COLORADO RAPIDS vs. FC DALLAS
DICK'S SPORTING GOODS PARK • Commerce City, Co.
July 23, 2016 • Week 20 • MLS Game #205
9 pm ET (MLS LIVE, Altitude, TXA-21, TWCSC-TX)
It’s a clash of the two top teams in Major League Soccer as the homestretch comes into view when the Colorado Rapids play host to FC Dallas on Saturday evening at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. The two clubs are separated by just three points at the top of the Western Conference and MLS overall tables. The Rapids extended their club-record undefeated streak to 14 matches last weekend, sitting in second place in the West, following their 1-0 win against Sporting Kansas City at home. FCD hit the road after extending their long home undefeated run, maintaining their margin atop the conference standings following a 3-1 win against the Chicago Fire at Toyota Stadium.
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- The Rapids extended their undefeated streak to 14 games in MLS play – now matching the eighth-longest run without a loss in league history – following their 1-0 win against Sporting Kansas City on Saturday evening at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. The Rapids last lost in league play on April 9.
- FC Dallas rebounded for their fourth victory in their last five matches, still undefeated at Toyota Stadium this season, following their 3-1 win against the Chicago Fire on Saturday evening.
- The teams met twice last year at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, and both were 1-1 draws, on April 24 and June 19. The Rapids have won just one of their last six home matches against FCD, with three draws, dating back to the 2012 season.
- The Rapids claimed the only win in the season series last year, a 4-0 win April 10 at Toyota Stadium. It was Colorado’s first win in Frisco since 2012, and ended a three-game FCD winning streak in the series.
REFEREE: Kevin Stott. AR1 (bench): Craig Lowry; AR2 (opposite): Danny Thornberry; 4th: Sorin Stoica
MLS Career: 286 games; FC/gm: 25.4; Y/gm: 3.1; R: 6; pens: 15
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: COL: Axel Sjoberg, Shkelzen Gashi … DAL: Atiba Harris
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: COL: Mekeil Williams, Jermaine Jones, Eric Miller … DAL: Walker Zimmerman
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (65 meetings): Rapids 21 wins (1 shootout), 82 goals …FC Dallas 31 wins (2 shootout), 105 goals …Ties 13
AT COLORADO (32 meetings): Rapids 14 wins (0 shootout), 45 goals … FC Dallas 9 wins (0 shootout), 43 goals … Ties 9
RETURN MATCHES: 9/10: FC Dallas vs. Colorado Rapids, 8 p.m. CT
LAST YEAR [MLS]
4/10: DAL 0, COL 4 (Badji 2; Powers 43; Torres 70; Serna 85)
4/24: COL 1, DAL 1 (LaBrocca 79 – Diaz 31)
6/19: COL 1, DAL 1 (Serna 88 – Castillo 71)
- The teams met twice last year at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, and both were 1-1 draws, on April 24 and June 19. The Rapids have won just one of their last six home matches against FCD, with three draws, dating back to the 2012 season.
- The Rapids claimed the only win in the season series last year, a 4-0 win April 10 at Toyota Stadium. It was Colorado’s first win in Frisco since 2012, and ended a three-game FCD winning streak in the series.
- Coaches record: Oscar Pareja vs. COL: P6 W3 L1 D2 … Pablo Mastroeni vs. DAL: P6 W1 L3 D2
