FRISCO, Texas — Coming off a hot win last Sunday, FC Dallas will battle the Vancouver Whitecaps FC for last place in the Western conference at Toyota Stadium. The last three times these 2 teams faced off Vancouver was undefeated against Dallas (W1 and D2).
Dallas moved up to 11th place after beating the number one team in the east, New England 2–1. Vancouver managed to save them selves from their 5th loss this season drawing with Seattle 2-2.
Forward for Dallas, Ricardo Pepi is the lead scorer for this season with 4 goals. Although he is only 18 years old, head coach Luchi Gonzalez says that Pepi is on a mission to show how he can impact the game now.
Dallas will have central defenders Matt Hedges out on a hip injury and José Martínez with a thigh injury. Full back defender for Vancouver, Bruno Gaspar will be out with a left ankle sprain.
With both teams hoping to get their third win tonight, FC Dallas will not go down with out a fight on Independence Day.
