FC Dallas returns to Toyota Stadium on Wednesday night one point behind the Vancouver Whitecaps for first place in the Western Conference, with three regular-season matches left and the Columbus Crew up first.
Kickoff in Frisco is 7:30 p.m. Central, and the match streams on Apple TV. It is the second-to-last home date of the regular season, according to the club.
The view from the top of the West
Dallas (15-7-9) sits on 54 points after 31 matches, per the MLS standings carried by ESPN. Vancouver has 55 from the same number of games. St. Louis City is third with 51, and San Jose and Houston are tied on 48, so the second-place spot that Dallas holds is not yet locked in either direction.
The Whitecaps also play Wednesday, at home against San Diego FC in a later kickoff, then host Seattle on Nov. 1 and close at CF Montréal on Nov. 7. Dallas finishes at Sporting Kansas City on Saturday, Oct. 31, and then hosts the Colorado Rapids on Nov. 7 in the regular-season finale.
FC Dallas already clinched an MLS Cup Playoffs berth with a 1-0 win over Seattle on Oct. 14. Where it finishes in the conference now decides how much of the postseason runs through Frisco.
Form coming in
Dallas is unbeaten in its last three, with a win over Seattle, a 2-2 draw at Houston and Saturday's 3-0 result against San Jose. Against the Earthquakes, Petar Musa struck in the 83rd and 88th minutes before Santiago Moreno added the third. The club said the two goals gave Musa 22 for the season, a career high, and 56 for his FC Dallas career.
The win also pushed the team's season total to 58 goals. The club's previous single-season high had been 55, first set in 1997 and equaled in 2014.
Goalkeeper Daniel, who joined Dallas from San Jose in July, made one save to keep the shutout against his former team. MLSsoccer.com named Musa and defender Osaze Urhoghide to its Team of the Matchday for Matchday 32, Musa's sixth such selection this season and Urhoghide's third, according to FC Dallas.
The San Jose match drew 10,925 to Toyota Stadium, which the club counted as its 49th straight regular-season sellout. The west side of the stadium remains under renovation.
