FC Dallas opened their 2020 account on Saturday afternoon when they hosted one of the premier Eastern Conference teams from last season, the Philadelphia Union. However, while the Union were favored to go on the road and win, goals in the second half from Zdenek Ondrasek and Paxton Pomykal were the difference for Dallas. The man nicknamed ‘The Cobra’ opened his goal account while Pomykal returned in style after being sidelined by offseason surgery.
For the Union, it was not the performance they would have hoped to display. It was a quiet night offensively and, despite outshooting Dallas, the high-quality chances produced by the home side could not be mirrored by the Union.