FC Dallas walked out of the Pacific Northwest basically sitting in their worst case scenario. Down three goals in an aggregate series with no away goal as a tie-breaker. Dallas now returns back to Texas needing to score three goals just to force extra time and have 90 minutes to continue their double-winning 2016 season.
Tactical Errors
We touched on this last time Dallas faced off against Seattle where interim head coach Brian Schmetzer replicated a Real Salt Lake blue print and exposed this Dallas side’s greatest flaw: transition defense. The Dallas back line has held up well with the emergence of Walker Zimmerman having a breakout season in the place of injured Zach Loyd, but have yet to find a player who could duplicate one of Loyd’s best assets for this young side: scrambling defense.