GAME 5 – April 24, 2008

FC DALLAS 0, NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION 1

Pizza Hut Park – Frisco, Texas

Scoring:

NE -- Khano Smith 1 (unassisted) 72

FC DALLAS (3-4-1-2): Dario Sala, Adrian Serioux, Duilio Davino, Drew Moor, Blake Wagner (Dominic Oduro 79), Marcelo Saragosa (Pablo Ricchetti 64), Andre Rocha, Dax McCarty, Juan Toja (Ricardinho 71), Arturo Alvarez, Kenny Cooper.

Subs Not Used: Mike Graczyk (GK), Aaron Pitchkolan, Abe Thompson, Anthony Wallace.

Shots – 16; Shots on Goal – 4; Total Saves – 4; Fouls – 12; Offsides – 4; Corner Kicks – 7

NEW ENGLAND: Matt Reis, Jay Heaps, Michael Parkhurst, Amaechi Igwe, Chase Hilgenbrinck, Wells Thompson, Gary Flood, Shalrie Joseph, Khano Smith, Adam Cristman (Kheli Dube 59), Kenny Mansally.

Subs Not Used: Doug Warren, Sam Brill, Argenis Fernandez, Brandon Tyler, Rob Valentino, Spencer Wadsworth.

Shots – 13; Shots on Goal – 5; Total Saves – 4; Fouls – 13; Offsides – 1; Corner Kicks – 3

Misconduct Summary:

NE -- Wells Thompson (Yellow card) 59

DAL -- Arturo Alvarez (Yellow card) 85

NE -- Khano Smith (Yellow card) 90

NE -- Amaechi Igwe (Yellow card) 93

NOTES:

This was FC Dallas’ first loss of the season and the first time the team has been shutout this year.

FCD is now 2-1-2, 8 pts on the season (1-1-1 at home), and in first place in the Western Conference.

FCD’s all-time record versus New England is now 9-20-1, and 4-11-1 at home.

The Revs goal in the 72nd ended Dallas’ streak of consecutive minutes without surrendering a goal at 252 minutes, the longest in the league this year.

This was the first game this season in which FC Dallas did not lead at the half, and second game in which the opponent scored first.

This was the first of four games scheduled for ESPN2.

Juan Toja and Pablo Ricchetti returned after missing the last game with injuries.

Today’s attendance was 10,453.

FC Dallas will have the weekend off and return to MLS play on Saturday, May 3 when they visit the San Jose Earthquakes in California (9 pm CT, KFWD-52).

Steve Morrow on the game: “I think we deserved to get something out of the game. I think New England came in here and stole the game from us; we completed dominated the game from start to finish. We’re very, very disappointed to lose that game. They had one shot on goal the second half, and we’re extremely disappointed.”

Notes provided by FC Dallas Communications