2015 FC Dallas season

FC Dallas
2015 season
Owner Clark Hunt
Head Coach Óscar Pareja
Stadium Toyota Stadium
MLS Conference: 1st
Overall: 2nd
MLS Cup Playoffs Lost Western Conference Finals vs. Portland Timbers, 3 - 5 (aggregate goals)
Supporters' Shield Runners-up
U.S. Open Cup Lost Fifth Round vs. Sporting Kansas City
(2 – 6)
Texas Derby Champions
Brimstone Cup Runners-up
Pioneer Cup Champions
Top goalscorer League: Fabián Castillo (10)
All: Fabián Castillo & Michael Barrios (10)
Highest home attendance 21,907
(August 15 vs. LA Galaxy)
Lowest home attendance 11,848
(October 14 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps)
Average home league attendance Regular Season: 16,013
Playoffs: 19,127
Home colors
Away colors
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The 2015 FC Dallas season is the club's 20th season in existence in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the American soccer pyramid. Including the Dallas Tornado soccer franchise of the original NASL, this is the 35th season of professional soccer in Dallas. The season saw the team finish first in the Western Conference in the regular season for just the second time ever.

Background

Main article: 2014 FC Dallas season

Transfers

In

Date Player Pos Previous Club Fee/Notes Ref
October 1, 2014 United States Alex Zendejas MF United States FC Dallas Academy Signed on a homegrown player contract [1]
November 19, 2014 United States Dan Kennedy GK United States Chivas USA First overall selection of 2014 MLS Dispersal Draft [2]
December 12, 2014 Saint Kitts and Nevis Atiba Harris FW United States San Jose Earthquakes Selected in Stage Two of 2014 MLS Re-Entry Draft [3]
January 15, 2015 England Otis Earle DF United States University of California, Riverside Selected as the 15th pick of 2015 MLS SuperDraft [4]
January 21, 2015 Canada Kyle Bekker MF Canada Toronto FC Acquired in trade with Toronto FC in exchange for allocation money [5]
February 20, 2015 Colombia Michael Barrios MF Colombia Uniautónoma Undisclosed [6]
May 26, 2015 Panama Rolando Escobar MF Venezuela Deportivo Anzoátegui Undisclosed [7]
July 16, 2015 Mali Bakary Soumare DF Canada Montreal Impact Acquired in trade with Montreal Impact in exchange for Kyle Bekker [8]

Out

Date Player Pos Destination Club Fee/Notes Ref
December 2, 2014 Peru Raúl Fernández GK Peru Universitario de Deportes 2015 option declined [9][10]
Colombia Jair Benítez DF Colombia Águilas Pereira [9]
Scotland Adam Moffat MF United States New York Cosmos [9][11]
France Peter Luccin MF Free agent [9]
United States George John DF United States New York City FC
Honduras Hendry Thomas MF United States Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Paraguay Walter Cabrera DF Paraguay General Díaz FC
United States Jonathan Top FW United States Arizona United SC
Colombia Andrés Escobar DF Colombia Atlético Nacional
Trinidad and Tobago Nick Walker DF Puerto Rico Bayamón F.C.
February 5, 2015 United States Brian Span FW Finland IFK Mariehamn Waived [12]
July 16, 2015 Canada Kyle Bekker MF Canada Montreal Impact Traded to Montreal Impact in exchange for Bakary Soumare [8]

Loan In

Date Player Pos Previous Club Fee/Notes Ref
July 22, 2015 Argentina Ezequiel Cirigliano MF Argentina Club Atlético River Plate On loan from Argentine club River Plate for the remainder of the 2015 season [13]

Loan Out

Date Player Pos Destination Club Fee/Notes Ref
April 27, 2015 United States Danny Garcia (HGP) MF United States Arizona United SC On loan to USL Pro affiliate Arizona United SC for the 2015 season [14][15]
June 18, 2015 England Otis Earle DF United States Arizona United SC On loan to Arizona United SC for the 2015 season [16][17]
August 8, 2015 Mexico Jesse Gonzalez GK United States Pittsburgh Riverhounds On loan to USL Pro club Pittsburgh Riverhounds for game against USL Pro club Toronto FC II [18][19]

