dallas. Justin Che replaces Ryan Hollingshead.
  13. 80' Goal! Real Salt Lake 3, FC Dallas 2. Jesús Ferreira (FC Dallas) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Jáder Obrian.
  14. 82' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Nick Besler replaces Pablo Ruiz.
  15. 82' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Maikel Chang replaces Jonathan Menéndez.
  16. 88' Substitution, FC Dallas. Eddie Munjoma replaces Ema Twumasi.
  17. 90'+3' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Anderson Julio replaces Rubio Rubín.

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