Homegrown Player signing Thomas Roberts scored his first preseason goal for his club’s first-team quad, and FC Dallas defeated the Seattle Sounders 2-1 on Saturday in the 2019 MLS Preseason presented by Advocare.
The near-post strike by Roberts, just moments after the 17-year-old entered as one of numerous late substitutions from both sides, eventually held up as the winner.
Dominique Badji also scored on a feed from Michael Barrios early for FC Dallas, which will play two more matches in the Mobile Mini Sun Cup in Tucson, Ariz.
Nouhou snatched back a late goal for the Sounders, who concluded the Arizona portion of their preseason. Seattle is scheduled to face Uruguayan side Nacional at home in a friendly next week before visiting the San Jose earthquakes next Saturday in their final preseason tuneup.
Goals
- 34' - DAL - Dominique Badji (Michael Barrios, Santiago Mosquera)
- 79' - DAL - Thomas Roberts (Carlos Gruezo)
- 90' - SEA - Nouhou (Henry Wingo)
Lineups
Seattle Sounders: Stefan Frei (Bryan Meredith – 78’); Kelvin Leerdam (Saad Abdul-Salaam – 64’), Chad Marshall (Jordy Delem – 78’), Kim Kee Hee (Jonathan Campbell – 78’), Brad Smith (Nouhou – 78’); Cristian Roldan (Danny Leyva – 78’), Gustav Svensson (Alex Roldan – 78’); Jordan Morris (Harry Shipp – 71’), Nico Lodeiro (Henry Wingo – 78’), Victor Rodríguez (Handwalla Bwana – 78’); Raul Ruidíaz (Will Bruin – 78’)
FC Dallas: Jesse Gonzalez (Jimmy Maurer – 78’); Ryan Hollingshead (Marquinhos Pedroso – 78’), Matt Hedges (Bressan – 78’), Reto Ziegler, Reggie Cannon; Carlos Gruezo, Jacori Hayes (Bryan Acosta – 67’); Santiago Mosquera (Pablo Aránguiz – 78’), Paxton Pomykal (Thomas Roberts – 78’), Michael Barrios (Jesus Ferreira – 78’); Dominique Badji (Zdenek Ondrasek – 78’)
