TOP RESULTS: Whitecaps FC and FC Dallas are back in action following strong results against the top teams in each conference. The 'Caps secured a road point against Supporters' Shield race leader Seattle Sounders FC last Saturday, while Dallas were winners at home against New England Revolution, who enter July atop the East. The 'Caps look to string consecutive results for the first time since the first two weeks of the season, against a Dallas side that just snapped a six-game winless streak.
FRONTLINE FIREWORKS: 'Caps striker Lucas Cavallini and winger Cristian Dajome have combined for six goals and three assists this season for the 'Caps, and each scored in their last outing against the Sounders. Cavallini ranks first and second in MLS in duels won and aerials won, respectively, while Dajome has already surpassed his 2020 goal total with four in just 10 games so far. Deiber Caicedo, who has pitched in a goal and an assist, ranks in the top 10 with 21 dribbles completed. Jáder Obrian, Dajome's former teammate at Deportes Tolima, is FC Dallas' key offseason acquisition at the winger position. 18-year old Homegrown forward Ricardo Pepi has started the last three matches for FC Dallas, collecting three goals in that span. Dajome (bench) and Pepi were both named to the MLS Team of the Week.
DRAMA IN THE BIG D: The 'Caps have not lost at Dallas in almost five years. Since suffering a 2-0 loss on July 31, 2016, the 'Caps have gone 1W-2D at Toyota Stadium, and each have been memorable. The 'Caps had a resounding 4-0 victory in 2017, then secured dramatic comeback 2-2 draws each of the following two years, with all of 'Caps goals coming after the 80th-minute mark. The 'Caps and the Toros did not meet in 2020.
FC Dallas vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC
MLS Regular Season - Week 11 | Match 11
Sunday, July 4, 2021 - 5:38 p.m. PT
Toyota Stadium, Frisco, TX
TV: TSN1/4 (Pre-match show: 5 p.m. PT)
RADIO: AM730 (Pre-match show: 4:30 p.m. PT)
INJURY REPORT
Michael Baldisimo: QUESTIONABLE - right ankle sprain (day-to-day)Â
Bruno Gaspar: OUT - left ankle sprain (week-to-week)
Tosaint Ricketts: OUT - Achilles tendinopathy (week-to-week)
CONNECTIONS WITH FC DALLAS
Former teammates
Andy Rose with Ryan Hollingshead at UCLA (’09-’11)
Cristian Dajome with Jáder Obrian at Deportes Tolima (’16)
Bruno Gaspar with Franco Jara at Benfica. Gaspar developed at their academy in his youth, then played for Benfica B from 2012 to 2014, moving up to the first team in 2014 before leaving that same year. Jara was a first-team player from 2010 to 2015, spending 2011 onwards away on loan.
NASL
Head coach Marc Dos Santos and his assistant and brother Phillip coached against Jimmy Maurer in the 2015 and 2017 NASL Soccer Bowl when the goalkeeper was a starter for New York Cosmos. Cosmos won 3-2 versus Ottawa Fury FC in 2015, then the Dos Santos brothers were victorious two years later when they led San Francisco Deltas to a 2-0 cup victory. Kyle Zobeck was also a player on the Cosmos but did not appear in the championship matches.
Fellow countrymen
Argentina: Erik Godoy, Franco Jara
Brazil: Caio Alexandre, Bressan, Phelipe Megiolaro
Colombia: Deiber Caicedo, Cristian Dajome, Jáder Obrian, Andrés Ricaurte
Ghana: Leonard Owusu, Ema Twumasi
