San Jose Earthquakes vs. FC Dallas | MLS Match Preview

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES vs. FC DALLAS
AVAYA STADIUM, San Jose, Calif.
June 7, 2015 (WEEK 14, MLS Game #146)
7 pm ET (Fox Sports 1, Fox Deportes)

A critical match for positions in the Western Conference is ahead when the San Jose Earthquakes play host to FC Dallas at Avaya Stadium on Sunday afternoon before a FOX Sports 1 audience. The teams are separated by just three points in the divisional table. The Quakes sit in sixth place after their 3-1 loss at Toronto FC last weekend that snapped a five-game undefeated run. FC Dallas are just three points farther ahead, having started their five-game road swing with back-to-back losses, last a 4-0 defeat at Sporting Kansas City.

• Chris Wondolowski scored for a fourth consecutive game – now with eight goals this season, second in the MLS Golden Boot standings – but the Quakes saw their five-game undefeated streak come to an end with their first loss since April 17 in a 3-1 defeat at Toronto FC on Saturday evening.
• FC Dallas suffered their second consecutive loss – their second 4-0 defeat this season – falling to Sporting Kansas City on Friday evening. FCD had previously lost 4-0 to the Colorado Rapids on April 10, the second of their other back-to-back losses this year.
• The teams are meeting for the second time this season. Blas Perez scored the game’s lone goal deep into second-half stoppage time to have FC Dallas the victory in the season opener for both teams, March 7 at Toyota Stadium.
• FCD has won the last two matchups between the clubs. The FC Dallas victory in the final meeting at Buck Shaw Stadium a year ago – a 5-0 victory – was their first on the road against San Jose since 2009, a 2-1 win in Santa Clara.

REFEREE: Baldomero Toledo. AR1 (bench): Ian Anderson; AR2 (opposite): Eduardo Mariscal; 4th: Baboucarr Jallow
MLS Career: 193 games; FC/gm: 25.1; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 69; pens: 70

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SUSPENDED: DAL: Zach Loyd (through June 7)
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: SJ: Fatai Alashe, Sanna Nyassi … DAL: Atiba Harris
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: SJ: Tommy Thompson (US U-20); Fatai Alashe (US U-23); Sanna Nyassi (The Gambia; vs South Africa 6/13) … DAL: Rolando Escobar, Blas Perez (Panama; 6/3, 6/6 vs. Ecuador); Kellyn Acosta (US U-20); Jesse Gonzalez (Mexico U-20)

HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (54 meetings): Earthquakes 25 wins (4 shootout), 86 goals … FC Dallas 18 wins (3 shootout), 65 goals … Ties 11
AT SAN JOSE (27 meetings): Earthquakes 15 wins (4 shootout), 49 goals … FC Dallas 7 wins (2 shootout), 31 goals … Ties 5
FUTURE MATCH: 10/25: FC Dallas vs. San Jose Earthquakes, tbd

• The teams are meeting for the second time this season. Blas Perez scored the gameís lone goal deep into second-half stoppage time to give FC Dallas the victory in the season opener for both teams, March 7 at Toyota Stadium.
• FCD has won the last two matchups between the clubs. The FC Dallas victory in the final meeting at Buck Shaw Stadium a year ago ñ a 5-0 victory ñ was their first on the road against San Jose since 2009, a 2-1 win in Santa Clara.
• Coaches record: Dominic Kinnear vs. DAL: P30 W12 L7 D11 … Oscar Pareja vs. SJ: P10 W2 L7 D1

LAST MEETING (MLS)
3/7: DAL 1, SJ 0 (Perez 92+)

• The game's only goal came two minutes into second-half stoppage time. Moises Hernandez flighted a ball into the center of the box where Blas Perez was able to flick a header past Quakes goalkeeper David Bingham for the dramatic match-winner.
• FCD goalkeeper Chris Seitz made two saves in keeping the clean sheet in the season opener.
• FC DALLAS (4-1-3-2): Chris Seitz - Moises Hernandez, Matt Hedges, Zach Loyd, Atiba Harris (Walker Zimmerman 89) - Victor Ulloa - Ryan Hollingshead (Michael Barrios 75), Mauro Diaz (Michel 86), Tesho Akindele - Fabian Castillo, Blas Perez.
• SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES (4-4-1-1): David Bingham - Marvell Wynne, Victor Bernardez, Paulo Renato, Shaun Francis - Sanna Nyassi, Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi, JJ Koval (Adam Jahn 60), Shea Salinas (Innocent Emeghara 89) - Matias Perez Garcia (Fatai Alashe 81) - Chris Wondolowski.

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