Roster

As of July 22, 2015.[20] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 United States GK Dan Kennedy
3 Guatemala DF Moises Hernandez (HGP)
4 Mali DF Bakary Soumare
5 Argentina MF Ezequiel Cirigliano (on loan from River Plate)
7 Panama FW Blas Pérez
8 Mexico MF Victor Ulloa (HGP)
9 Uruguay FW David Texeira
10 Argentina MF Mauro Díaz (DP)
11 Colombia FW Fabián Castillo (DP)
12 United States MF Ryan Hollingshead
13 Canada FW Tesho Akindele
14 Saint Kitts and Nevis FW Atiba Harris
16 United States MF Coy Craft (HGP)
17 United States DF Zach Loyd
No. Position Player
18 United States GK Chris Seitz
20 Panama MF Rolando Escobar
21 Colombia MF Michael Barrios
22 United States DF Stephen Keel
23 United States MF Kellyn Acosta (HGP)
24 United States DF Matt Hedges
25 United States DF Walker Zimmerman (GA)
26 United States MF Danny Garcia (HGP)
27 Jamaica MF Je-Vaughn Watson
29 United States FW Alex Zendejas (HGP)
31 Brazil MF Michel
33 England DF Otis Earle
44 Mexico GK Jesse Gonzalez (HGP)

Competitions

Match results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Canceled

Preseason

Major League Soccer

League table

Western Conference Standings

Western Conference

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Dallas 34 18 10 6 52 39 +13 60 Conference Semifinals & 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League
2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 16 13 5 45 36 +9 53 Conference Semifinals
3 Portland Timbers 34 15 11 8 41 39 +2 53 Knockout round
4 Seattle Sounders FC 34 15 13 6 44 36 +8 51
5 LA Galaxy 34 14 11 9 56 46 +10 51
6 Sporting Kansas City 34 14 11 9 48 45 +3 51
7 San Jose Earthquakes 34 13 13 8 41 39 +2 47
8 Houston Dynamo 34 11 14 9 42 49 −7 42
9 Real Salt Lake 34 11 15 8 38 48 −10 41
10 Colorado Rapids 34 9 15 10 33 43 −10 37
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots

Overall Standings

Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification[lower-alpha 1]
1 New York Red Bulls (X) 34 18 10 6 62 43 +19 60 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League
2 FC Dallas 34 18 10 6 52 39 +13 60
3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 16 13 5 45 36 +9 53
4 Columbus Crew 34 15 11 8 58 53 +5 53
5 Portland Timbers (C) 34 15 11 8 41 39 +2 53 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League
6 Seattle Sounders FC 34 15 13 6 44 36 +8 51
7 Montreal Impact 34 15 13 6 48 44 +4 51
8 D.C. United 34 15 13 6 43 45 −2 51
9 LA Galaxy 34 14 11 9 56 46 +10 51
10 Sporting Kansas City 34 14 11 9 48 45 +3 51 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League
11 New England Revolution 34 14 12 8 48 47 +1 50
12 Toronto FC 34 15 15 4 58 58 0 49
13 San Jose Earthquakes 34 13 13 8 41 39 +2 47
14 Orlando City SC 34 12 14 8 46 56 −10 44
15 Houston Dynamo 34 11 14 9 42 49 −7 42
16 Real Salt Lake 34 11 15 8 38 48 −10 41
17 New York City FC 34 10 17 7 49 58 −9 37
18 Philadelphia Union 34 10 17 7 42 55 −13 37
19 Colorado Rapids 34 9 15 10 33 43 −10 37
20 Chicago Fire 34 8 20 6 43 58 −15 30
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) Champion; (X) Supporters' Shield winner.
Notes:
  1. ↑

