FC Dallas has won 11 of the 18 all-time meetings with Toronto FC in MLS (D5 L2), averaging 2.11 points per match against the Reds. The only team that has played Toronto five or more times and has collected more points per match was Chivas USA (2.15 – W9 D1 L3).
FC Dallas is unbeaten in its last 12 season opening matches (W7 D5), tied with Real Salt Lake (also active) as the longest such runs in MLS history. Dallas hasn’t lost a season opener since a 3-1 defeat to the Fire in 2009.
Bob Bradley has found first year success with all MLS teams he’s joined, winning MLS Cup in the Fire’s first MLS season (1998), seeing a seven-point improvement for the Red Bulls (then-Metrostars) in 2003, then leading Chivas USA to a 25-point improvement in 2006. In his last stop, Bradley led Los Angeles FC to 57 points in 2018, equaling the MLS record for points by an expansion team he set with the Fire in 1998.
FC Dallas struggled at the end of last season, winning just three of its final 18 matches (D7 L8) with all three victories coming against expansion Austin FC. Dallas last beat a non-expansion side on July 31 last season, winning, 2-1, at Sporting Kansas City.
Toronto FC got themselves in trouble early last season, conceding an MLS-high 34 goals before halftime while scoring just 15 times themselves, second fewest in the league. The Reds allowed 15 goals in the first 15 minutes of matches this season, most in MLS.
