FC Dallas Defeat New England

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Frisco, TX (June 27, 2021) – FC Dallas (2-4-4, 10 points) defeated New England (7-2-2, 23 points) 2-1 on Sunday night at Toyota Stadium following a brace from Homegrown Ricardo Pepi. 
 
Game Summary
First Half:

• 11’ – GOAL (DAL) – Jesús Ferreira connected with Ricardo Pepi in the middle of the box who finished with a right-footed shot that went straight into the back left corner of the goal.
• 20’ – SHOT (DAL) – Justin Che connected with Pepi and his shot hit Matt Turner’s goal post.
• 33’ – GOAL (NE) – New England’s forward Gustavo Bou scored with a right-footed shot from the center of the box following a deflection from Dallas’ defense. 
• 35’ – SAVE (DAL) – Tajon Buchanan connected with Carles Gil and his right-footed shot from outside the box was saved by Jimmy Maurer in the center of the box.  
• 41’ – SHOT (DAL) – Ryan Hollingshead took a shot from outside the box after connecting with Jesús Ferreira, but his shot was too high and flew over the crossbar.
• 45’+1’ – SHOT (DAL) – Jáder Obrian connected with Jesús Ferreira who dribbled into the box and took a shot only for it to be saved by Turner.

Second Half

• 48’ – SHOT (DAL) –  Ryan Hollingshead took a shot from outside the left side of the box, only to be saved by Turner.
• 54’ – GOAL (DAL) – Ricardo Pepi dribbled through two New England players after connecting with a pass from Ryan Hollingshead and fired a right-footed shot past Turner to give Dallas a 2-1 lead.
• 86’ – SHOT (NE) – Teal Bunbury connected with Gustavo Bou’s cross but his header went wide of the mark. 
• 88’ – SHOT (DAL) – Paxton Pomykal’s left-footed shot forced a save from Turner at his near post after collecting a pass from Ema Twumasi.