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Just how good was Zach Loyd against Sporting Kansas City?

The veteran defender stepped in wonderfully for FCD Sunday evening.

When Zach Loyd got the starting nod in place of injured Matt Hedges on Sunday, he wasn't your prototypical fill-in CB. Instead, FC Dallas was slotting in a guy who was making his 161st career start for the team dating back to 2010. With that in mind, let's take a deeper look into just how well he played Saturday despite Dom Dwyer's best efforts to make him look like a fool.

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First, just 14 minutes into the game, it looked as if Loyd had already been beaten and Dom Dwyer had all but sured up a goal after Loyd failed to trap him offsides.