Somehow what was an understandable 2-0 loss on the road to league-leading San Jose turned into a stomach-churning dropped point for FC Dallas late Wednesday night. Hyndman’s side could’ve found solace in a come from behind draw. Any team that is as strapped for results as FCD is would certainly understand (I’m looking at you, […]

Ahead of tonight’s clash with San Jose, the second in as many weeks, both sides find themselves meeting after road victories against Western Conference rivals. San Jose comes off a dominant, crushing 5-0 defeat of conference rivals Salt Lake. Chris Wondolowski bagged a brace in the process and the Quakes looked more in their league-leading […]

The front office in Frisco’s search for a striker in the transfer window has ultimately landed a defensive central midfielder. It’s a bit of a tangent from the original plot, but it’s one trade that seems to make reasonable sense.   Let us make the case for this trade. Dallas lacks a pivot man that […]

Admit it – you didn’t pin San Jose to do anything significant this year, either. The Quakes have surprised many, including this writer, with their meteoric rise to the pinnacle of the Western Conference in the first half of the 2012 season. No one probably predicted the dramatic fall of Dallas, given the auspicious beginning […]

Frisco may as well be in France’s Alsace-Lorraine, or the Somme for that matter (circa 1916), as Hyndman’s squad have yet to take or give any ground at home in two weeks. Wednesday night’s latest impasse wasn’t supposed to go as such; it was heralded as an auspicious, pivotal moment to reverse FCD’s fortunes in […]

To bolster its financial capacities (and perhaps heal its ailing squad) Doug Quinn and FC Dallas have signed a fortuitous shirt deal with Frisco-based AdvoCare. For those who have no clue who AdvoCare is, it is a wellness and health company that hawks goods related to weight loss, muscle gain, etc. It’s a company partnered […]

It’s tough to believe, right? The truth hurts sometimes. As injury-riddled as the 2012 campaign has been for FCD the lack of a Western Conference win, home or away, is no real surprise. However, Hyndman’s men have a vulnerable and comparable opponent in Chivas USA. Tonight’s game is their second in four days. Interpret it […]

A 64th minute of madness sent Dallas’ chances for a result against a hostile Houston crowd and squad Saturday evening crashing and burning to the BBVA Compass Stadium floor. But what of the previous two-thirds of a match that FCD had played against their intrastate rivals? How did Dallas outshoot, out-create, and dominate the course of […]

Aside from exploring every possible way to destroy Florida’s greatest export (it’s their greatest imports that are illegal), Dallas has earned a great reprieve in preparation for Saturdays match against orange Houston. If any team in the MLS needed a two-week break it was certainly FC Dallas. The breakneck pace that the season had taken […]

Under the harshest of circumstances FCD had a good road point snatched away at the death by a Nat Borchers shot in added time Saturday evening. Under much auspicious circumstances. Seven winless games preceded Saturday’s match; the loss in Salt Lake makes it eight. Results are hard to come by for Dallas at the moment, […]

Schellas Hyndman and company head into Salt Lake this Saturday after dropping their 15th (yes, 15th) point from a winning position. Chicago handed Dallas their most recent loss in what seemed like a very winnable game for FCD. Dallas’ 2012 woes can be boiled down to two main problems: injuries and suspensions. No team in MLS […]

You can’t spell suspended without “upended,” which is precisely what this season has felt like. Shea, Benitez, Perez, Loyd, and Hernandez have all served suspensions this season. Ferreira, Villar, Shea, Ihemelu, Warshaw, Castillo, and Jacobson have all served or are currently serving time on the injured reserve. Zach Loyd and Brek Shea are tonight’s lucky […]

The past four matches feel like it. Really, they do. The lack of consistency, form, and mentality amongst the team is about as painful as Justin Meram’s boot lodging itself in the middle of your Adam’s apple. Hernan Pertuz at least knows this, and I’m sure the feeling extends to the rest of the boys […]

Let’s put it out on the table: injuries have ravaged FC Dallas in 2012. Two suspensions played their part in the home loss to Seattle midweek. Regardless of the personnel on the pitch, Dallas has managed to play good soccer at moments, but has lacked a cutting edge in front of the net over three […]

It can’t be said that I’m referring to a masterful painter sporting football boots, painting pass after pass, albeit somewhat haphazardly, with a unique style and taste for cunning art. If this mythical player was in a Dallas shirt there is a 50% shot he would be on the injured reserve. But like a Picasso […]