FC Dallas made history last year as the first MLS team to win the Dr Pepper Dallas Cup Super Group and first American team to lift the famous boot-and-ball trophy in more than a decade. Defending the title is going to be tough.
FCD dropped its opening match to Arsenal on Sunday before getting a draw Monday against Red Bull Brasil. That complicates the picture for the team to get out of the group.
"I'm proud of the way that we fought, I think we can play a little bit better, but we are still mathematically not out of it," said Chris Hayden, vice president of FC Dallas youth soccer.