{"id":26259,"date":"2025-06-30T04:44:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T04:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/26259\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T04:44:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T04:44:17","slug":"the-breakdown-fc-dallas-vs-san-diego-fc-june-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/26259\/","title":{"rendered":"The Breakdown – FC Dallas vs San Diego FC, June 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

First-place San Diego FC is a tough team sitting atop the West, so in some ways, FC Dallas does a nice job competing, missing so many pieces. One can argue this isn\u2019t a terrible performance.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou can take the 5-0 San Diego game out, but we\u2019re toe to toe with everybody, and we just have moments where we switch off.\u201d<\/p>\n

FC Dallas Head Coach Eric Quill<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He\u2019s not wrong.<\/p>\n

Lineups and Tactics<\/p>\n

Coach Eric Quill<\/strong> didn\u2019t have a whole lot of choices, notably at center back where it was Alvaro and Lalas Abubakar or nothing.<\/p>\n

One unexpected change, at least by me, was Nolan Norris<\/strong> as a 6, which moved Pedrinho <\/strong>to the bench. I was also a bit surprised to see Bernie Kamungo <\/strong>start in Anderson Julio<\/strong>\u2018s spot after he was bad against San Jose. Also, in this image, Patrickson Delgado<\/strong> and Sebastian Lletget<\/strong> are swapped from the sides they played in the game. <\/p>\n

\"Image\"<\/p>\n

At halftime, Norris had to come off for an injury. Tsiki Ntsabeleng<\/strong> came on and played the right side 8, shifting Delgado to 6.<\/p>\n

67th minute, Logan Farrington <\/strong>replaced Kamungo. <\/p>\n

86th minute, Pedrinho came on for Lletget. <\/p>\n

San Diego FC<\/strong> in a 4-3-3.<\/p>\n

\"Image\"<\/p>\n

At halftime, they also made a change with Tomas Angel<\/strong> on for Manu Duah<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

71st minute, a triple sub. Chucky Lozano<\/strong>, Jasper Loffelsend<\/strong>, and Franco Negri<\/strong> came on for Alex Mighten<\/strong>, Oscar Verhoeven<\/strong>, and Luca Bombino<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Last chance in 90+8th minute, Emmanuel Boateng<\/strong> was on for Milan Lloski<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Goals<\/p>\n

0-1 San Diego FC<\/strong> goal. 26th minute. Patrickson Delgado<\/strong> commits a foul for a PK. Yes it was a foul. Anders Dryer <\/strong>converts a PK. <\/p>\n

1-1 FC Dallas <\/strong>goal. 44th minute, Petar Musa<\/strong> is given a gift, he makes a nice cut and scores a blast.<\/p>\n

2-1 FC Dallas<\/strong> goal. 56th minute. Musa, with the intercept, then finds Acosta. Acosta carries then lays it to the onrushing Shaq Moore. Moore crosses to Musa, who is saved, but Sebastian Lletget <\/strong>is there to score his first of the year.<\/p>\n

2-2 San Diego FC<\/strong> goal. 77th minute. The play is started and finished by Chucky Lozano<\/strong>. He beats Delgado in MF and finds an open teammate. After a couple of touches, the ball is played back to Lozano, who was handed off by Patrickson Delgado<\/strong> and not picked up by Lalas Abubakar<\/strong>. Lozan scores easily. <\/p>\n

3-2 San Diego FC<\/strong> goal. L\u00f6ffelsend to Dreyer, who plays across to the loosely unmarked Tomas Angel<\/strong> for the goal. Patrickson Delgado<\/strong> could have easily cut the ball out, but it went under his foot.<\/p>\n

Lo Bueno<\/p>\n

My FC Dallas\u00a0Man of the Match<\/strong>\u00a0was\u00a0Shaq Moore<\/strong>. Solid defensively and added the offensive component we\u2019ve been asking for. 3 key passes all probably on crosses, multiple of them to Petar Musa. Maybe his best game for FCD to date. <\/p>\n

Lucho Acosta <\/strong>continues to play quite well. Yes, there are still too many passes that go to the other team (2 miscontrols, 2 dispossessions), but a certain amount of allowed when one is trying to create goals, and 82% passing overall is good for a 10. But 10 progressive passes, 7 progressive carries, 8 shot-creating actions, 1\/3 on take-ons, 4 key passes, and 9 passes into the final third on 62 touches. That\u2019s outstanding. I wish he played more defense (he did have 3 blocks and 5 recoveries), but that\u2019s an impressive offensive line. He would have been a legit FCD MOTM choice.<\/p>\n

Nolan Norris <\/strong>had a pretty good half as a 6. It\u2019s a shame he got hurt. After he went out, Delgado shifted to the 6 rather than Lletget, which I would have expected. Mostly, Norris tried to keep it clear and hit open teammates. 73% passing could be a touch higher, but 4 of his 5 missed passes were long attempts at springing players. 0 dispossessions and 0 miscontrols from the young man are really nice. 24 touches in a half would have put him in the top 5 in the side for 90.<\/p>\n

The FCD record stinks, yes, but so far this team hasn\u2019t quit <\/strong>on Coach Quill. It has a group fight and effort. Honestly, some teams in this spot have quit playing with so much grit and heart\u2026 this one hasn\u2019t. Yet. <\/p>\n

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\u201cThe way we played in the first half we can compete with anyone in the league. We have the quality. The results will come. I believe in this team.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lalas Abubakar<\/p>\n

Camino del Medio
\nLalas Abubakar<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

With just 38% possession, it\u2019s actually quite remarkable that FCD got 15 shots out of it. 5 shots on target<\/strong>, for 1 in 3 on target is\u2026 ok. But this FCD team, which is usually low in shots, can really be helped by a higher percentage on target. (Except the 80% vs San Jose.)<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe had our chances, I like what we created with the ball tonight. I thought we were bright, but again, we had plenty of chances to win the game. For me, it was more of disappointment on the type of goals we gave up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coach Quill<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sebastian Lletget <\/strong>as the left 8 didn\u2019t work nearly as well as he has as the 6. The game mostly bypassed him: in 85 minutes, just 29 touches. 94% passing. 2 progressive passes and 2 progressive carries with 3 shot-creating actions in just 28 touches is quality. He just needed more time on the ball.<\/p>\n

Muy Feo<\/p>\n

The defensive shape was a disaster<\/strong>, organizationally speaking. Perhaps something to do with Sebas Ibeagha and Oz Urhoghide being out. Alvaro, while learning English, currently speaks only Portuguese. So it was down to Lalas Abubakar to organize\u2026 and that didn\u2019t go so well. Particularly in the 2nd half after Nolan Norris went out injured and FCD had to play without a 6. Look at this 2nd half chart below. What a mess. <\/p>\n

\"TheThe FC Dallas shape in the 2nd half against San Diego FC, June 28. 2025. (credit @MLSstat on Bluesky)<\/p>\n

Patrickon Delgado<\/strong> had a terrible game defensively, which is a shame cause he was on a run of a couple of good performances. And since he was playing the 6 for half the game, that\u2019s a real issue. He had some level of culpability for all three San Diego goals. <\/p>\n

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\u201cThe effort was there. It\u2019s not like I\u2019m watching a team that\u2019s not giving effort, and we had chances. I would argue, when it\u2019s 2-2, we had two huge chances to go 3-2 up before they scored. That\u2019s the margins. That\u2019s the margin of every sport. We talk about moments. You take your moments or you don\u2019t, and they (San Diego) took their moment for the third goal. We don\u2019t want to give up three goals, we got to stop bleeding goals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coach Quill<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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