Austin FC made its way north to face Texas rivals FC Dallas on Saturday night with one of the largest contingents of traveling supporters in recent MLS history behind them. Unlike Wednesday night though, ATXFC were unable to come up with a win, losing 0-2 against Dallas at Toyota Stadium.Â
Austin had the two (2) best chances of the first half with the first one (1) coming in the seventh minute. Daniel Pereira fed a beautiful ball across the box that found the foot of Manny Perez. The forwardâs shot was saved by FCD goalkeeper Jimmy Maurer.Â
Diego Fagundez had the next best chance for ATXFC, hitting the crossbar off a direct free kick in the 44th minute.Â
Dallas scored the first goal of the match off a recycled set piece in the 50th minute. Hungary international Szabolcs SchĂśn eventually held the ball along the end line and laid it back to Ryan Hollingshead. The fullback placed a shot into the bottom of the far corner to give his side the lead.Â
13 minutes later Dallas increased its lead. Nkosi Tafari picked off a pass in the midfield and found SchĂśn on the wing. The wingerâs square ball landed right at the foot of JesĂşs Ferreira and the attacker calmly fired his shot into the back of the net.Â
Austin pushed to get back into the match but could not find a goal to cut Dallasâ lead.Â
Goal-Scoring Summary
DAL (0-1) â Ryan Hollingshead 50â (assisted by Szabolcs SchĂśn)Â
DAL (0-2) â JesĂşs Ferreira 63â (assisted by Szabolcs SchĂśn, Nkosi Burgess) Â