GAME 18 - July 24, 2009

FC DALLAS 2, REAL SALT LAKE 4

Rio Tinto Stadium - Sandy, Utah

Scoring:

DAL -- Jeff Cunningham 4 (unassisted) 13

DAL -- Dave van den Bergh 1 (Jeff Cunningham 3, David Ferreira 3) 21

RSL -- Yura Movsisyan 5 (Javier Morales 5) 55

RSL -- Robbie Findley 7 (penalty kick) 62

RSL -- Own Goal (Daniel Torres) 88

RSL -- Yura Movsisyan 6 (unassisted) 93+

FC DALLAS: Ray Burse, Drew Moor, George John (Daniel Torres 46), Pablo Ricchetti, Jair Benitez, Dax McCarty, Atiba Harris, David Ferreira, Andre Rocha (Brek Shea 91+), Dave van den Bergh, Jeff Cunningham.

Subs Not Used: Dario Sala, Blake Wagner, Bruno Guarda, Eric Avila, Kyle Davies.

Shots - 12; Shots on Goal - 7; Total Saves - 4; Fouls - 14; Offsides - 0; Corner Kicks - 3

REAL SALT LAKE: Nick Rimando, Robbie Russell (Tony Beltran 10), Nat Borchers, Chris Wingert, Jamison Olave, Clint Mathis (Andy Williams 92+), Ned Grabavoy (Yura Movsisyan 46), Will Johnson, Javier Morales, Robbie Findley, Fabian Espindola.

Subs Not Used: Chris Seitz, Jean Alexandre, Raphael Cox, Pablo Campos.

Shots - 17; Shots on Goal - 6; Total Saves - 4; Fouls - 14; Offsides - 5; Corner Kicks - 9

Misconduct Summary:

RSL - Fabian Espindola (caution) 29

RSL - Nat Borchers (caution) 35

DAL - Dave van den Bergh (caution) 61

DAL - Ray Burse (caution) 62

RSL - Will Johnson (caution) 72

RSL - Jason Kreis (ejection) 73

RSL - Jamison Olave (caution) 77

DAL - Pablo Ricchetti (caution) 78

DAL - Drew Moor (ejection) 95+

NOTES:

FC Dallas (4-8-5, 17 pts.) falls to Real Salt Lake (6-7-5, 23 pts.) 4-2 at Rio Tinto Stadium. The team is now 1-6-2 on the road this season and 0-6-4 against Western Conference opponents.

Dallas is now 9-5-1 all-time against Real Salt Lake and 3-5-1 on the road versus the Western Conference rival. The team is 0-2 at Rio Tinto Stadium.

FCD, coming off a bye week, played its second straight game on the road and at altitude after facing Colorado on July 11.

Jeff Cunningham tonight scored his 108th career regular season goal, tying former Dallas forward and current RSL head coach Jason Kreis for third on the all-time MLS list. Cunningham is also now tied with Kreis for eighth all-time in games played with 305.

Dave van den Bergh scored his first goal of the season when he found open space on the corner of the six yard box to put away a low left-footed shot off a feed from David Ferreira (his third assist of the season).

Cunningham provided the secondary assist, also his third of the season.

Atiba Harris made his FC Dallas debut tonight, starting in the right midfield position after being acquired last week in a trade with Chivas USA.

Colombian Jair Benitez also made his FC Dallas and MLS debut tonight in the left back position after signing with the club on Wednesday.

Drew Moor received a red card in second half stoppage time forcing him to miss the team’s next match.

Dallas was without its leading scorer, Kenny Cooper, for the third straight game while the 24-year-old is away with the U.S. Men's National Team for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Cooper scored a second half overtime goal to secure a 2-0 semifinal victory over Honduras at Soldier's Field in Chicago Thursday night. With the result, the USMNT advance to the Gold Cup Final on July 26 against Mexico at Giants Stadium.

Three FCD players have now started all 18 regular season games: David Ferreira, Moor and van den Bergh. Ferreira is the only player to have played every minute of the season thus far.

Goalkeeper Dario Sala tonight made his first appearance on the 18 man day-of-game roster since the April 25 game at Chivas USA. Sala had sat out the previous 11 matches due to a left knee injury.

Two Dallas players missed the game with injuries: forward Peri Marosevic (right hip) and Alvaro Sanchez (right ankle).

FC Dallas returns home for a two-game home-stand beginning with the August 1 contest versus the Kansas City Wizards (7:30 p.m. CT, live on KFWD-52) and then an in-state battle versus the Houston Dynamo on Thursday, August 6 (7:30 p.m. CT, live on FSN-SW).

FC Dallas Head Coach Schellas Hyndman on the game: “I thought we played some of our best soccer in the first half. The second half was obviously a different story. Our plan was to put on high pressure and get three points, which worked out pretty well up until halftime. We sat back a little bit to try and protect a lead, which is always dangerous."

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