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FC Dallas will attempt to defeat San Diego FC for the first time when the teams meet Saturday night in Southern California. Dallas' previous trip to San Diego resulted in a 5-0 loss. This season, the teams played to a 3-3 tie in Frisco, Texas, where Dallas star Petar Musa scored a stoppage-time hat trick goal. Musa, now the sole league leader with 13 goals after Hugo Cuypers' transfer, scored in Dallas' 2-2 draw with Portland after the World Cup break. Dallas (7-4-5, 26 points) is tied for fourth in the Western Conference. San Diego (4-7-5, 17 points) has struggled after winning the West in its inaugural season and recently lost 1-0 to Colorado. San Diego signed Tunisia World Cup starter Elias Achouri through 2028-29, pending a visa. Marcus Ingvartsen leads San Diego with 11 goals.
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FC Dallas will attempt to defeat San Diego FC for the first time when the teams meet Saturday night in Southern California.
Dallas' trip to San Diego last season was highly forgettable, as the team was drubbed 5-0 by the then-expansion franchise. San Diego also posted a 3-2 road win over Dallas last season, and the two teams played to a 3-3 tie in Frisco, Texas, earlier this season.
In that match, Dallas star Petar Musa scored the tying goal in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time to complete a hat trick.
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Musa scored a second-half goal in Wednesday's 2-2 draw against the host Portland Timbers, in the team's first match after the two-month break for the World Cup. He is officially tied for the league lead with 13 goals but now stands alone as the leader after Chicago transferred Hugo Cuypers (also with 13) to Monterrey of Liga MX on Thursday.
Patrickson Delgado scored in first-half stoppage time for the other goal for Dallas (7-4-5, 26 points), which is tied for fourth place in the Western Conference.
"We know from the first half of the season we can beat anybody," Dallas head coach Eric Quill told reporters earlier this week. "There's no question about who we are."
San Diego's Struggles
San Diego (4-7-5, 17 points) has struggled most of the campaign after surprisingly winning the West in its first season. The club is tied for 13th in the 15-team conference entering Saturday's play.
The resumption of play after the break continued their issues. Colorado's Loic Williams scored in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time to give the Rapids a 1-0 home win over San Diego.
San Diego head coach Mikey Varas remained optimistic after the match.
"We got a game in three days," Varas said to reporters, "so we have to get our legs and minds and our body right and then turn this around really quick."
Key Players and Roster Moves
- Marcus Ingvartsen leads San Diego with 11 goals.
- San Diego signed Tunisia World Cup starter Elias Achouri through the 2028-29 season to bolster the attack.
- The 27-year-old forward still needs to obtain a visa before he can play for San Diego. He started all three of Tunisia's group play matches in the World Cup.
This article first appeared on Field Level Media and was syndicated with permission.
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Top goal scorer Petar Musa, Dallas seek first win over San Diego