Seattle is unbeaten in five straight MLS matches against Dallas (W3 D2), including playoff wins in 2019 and 2020. The Sounders’ 1-0 away win last August, however, ended a 10-match winless run for the Sounders in Dallas (D3 L7, incl. playoffs) that dated back to September 2014.
FC Dallas’ unbeaten run extended to seven matches (W4 D3) with a 2-2 draw at Sporting Kansas City on Saturday. Dallas hasn’t had a longer unbeaten run since going 10 in a row without defeat from November 2016 to May 2017.
The Sounders lost their last MLS match, 4-3, against San Jose after leading 3-1. It was the first time Seattle lost a match in which it led by two goals in the club’s MLS history (W128 D1 L1) and ended a 123-match winning streak when leading by multiple goals (incl. playoffs).
Alan Velasco scored the opening goal for FC Dallas against Kansas City on Saturday from a direct free kick. It was the first direct free-kick goal for Dallas in over three years, since Reto Ziegler scored against the Union in April 2019.
Nicolás Lodeiro had a goal and two assists in Seattle’s loss to the Earthquakes on April 23, taking his total to 96 goal contributions of the Sounders in MLS (34 goals, 62 assists). In doing so, Lodeiro surpassed Fredy Montero (94) for most regular season goal contributions in Sounders history.
