GAME 3 – April 12, 2008

FC DALLAS 2, NEW YORK RED BULLS 0

Pizza Hut Park – Frisco, Texas

Scoring:

DAL -- Arturo Alvarez 2 (Andre Rocha 2) 1

DAL -- Kenny Cooper 3 (Adrian Serioux 1) 66

FC DALLAS (3-4-1-2): Dario Sala, Adrian Serioux, Duilio Davino, Drew Moor, Blake Wagner, Pablo Ricchetti, Andre Rocha (Marcelo Saragosa 72), Dax McCarty, Juan Toja (Aaron Pitchkolan 77), Arturo Alvarez (Ricardinho 84), Kenny Cooper.

Subs Not Used: Ray Burse (GK), Anthony Wallace, Dominic Oduro, Abe Thompson,

Shots – 7; Shots on Goal – 6; Total Saves – 2; Fouls – 8; Offsides – 1; Corner Kicks – 0

NEW YORK RED BULLS: Jon Conway, Chris Leitch, Kevin Goldthwaite, Seth Stammler, Dave van den Bergh, Luke Sassano, Sinisa Ubiparipovic (Mike Magee 63), Claudio Reyna, Danleigh Borman, Oscar Echeverry (John Wolyniec 72), Jozy Altidore.

Subs Not Used: Caleb Patterson-Sewell (GK), Carlos Mendes, Kevin Mesa, Michael Palacio, Chris Megaloudis.

Shots – 14; Shots on Goal – 2; Total Saves – 4; Fouls – 9; Offsides – 2; Corner Kicks – 5

Misconduct Summary:

NY -- Oscar Echeverry (caution) 53

NOTES:

· This was FC Dallas’ first win of the year, now holding a record of 1-0-2, 5 points. FCD and Chicago are the only teams yet to lose this year.

· With the win, FC Dallas evens its all-time regular season record at 162-162-47.

· FCD now is 15-14-2 all-time versus New York.

· Alvarez’s goal just 51 seconds into the game was the second fastest goal ever scored by a Dallas player. The fastest goal ever was scored by Aaron Pitchkolan, when he tallied 31 seconds into his first career start on May 22, 2005 in a 5-2 win at Chivas USA.

· Cooper scored his league-leading third goal of the year. This was Cooper’s first goal at home since Oct. 7, 2006 in a 2-1 win versus LA at Pizza Hut Park.

· FCD is now 14-0-3 all-time when Cooper scores a goal since he joined MLS in 2006.

· Serioux tonight registered his first career assist.

· Dario Sala registered his 12th career shutout. Last year, FCD registered its first shutout on June 14, which was the 13th game of the year.

· Dallas used the same starting 11 as last game, a 3-3 draw at Houston.

· Tonight’s attendance was 11,564.

· FC Dallas will travel to California next weekend to face Chivas USA on Sunday, April 19 (7 pm CT) at The Home Depot Center.

· Steve Morrow on the game: “We’re very pleased overall. It’s a two nil win at home, a clean sheet at home, which is good. We created lots of chances. At times we moved the ball very, very well. But we also have high standards for this team, and I still think we can do better and play better.

Notes provided by FC Dallas Communications