FC Dallas vs. DC United | MLS Match Preview

FC DALLAS vs. D.C. UNITED
TOYOTA STADIUM, Frisco, Texas
July 18, 2015 (MLS Game #199)
9 pm ET (MLS LIVE)

It’s a top of the table clash as FC Dallas play host to D.C. United on Saturday evening at Toyota Stadium. FC Dallas come into the game with a three-game league winning streak, following their 2-0 win at Orlando City SC last weekend, moving into a tie atop the Western Conference. United still lead the Eastern Conference, concluding their four-game road swing after a 1-0 loss at Seattle Sounders FC two weekends ago.

• FC Dallas won their third game on the trot following a six-game winless run, Mauro Diaz scored for a second consecutive game in a 2-0 victory at Orlando City SC on Saturday evening. The road victory was the first for FCD after their winless five-game road swing May 23-June 19.
• United return to action after their three-game undefeated run was put to an end last time out, a 1-0 defeat at Seattle Sounders FC on July 3. United have been shut out in their last two league games; the visit to FC Dallas concludes a four-game stretch away from RFK Stadium
• United won 4-1 last April 26 at RFK Stadium in the only meeting between the teams, their second consecutive 4-1 victory at home in the all-time series.
• D.C. United last won in Frisco on Sept. 1, 2007, a 4-0 victory. FC Dallas have won three of their five home meetings since, with two draws, including a 2-1 win there May 11, 2013 in the only meeting that season.

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REFEREE: Allen Chapman. AR1 (bench): Corey Rockwell; AR2 (opposite): Kathryn Nesbitt; 4th: Nima Saghafi
MLS Career: 61 games; FC/gm: 23.3; Y/gm: 3.7; R: 16; pens: 27
SUSPENDED: DC: Fabian Espindola (through July 19)
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: DAL: Atiba Harris … DC: Perry Kitchen
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: DAL: Matt Hedges, Victor Ulloa, Ryan Hollingshead, Dan Kennedy … DC: Bobby Boswell, Taylor Kemp, Davy Arnaud, Conor Doyle
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: DAL: Je-Vaughn Watson (Jamaica, CONCACAF Gold Cup); Blas Pérez (Panama, CONCACAF Gold Cup)

HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (41 meetings): FC Dallas 18 wins (4 shootout), 68 goals … United 15 wins (0 shootout), 74 goals … Ties 8 AT DALLAS (22 meetings): FC Dallas 13 wins (2 shootout), 39 goals … United 6 wins (0 shootout), 27 goals … Ties 3

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