Match 07: CITY at FC Dallas, Sat. Apr 11, 7:30 PM (CT)

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  1. fortcollins

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    St. Louis City SC
    Apr 12, 2006
    Fort Collins
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    St. Louis CITY SC (1-3-2) at FC Dallas (3-1-2)
    Saturday, April 11, 2026, 7:30 PM (CT)
    Frisco, Toyota Stadium

    Apple TV
    Here is the MLS Match Information for this match.

    FC Dallas 3-1-2, 11 Points, 1.83 PPG, 14 GF, 9 GA, Net +5, Form WDLDWW
    FC Dallas Home 2-0-2, 8 points, 2.00 PPG, 10 GF, 8 GA, Net +2, Form WDDW
    FC Dallas Away 1-1-0, 3 points, 1.50 PPG, 4 GF, 1 GA, Net +3, Form LW

    CITY 1-3-2, 5 Points, 0.83 PPG, 5 GF, 8 GA, Net -3, Form DLLLWD
    CITY Home 1-1-1, 1.33 PPG, 4 GF, 3 GA, Net +1, Form DLW
    CITY Away 0-2-1, 0 points, 0.33 PPG, 1 GF, 5 GA, Net -4, Form LLD

    FCD is one of the top Western teams that is undefeated at home and undefeated against the Eastern Conference. They have played an unbalanced schedule. This is their fifth home match, against only two on the road. Their four home matches have been two high scoring one-goal wins and two draws and over half of their goal differential comes from last week’s 4-0 road comb over DC United. CITY is coming off back-to-back points earned late in games, but is still 0-2-1 on the road with just one road goal.

    Discuss.
     
  2. HouseofCards

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    Nov 26, 2012
    The point against NYC sets us up to be in a position to get the hoped for 4 points from this 3 game road trip. We need a win in either one of the next 2. I get the sense that FCD is the easier competition, but Seattle will be coming off of 2 games with Tigres in the CCC. (Why doesn't Seattle play this weekend?) Realistically, 1 point out of the 6 on offer wouldn't be a catastrophe.
     
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  3. fortcollins

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    St. Louis City SC
    Apr 12, 2006
    Fort Collins
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Head-to-head record. CITY is 1-3-2 against FC Dallas, 5 points, 0.83 PPG, 3 GF, 9 GA, Net -6, Form LWDLLD. At Home versus Dallas, CITY is 1-0-2, 5 points, 1.67 PPG, 3 GF, 2 GA, Net +1, Form WDD. Away versus Dallas, CITY is 0-3-0, 0 Points, 0.00 PPG, 0 GF, 7 GA, Net -7, Form LLL.

    Here are the MLS Game Guides for our match.
     
  4. fortcollins

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    St. Louis City SC
    Apr 12, 2006
    Fort Collins
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    "However . . ." here are PRO's Assignments: Center Referee Filip Dujic, ARs Corey Parker and Eduardo Jeff, Fourth Official Joe Surgan, VAR Carol Anne Chenard, and AVAR Tom Supple.

    Very early forecast. Overcast, rain mid-day, by match time mid-to-low 70s, humid, SSE breeze 10-13 MPH.
     
  5. fortcollins

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    St. Louis City SC
    Apr 12, 2006
    Fort Collins
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Broadcast Teams (hopefully the MLS list is more accurate this week): Apple TV. English language: Mark Followill and Gio Savarese. Spanish language: Raul Guzman. St. Louis radio. English broadcast, 98.1 FM, Joey Zanaboni and Dale Schilly (available by online streaming). Spanish broadcast, 102.9 FM, Santiago Beltran and Hector Vega (available by online streaming).
     
  6. fortcollins

    fortcollins Member+

    St. Louis City SC
    Apr 12, 2006
    Fort Collins
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  7. fortcollins

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    St. Louis City SC
    Apr 12, 2006
    Fort Collins
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Disciplinary Summary report for our match: St. Louis CITY SC. Suspended: none. YC Caution: none. FC Dallas. Suspended: none. YC Caution: none.
     
