Including playoffs, the Seattle Sounders are unbeaten in 16 straight home MLS matches against FC Dallas (W 13 D3), with FC Dallas’s only win at Seattle coming in 2011. The 16-match home unbeaten run equals the longest active streak against a single opponent in MLS (Portland Timbers vs San Jose Earthquakes).
The Seattle Sounders have been held scoreless in six of its last 10 matches, most recently with a 2-0 loss at the San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday. Prior to its current form, the Seattle Sounders hadn’t been shutout in six f 10 games in all competitions since doing so from March-June 2018.
FC Dallas has lost six of its last eight matches (W2), most recently with a 2-1 road defeat against the Colorado Rapids. It is FC Dallas’ first time losing six games in an eight-match span since April-May 2014.
Only three players in MLS have attempted or completed more passes this season Joao Paulo (1226/1378, 89.0%). The last Seattle Sounders player to finish a season with such a high passing accuracy on so many attempts was Osvaldo Alonso in 2018 (1239/1345, 92.1%).
Sam Junqua scored FC Dallas’ goal in the loss to the Colorado Rapids, his second goal over his last three games. heading into July, Junqua had scored one career MLS goal in 58 appearances for the Houston Dynamo FC and FC Dallas.
