Photo Gallery & Match Report: FC Dallas ties Seattle Sounders 1-1 on “Drew Carey glasses night”

GAME 9 – May 16, 2009

FC DALLAS 1, SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 1

Pizza Hut Park – Frisco, TX

Scoring:

SEA -- Jhon Kennedy Hurtado 1 (Nate Jaqua 4) 18

DAL -- Andre Rocha 2 (Marcelo Saragosa 1) 48+

FC DALLAS: Ray Burse, Marcelo Saragosa, George John (Daniel Torres 28), Steve Purdy (Bruno Guarda 46), Drew Moor, Andre Rocha, Pablo Ricchetti, David Ferreira, Dave van den Bergh, Jeff Cunningham (Brek Shea 24), Kenny Cooper.

Subs Not Used: Josh Lambo, Anthony Wallace, Dax McCarty, Alvaro Sanchez.

Shots – 16; Shots on Goal – 5; Total Saves – 2; Fouls – 7; Offsides – 1; Corner Kicks – 1

SEATTLE: Kasey Keller, Patrick Ianni, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Tyrone Marshall, Zach Scott (Tyson Wahl 18), Brad Evans (Sanna Nyassi 79), Osvaldo Alonso, Steve Zakuani, Sebastien Le Toux, Nate Jaqua (Stephen King 74), Fredy Montero.

Subs Not Used: Ben Dragavon, Taylor Graham, Roger Levesque, Peter Vagenas.

Shots – 14; Shots on Goal – 3; Total Saves – 4; Fouls – 15; Offsides – 4; Corner Kicks – 5

Misconduct Summary:

DAL -- Andre Rocha (caution) 20

SEA -- Steve Zakuani (caution) 48+

SEA -- Tyrone Marshall (caution) 64

DAL -- Marcelo Saragosa (caution) 75

DAL -- Bruno Guarda (caution) 80

NOTES:

· The tie brings FC Dallas’ record to 1-6-2 (5 pts.) and puts an end to the team’s four-game winless streak (three regular season games and a U.S. Open Cup play-in match at DC).

· This was the first-ever meeting between FCD and the Seattle Sounders FC, with the next match-up coming in the regular season finale at Qwest Field on October 24.

· Andre Rocha scored his second goal of the season, sliding inside the box to volley home a cross from Marcelo Saragosa.

· Dallas improves to 1-0-1 when holding its opponent scoreless in the second half. FCD had previously kept a second-half clean sheet in the 3-2 win over Toronto FC on April 19.

· Team captain Pablo Ricchetti returned to start in the defensive midfield position after sitting out last week’s game due to a right ankle injury.

· FC Dallas was forced to make two first-half substitutions due to injuries to Jeff Cunningham and George John.

· Nineteen-year-old forward Brek Shea entered for Cunningham to make his first appearance of the season, and Daniel Torres replaced John in central defense.

· Dallas used its third and final substitution at the start of the second half to switch to a 3-5-2 formation, inserting Bruno Guarda for an injured Steve Purdy (right knee). Saragosa joined Guarda in central midfield, with Ricchetti dropping to anchor the back line.

· It was Guarda’s first appearance since starting the season-opener against Chicago.

· Four Dallas players have now started all nine regular season games: David Ferreira, Kenny Cooper, Drew Moor, and Dave van den Bergh. Moor, Ferreira and van den Bergh are the only three to have played every minute this year.

· Forward Kenny Cooper tonight started his 41st consecutive regular season game dating back to the 2007 season. Only two players have started more consecutive contests at the position: Taylor Twellman, who set the mark from 2005-2007 and Alejandro Moreno, who matched the feat from 2007-2008.

· Defender Blake Wagner’s streak of 20 consecutive starts (dating back to the 2008 season) came to an end tonight. It was the team’s second-longest current streak behind Cooper’s 41 straight starts.

· Goalkeeper Dario Sala missed the game with a left knee injury.

· Tonight’s attendance was ­­­8,247.

· This was the first of two straight home games for FC Dallas. The team next faces the LA Galaxy on Saturday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m. CT live on FSN-SW.

· FCD head coach Schellas Hyndman on the game: “Andre Rocha scored a great goal and we came into the locker room with some enthusiasm and found out that our other center back was injured; Steve Purdy was out with a knee so we tried to put a makeshift (lineup) together. We trained a little with the 3-5-2 last week and thank goodness we did. Pablo did a great job at center (back) and I thought at that point with Brek Shea and Bruno Guarda in there it gave us a different look. It gave us what we’ve been missing, that bite and aggressiveness in the team and I thought the boys played a good second half.”

Notes and statistic provided by FC Dallas Communications.