  8. fortcollins

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    St. Louis City SC
    Apr 12, 2006
    Fort Collins
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Pre-Match Press Conference video:

     
  9. fortcollins

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    St. Louis City SC
    Apr 12, 2006
    Fort Collins
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Combined Disciplinary Summary and Player Availability reports. St. Louis CITY SC. Suspended: none. Out (illness or injury): Celio Pompeu. Out (not due to injury): none. Eduard Lowen is playing for CITY 2 tonight and almost certainly won’t be rostered for the FCD match. Questionable: none. YC Caution: none. FC Dallas. Suspended: none. Out (illness or injury) Anderson Julio and Bernard Kamungo. Out (not due to illness or injury): none. Questionable: none. YC Caution: none.

    Updated Weather Forecast. Overcast, rain mid-day, by match time mid-70s, humid, SSE breeze 10-13 MPH. On more positive notes, it won’t be the usual Frisco full sauna experience, and it’s unlikely we will have a month-long mid-match lightning delay like our 2023 trip.
     
  10. HouseofCards

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    Nov 26, 2012
    Watching the CITY2 game...Fall didn't miss a day in the weight room, he's huge!
     
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  11. fortcollins

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    St. Louis City SC
    Apr 12, 2006
    Fort Collins
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Weather update. There's a chance of showers during the match. It's bring-a-light-jacket (or poncho) day in Frisco.

    Roster update. Eduard Lowen, Tomas Ostrak, and Tyson Pearce played for CITY 2 last night, and won't be rostered for the FC Dallas match.
     
  12. fortcollins

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    St. Louis City SC
    Apr 12, 2006
    Fort Collins
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  13. HouseofCards

    HouseofCards Member+

    Nov 26, 2012
    I'm fearing the worst right now. The last 2 games that we have taken 4 points from, were some of our worst performances of the season...so far this is one of our best. Hopefully we can get some deserved points to match the early performance.
     
  14. HouseofCards

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    Nov 26, 2012
    I think that was our best 45 to date. Polvara is really growing on me (thanks Lutz!). We are a legit 9 (read: not Cordova nor Becher) away from being in the playoffs, and a few players from being a top 4 seed.
     
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  15. HouseofCards

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    Nov 26, 2012
    Overall happy with the performance and it's a good point on the road. However (;)), Damet's substitution usage is criminal. He waits way too long. Santos and Edelman were dead for 10 minutes before they came off, and we almost gave the game away in that time. Why the f*ck do you wait until the 95th minute to bring on McSorley for Becher? Teuchert has got to go in June as well. He has fresh legs and is 1 on 1 with the keeper...has to be a goal!

    For all those gripes solid 75 minutes, apart from Orozco giving away the goal (we can blame the concussion for that). Back line deserves a clean sheet here at some point. I'm excited to go Wednesday and hopefully see Lowen. He played as the right sided 10 for CITY2, and I'm ok plugging him in straight there and getting Cordova and Teuchert out.
     
  16. fortcollins

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    St. Louis City SC
    Apr 12, 2006
    Fort Collins
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    No matter what else happens this weekend, we're within 5 points of the last playoff spot and could be within 2 points. We're somehow weathering the toughest first third schedule in the MLS with a cobbled together lineup. It's a long way to getting out of the woods, but this could be much, much worse.

    I'm concerned about Orozco. The look on his face when he came off wasn't good.

    I think Damet's playing for keeps in the USOC match on Wednesday.
     
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  17. HouseofCards

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    Nov 26, 2012
    From your lips (keyboard) to God's ears!
     
  18. HouseofCards

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    Nov 26, 2012
    I mostly agree with this part. I think my big takeaway on Damet so far, he can coach! You look at the style of play, he has a plan and he is implementing his plan. He can't manage. He needs to improve in this area.
     

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