GAME 3 – April 4, 2009

FC DALLAS 1, NEW ENGLAND 2

Gillette Stadium – Foxborough, Massachusetts

Scoring:

DAL -- Kenny Cooper 2 (Dave van den Bergh 1) 38

NE -- Sainey Nyassi 1 (Shalrie Joseph 2) 56

NE -- Steve Ralston 1 (penalty kick) 80

FC DALLAS: Ray Burse, Michael Dello-Russo (Eric Avila 88), Drew Moor, Daniel Torres, Blake Wagner, Andre Rocha, Pablo Ricchetti, Dax McCarty, Dave van den Bergh, David Ferreira, Kenny Cooper (Jeff Cunningham 73).

Subs Not Used: Josh Lambo, Bruno Guarda, Aaron Pitchkolan, George John, Peri Marosevic.

Shots – 12; Shots on Goal – 10; Total Saves – 5; Fouls – 15; Offsides – 1; Corner Kicks – 5

NEW ENGLAND: Brad Knighton, Chris Albright, Darrius Barnes, Jay Heaps, Chris Tierney (Steve Ralston 46), Sainey Nyassi, Jeff Larentowicz, Shalrie Joseph, Wells Thompson, Kheli Dube, Kenny Mansally.

Subs Not Used: Matt Reis, Argenis Fernandez, Amaechi Igwe, Pat Phelan, Rob Valentino, Micheal Videira.

Shots – 14; Shots on Goal – 7; Total Saves – 9; Fouls – 12; Offsides – 3; Corner Kicks – 5

Misconduct Summary:

NE -- Jeff Larentowicz (caution) 31

DAL -- Andre Rocha (caution) 33

NE -- Kenny Mansally (caution) 34

DAL -- George John (caution) 79

NOTES:

· FC Dallas is now 0-3-0 on the season and 9-22-1 all-time against the New England Revolution.

· FCD is winless in six consecutive games against the Revolution and has not recorded a win in the last six played at Gillette Stadium.

· Tonight was FCD’s first road game of the season and the loss snaps an unbeaten streak in the previous eight road-openers. Dallas is now 3-5-6 all-time in the first road game of each season.

· Kenny Cooper tonight scored his second goal of the year, finding space inside the six-yard box to tap home a Dave van den Bergh cross. It was the first assist of the season for van den Bergh.

· Goalkeeper Ray Burse started his second straight game of the season and 10th of his career. Burse made two total starts in 2008.

· Six changes were made to the team’s starting lineup since last week’s loss to Chivas USA. Michael Dello-Russo got the start at right back, pushing Drew Moor to central defense alongside rookie George John. Andre Rocha started on the right side of the midfield, allowing Dax McCarty to slide to the attacking midfield role, and moving David Ferreira up to forward.

· For John, it was both the first start and appearance of his career.

· It was the first start of the year for Rocha, who in 2008 made 26 starts and led the team with eight assists.

· For Dello-Russo, it was the third start of his four-year career.

· Daniel Torres was slated to start in central defense, but was a late scratch due to tightness in his right hamstring. Defender Steve Purdy, who had started the first two games of the year, missed tonight’s game with a strained right hamstring. Goalkeeper Dario Sala (left knee) and defender Marcelo Saragosa (right knee) missed their second and third consecutive games, respectively, after each recently underwent knee surgery.

· Gillette Stadium attendance was 11,314.

· FC Dallas will head back out on the road next Saturday, April 11 to face Toronto FC at BMO Field (3 p.m. CT live on KFWD-52). Toronto today fell at home 2-0 to the Seattle Sounders FC.

· Head Coach Schellas Hyndman on the game: “I think the boys really worked hard. I challenged them to match the intensity of New England and I thought we did. You’ve got to have some sort of result to show for it. If you’re going to work real hard, you want a paycheck. You want to show something for your hard work and that’s the discouraging and disappointing part.”