FC Dallas tonight defeated Clube Atletico Paranaense 2-1 at Pizza Hut Park in the team's final preseason game before the start of the MLS season. With the win, FCD claims the second annual USA-Brazil Challenge by an aggregate of 4-1, having defeated CAP 2-0 on March 6 in Curitiba, Brazil. A complete recap is available on www.fcdallas.com.
FC Dallas will open the 2008 season on Sunday, March 30 versus Chivas USA at Pizza Hut Park (2 pm CT). The FCD Reserves will face the Chivas USA Reserves immediately following the first team game.
Scoring Summary:
CAP- Leonardo Le (Douglas Maia) 15'
FCD - David Wagenfuhr (Kenny Cooper) 35'
FCD - Pablo Ricchetti 37'
Disciplinary Summary:
CAP - Eduardo Salles (Red Card) 39'
CAP - Michel (Red Card) 39'
FC DALLAS: 44-Dario Sala, 21-Alex Yi, 17-Aaron Pitchkolan, 15-Adrian Serioux (14-Drew Moor 80'), 19-Bobby Rhine, 6-Pablo Ricchetti (26-Anthony Wallace 86'), 5-Marcelo Saragosa (8-Juan Toja 46'), 16-David Wagenfuhr (23-Blake Wagner 65'), 11-Andre Rocha (20-Brek Shea 75'), 33-Kenny Cooper (25-Dominic Oduro 75'), 10-Ricardinho (7-Abe Thompson 46')
Subs not used: 30-Ray Burse, 27-Andrew Daniels, 2-Michael Dello-Russo, 24-Eric Avila.
Shots: 12 (6); Shots on Goal: 7 (3); Saves: 3 (1); Corner Kicks: 7 (1); Fouls: 17 (8); Offside:4 (1)
CLUBE ATLETICO PARANAENSE: 1-Viafara, 2-Maia, 3-Rosa, 4-Leonardo, 5-Vinicius, 6-Michel, 7-Roberto (15-Bileu 63'), 8-Chico, 9-Leonardo Le (18-Tiago 63'), 10-Kaio(16-Sandro 86'), 11-Salles
Subs not used: 12-Carlos, 13-Ronaldo, 14-Manoel, 17-Raul
Shots: 8 (4); Shots on Goal: 4 (2); Saves: 5 (1); Corner Kicks: 6 (1); Fouls: 8 (6); Offside: 2 (1)
Referee: Richard Sanchez
Assistant Referees: Adam Garner, George Luna
Fourth Official: Fernando Galvan
Attendance: 5,986