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34 18 6 10 52 39  +13 60 13 2 2 33 15  +18 5 4 8 19 24  −5

Last updated: October 25, 2015.
Source: Regular Season

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHHAHAHHAAHHAAAAAHHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
Result W W W D L L W D W W D L L D L D W W W W W L L L W W W L L W D W W W

Last updated: October 25, 2015.
Source: Regular Season
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Regular season

Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05) unless shown otherwise

MLS Cup Playoffs

Main article: 2015 MLS Cup Playoffs

Western Conference Semifinals

FC Dallas win 4–2 on penalties and advance after 3–3 aggregate.

Western Conference Finals

FC Dallas lose 5–3 on aggregate.

U.S. Open Cup

Further information: 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

FC Dallas entered the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup with the rest of Major League Soccer in the fourth round.[23]

Statistics

Appearances

Numbers outside parentheses denote appearances as starter.
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
Players with no appearances are not included in the list.

As of final match played November 29, 2015[24]
No. Pos. Nat. Name MLS US Open Cup Total
Apps Apps Apps
1 GK  USA Dan Kennedy 15015
3 DF  GUA Moises Hernandez 11(3)112(3)
4 MF  CAN Kyle Bekker 2(6)13(6)
5 MF  ARG Ezequiel Cirigliano 6(2)06(2)
7 FW  PAN Blas Pérez 14(12)014(12)
8 MF  MEX Victor Ulloa 371(1)38(1)
9 FW  URU David Texeira 23(3)225(3)
10 MF  ARG Mauro Díaz 28028
11 FW  COL Fabián Castillo 32(2)133(2)
12 MF  USA Ryan Hollingshead 29(8)231(8)
13 FW  CAN Tesho Akindele 14(18)014(18)
14 DF  SKN Atiba Harris 20(7)121(7)
16 FW  USA Coy Craft 1(1)(1)1(2)
17 DF  USA Zach Loyd 31132
18 GK  USA Chris Seitz 729
20 MF  PAN Rolando Escobar 2(12)13(12)
21 MF  COL Michael Barrios 23(7)225(7)
23 DF  USA Kellyn Acosta 22(2)(2)22(4)
24 DF  USA Matt Hedges 34(1)135(1)
25 DF  USA Walker Zimmerman 11(11)213(11)
27 MF  JAM Je-Vaughn Watson 26(1)127(1)
29 MF  USA Alex Zendejas 2(6)1(1)3(7)
31 MF  BRA Michel 12(7)214(7)
33 DF  ENG Otis Earle 0(1)(1)
44 GK  MEX Jesse Gonzalez 15015

Goals and assists

As of final match played November 29, 2015[24]
No. Pos. Name MLS US Open Cup Total
Goals Assists Goals Assists Goals Assists
3DFUnited States Moises Hernandez 020002
4MFCanada Kyle Bekker 010001
7FWPanama Blas Pérez 620062
8MFMexico Victor Ulloa 210021
9FWUruguay David Texeira 732194
10MFArgentina Mauro Díaz 81400814
11FWColombia Fabián Castillo 109011010
12MFUnited States Ryan Hollingshead 330033
13FWCanada Tesho Akindele 610061
14DFSaint Kitts and Nevis Atiba Harris220022
17DFUnited States Zach Loyd010001
18GKUnited States Chris Seitz000101
20MFPanama Rolando Escobar000101
21MFColombia Michael Barrios7231103
23MFUnited States Kellyn Acosta321042
24DFUnited States Matt Hedges110011
25DFUnited States Walker Zimmerman100010
27MFJamaica Je-Vaughn Watson020002
31MFBrazil Michel 140014
100010
Total5850656455

