By Alonso Contreras
Orlando City was without Rodrigo Schlegel and Cesar Araujo, both were sent off in the last match against Austin FC, and Facundo Torres, who had played a great match against Inter Miami CF in the U.S. Open Cup, was not in the starting 11 but he was on the bench.
Head Coach Oscar Pareja made a surprise by starting Kyle Smith as a center-back and leaving young talent Thomas Williams on the bench.
New signing Jake Mulraney replaced Facundo Torres, who had a good game, looking for the one-on-one, making great plays, and going down to retrieve the ball.
Orlando, faithful to its style of play, looked for the flanks with Ruan and Urso on the right and Moutinho and Mulraney on the left, where they always rely on captain Mauricio Pereyra.
25' Great save by PULPO Pedro Gallese from the FC Dallas striker's shot.
https://twitter.com/OrlandoCitySC/status/1530702137600229383?s=20&t=9qTbsHlzNZdefCLupyQiJA
29' Again PULPO comes out of the box to intercept a pass from Paul Arriola to MLS striker Jesus Ferreira.
Mulraney was constantly fouled and it's because the FC Dallas team didn't expect a winger as dangerous as him.
Near the end of the first half, a great shot by Mauricio Pereyra ended in a corner kick.
https://twitter.com/OrlandoCitySC/status/1530706924894830599?s=20&t=JrnLUFsEw63lwrROCH6dMQ
GOAL! 45+3
Great free-kick from Orlando City's captain that arrives precisely to the head of striker Ercan Kara who hits the ball backward sending it to the far post of the FC Dallas goalkeeper.
https://twitter.com/OrlandoCitySC/status/1530708341877624834?s=20&t=PA8CTYv_Q2UZOSBcjXlX0w
First Half
- Solid center back duo
- Good fullbacks create danger
-Sebas and Perea were very well controlled in the middle.
-Mauricio excellent
-Kara looked for the goal at all times and his goal came in seconds before the end of the first half.
In the 46th minute of the second half, Andres Perea came close to scoring the second goal of the game, unfortunately, his shot went wide.
Facundo Torres came on at the 56th minute for J. Mulraney who had a very good performance in today's game.
After a cross from Facundo in the 57th minute to Urso who tried to control the ball with his head, it ended up being a pass to Kara who tried to score with a bicycle kick.
https://twitter.com/OrlandoCitySC/status/1530715561939939330?s=20&t=PA8CTYv_Q2UZOSBcjXlX0w
66' Paul Arriola scored the equalizer transitory of the match.
https://twitter.com/FCDallas/status/1530717411342749697?s=20&t=PA8CTYv_Q2UZOSBcjXlX0w
68' Paul Arriola received a pass from the left side and although he made contact the ball went over the goal.
69' Franco Jara scored the second goal for FC Dallas and the comeback of the night, he received a great pass from Ferreira, Jara received the ball facing backward to the goal and when he saw the goalkeeper Pedro Gallese he did nothing more than subtly shot the ball over the goalkeeper.
https://twitter.com/FCDallas/status/1530718344466292736?s=20&t=PA8CTYv_Q2UZOSBcjXlX0w
What Kara missed was unbelievable, in front of the goal and without the goalkeeper, he missed the header and could have scored Orlando City's second goal.
A minute later Pedro Gallese made a great save to put his team back in the game.
https://twitter.com/OrlandoCitySC/status/1530720420835491841?s=20&t=PA8CTYv_Q2UZOSBcjXlX0w
84' Paul Arriola appears again with a great right-footed shot beating Pedro Gallese.
https://twitter.com/FCDallas/status/1530721876128972800?s=20&t=PA8CTYv_Q2UZOSBcjXlX0w
- In the second half, the team lost concentration and the goals came due to mistakes that cannot be made at this level.
The next game will be against New England in away condition, June 15 at 730 p.m. Pedro Gallese will play with the Peruvian national team in the playoff for the 2022 Qatar world cup, he may not make it for this important game.
