Pizza Hut Park delivers unlucky result

FC Dallas' Carlos Ruiz celebrates his second goal.

Pizza Hut Park


Scoring Summary:
DAL -- Carlos Ruiz 8 (Ronnie O'Brien 8) 31
DAL -- Carlos Ruiz 9 (Ronnie O'Brien 9, Bobby Rhine 5) 34
MET -- Youri Djorkaeff 4 (unassisted) 47
MET -- Youri Djorkaeff 5 (Ante Razov 4) 53


MetroStars -- Tony Meola, Chris Leitch, Carlos Mendes (Danilo da Silva 65), Seth Stammler, Jeff Agoos, Eddie Gaven (Mike Magee 60), Michael Bradley, Mark Lisi (Sergio Galvan Rey 46), Amado Guevara, Youri Djorkaeff, Ante Razov.


Substitutes Not Used: Abbe Ibrahim, Zach Wells.


TOTAL SHOTS: 16 (Youri Djorkaeff 4, Amado Guevara 4); SHOTS ON GOAL: 9 (Youri Djorkaeff 3); FOULS: 11 (Ante Razov 3); OFFSIDES: 4 (4 tied with 1); CORNER KICKS: 2 (Amado Guevara 2); SAVES: 6 (Tony Meola 4)


FC Dallas -- Jeff Cassar, David Wagenfuhr, Clarence Goodson, Greg Vanney, Bobby Rhine, Simo Valakari, Ramon Nunez, Ronnie O'Brien, Eddie Johnson (Aaron Pitchkolan 63), Carlos Ruiz, Arturo Alvarez (Roberto Mina 78).


Substitutes Not Used: Scott Garlick, Chris Gbandi, Steve Jolley, Drew Moor, Oscar Pareja, Carey Talley, Abe Thompson.


TOTAL SHOTS: 17 (Carlos Ruiz 6); SHOTS ON GOAL: 8 (Carlos Ruiz 4); FOULS: 9 (Greg Vanney 3); OFFSIDES: 7 (Carlos Ruiz 4); CORNER KICKS: 4 (Ramon Nunez 3); SAVES: 7 (Jeff Cassar 6)


Misconduct Summary:
DAL -- Carlos Ruiz (caution; Dissent) 47
DAL -- Greg Vanney (caution; Reckless Foul) 79


Referee: Brian Hall
Referee's Assistants: George Gansner; Fabio Tovar
4th Official: Adam Garner
Attendance: 16,750
Time of Game: 1:50
Weather: Cloudy-and-82-degrees


All Statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial