Let’s just be honest. FC Dallas desperately needs to win this game. Must win. After a draw last week against Houston and recognizing that we will be without Szabolcs Schon, Brian Acosta, and now Ricardo Pepi for the Salt Lake City game next week as they travel with their national teams, Dallas needs to earn points from this road trip to have any real thought of remaining in the playoff hunt. And I’m not saying we deserve to be in the hunt... but the teams just ahead of us are leaving the door open.
Austin enters this match with a record of 5W-4D-11L – good for 19 points and 12th place in the West.