Disciplinary record

As of final match played November 29, 2015[24]
No. Pos. Name MLS US Open Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card
1GKUnited States Dan Kennedy 300030
3DFUnited States Moises Hernandez 200020
4MFCanada Kyle Bekker 100010
7FWPanama Blas Pérez 310031
8MFMexico Victor Ulloa 400040
9FWUruguay David Texeira 100010
10MFArgentina Mauro Díaz 400040
11FWColombia Fabian Castillo 100010
12MFUnited States Ryan Hollingshead 400040
13FWCanada Tesho Akindele 200020
14DFSaint Kitts and Nevis Atiba Harris 800080
17DFUnited States Zach Loyd 211031
23DFUnited States Kellyn Acosta 610061
24DFUnited States Matt Hedges 400040
25DFUnited States Walker Zimmerman 101020
27MFJamaica Je-Vaughn Watson 410041
31MFBrazil Michel 301040
44GKMexico Jesse Gonzalez 200020
Total54430574

Kits

Primary
Alternate
Alt. Shorts
Type Shirt Shorts Socks First appearance / Info
Primary Red / Dark Red hoops Red Red / Dark Red hoops MLS, March 7 against San Jose Earthquakes
Alternate White / Blue hoops Blue Blue / White hoops MLS, April 24 against Colorado Rapids
Alt. Shorts White / Blue hoops White Blue / White hoops MLS, April 18 against Toronto FC

See also

References

  1. ↑ "FC Dallas signs 13th Homegrown player Alejandro Zendejas". Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  2. ↑ "FC Dallas selects goalkeeper Dan Kennedy with #1 pick in Chivas USA Dispersal Draft". Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  3. ↑ "FC Dallas selects Atiba Harris in the second stage of the 2014 Re-Entry Draft". Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Otis Earle's professional dreams come true with selection in 2015 MLS SuperDraft". Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Toronto FC trades MF Bekker to FC Dallas for allocation money". Retrieved January 29, 2015.
  6. ↑ "FC Dallas signs 23-year-old Colombian midfielder Michael Barrios". Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  7. ↑ "FC Dallas signs Panamanian international midfielder Rolando Escobar". Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Montreal Impact trade Bakary Soumare to FC Dallas in exchange for Canadian international Kyle Bekker". Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "FC Dallas announces roster moves ahead of 2014 Expansion Draft". Retrieved December 2, 2014.
  10. ↑ http://depor.pe/futbol-peruano/universitario-deportes-raul-fernandez-se-sumo-pretemporada-crema-1033462
  11. ↑ "Cosmos sign Adam Moffat". New York Cosmos. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
  12. ↑ "FC Dallas waives 22-year-old midfielder Brian "Cobi" Span". Retrieved February 5, 2015.
  13. ↑ "FC Dallas signs 23-year-old River Plate midfielder Ezequiel Cirigliano". FC Dallas. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  14. ↑ "FC Dallas loans Homegrown midfielder Danny Garcia to USL affiliate Arizona United SC". FC Dallas. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Arizona United Soccer Club adds Danny Garcia on loan from MLS affiliate FC Dallas". Arizona United SC. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  16. ↑ "FC Dallas loans defender Otis Earle to USL affiliate Arizona United SC". FC Dallas. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Arizona United Soccer Club adds Otis Earle on loan from MLS affiliate FC Dallas". Arizona United SC. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  18. ↑ "FCD ON LOAN: JESSE GONZALEZ MAKES PROFESSIONAL DEBUT, EARNS WIN WITH PITTSBURGH RIVERHOUNDS". FC Dallas. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Hounds Close On Top Four With Victory In Toronto". Pittsburgh Riverhounds. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Players". FCDallas.com. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
  21. ↑ "ALERT: Philadelphia Union-FC Dallas game postponed to Saturday, 3 pm CT". Retrieved March 20, 2015.
  22. ↑ "FC Dallas match at LA Galaxy moved to Sunday, Sept. 27 for national TV". Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  23. ↑ "102nd Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Unveils Format, Record Number of Teams". ussoccer.com.
  24. 1 2 3 "Team Stats (MLS) FC Dallas". Retrieved March 7, 2015.
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