{"id":990809,"date":"2026-08-09T10:12:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T10:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/990809\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T10:12:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T10:12:19","slug":"fc-dallas-turn-heads-with-leagues-cup-upset-of-chivas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/990809\/","title":{"rendered":"FC Dallas turn heads with Leagues Cup upset of Chivas"},"content":{"rendered":"

They made their latest case on Saturday night, stunning historic LIGA MX side Chivas de Guadalajara, 1-0<\/a>, at PayPal Park behind Logan Farrington<\/a>\u2019s 73rd-minute strike.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The milestone result made it two straight wins in the tournament, greatly boosting their chances of reaching the knockout stages.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cResults like this give FC Dallas immense pride, our fanbase pride. And also respect,\u201d head coach Eric Quill told reporters post-match. \u201cWe\u2019re not a finished version of ourselves; we want to keep growing and getting better.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBut a win like this against a historic club like Chivas is something that we\u2019re gonna take a lot of pride in, and hopefully it gives us belief.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n Two wins in two games\u00a0<\/p>\n

Belief has grown for Dallas with each Leagues Cup performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Before Saturday\u2019s upset, the Texas club topped Quer\u00e9taro, 2-0<\/a>, in their Phase One opener.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dallas are one of just two MLS sides that haven\u2019t conceded a goal after at least two Phase One games, along with Charlotte FC<\/a>, thanks to two straight clean sheets from goalkeeper Jonathan Sirois<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s amazing. Our club is celebrating tonight. It\u2019s a massive win, a historic club in Chivas,\u201d said Quill.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve [Chivas] been a powerhouse for decades. And that can be overwhelming to a team like ours. And it wasn\u2019t tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n Toluca trip on tap<\/p>\n

As impressive as FC Dallas have been thus far, their toughest test awaits in Wednesday\u2019s Phase One finale at the mighty Toluca (10 pm ET | Apple TV<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Another historic result at Estadio Nemesio D\u00edez would all but secure passage to the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

“We’re about to go to Toluca, so we’re gonna be in a similar environment [as Saturday night]. Obviously, not the altitude,” said Quill.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“But it was a good exercise to take on, given what’s coming to us in a few days.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They made their latest case on Saturday night, stunning historic LIGA MX side Chivas de Guadalajara, 1-0, at…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":990810,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,15519,397297,61117,44504,37638,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-990809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-america","tag-dallas","tag-fc-dallas","tag-gdlvsdal-08-08-2026","tag-leagues-cup","tag-match-reaction","tag-sendtonews","tag-texas","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117065019898465952","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=990809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/990810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=990809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=990809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=990809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}