On the final day of the regular season, FC Dallas managed to sneak their way into the postseason, finishing 7th in the Western Conference, just four points above the red line. It was the fifth time in the last six seasons that the club reached the playoffs,
The Texan side lost out in the first round of the playoffs, though, as they fell to the eventual champions, the Seattle Sounders. FCD took the Rave Green to extra-time but lost out in an epic encounter 4-3.
FC Dallas also made it through to the last 16 of the U.