Congratulations to newcomer Pablo Aranguiz for his first official Workhorse win. While he didn’t have as strong a game this past week, it’s a promising emergence of the youngster whose creativity will be needed as FC Dallas tries to see out the year.
FC Dallas always knows that playing in Houston is going to be a drag through the mud. On the positive side, Houston has been dropping points lately, so Michael Barrios and company had to know that a positive result was out there. Pareja opted for the bunker approach, and both teams for the most part spent their energy thwarting attacks with Jimmy Maurer claiming a whopping 0 saves (according to MLSSoccer.