2009 FC Dallas season

FC Dallas
2009 season
Owner	Clark Hunt
Head coach	Schellas Hyndman
Major League Soccer	11th
MLS Cup	Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Did not qualify
Texas Derby	Runners-Up
Brimstone Cup	Champions
Highest home attendance	51,012 vs. New England Revolution (September 30, 2009)
Lowest home attendance	5,724 vs. San Jose Earthquakes (June 7, 2009)
Average home league attendance	9,883
Home colors	Away colors

The 2009 FC Dallas season was the fourteenth season of the team's existence. It began on March 21 with a 3–1 home loss to the Chicago Fire and ended with a 2–1 away loss to Seattle Sounders FC on October 24. A win in that game would have sent the team to the playoffs.

Squad

First-team squad

As of June 20, 2009.^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	USA	Ugo Ihemelu
4	DF	CRC	Daniel Torres
5	DF	COL	Jair Benitez (on loan from Deportivo Cali)
6	MF	ARG	Pablo Ricchetti (captain)
7	MF	NED	Dave van den Bergh
8	MF	BRA	Bruno Guarda
9	FW	USA	Jeff Cunningham
10	FW	COL	David Ferreira (on loan from At. Paranaense)
11	MF	BRA	André Rocha (on loan from At. Paranaense)
12	MF	USA	Eric Avila
13	MF	USA	Dax McCarty
14	MF	USA	George John


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	USA	Kyle Davies
16	FW	SKN	Atiba Harris
17	MF	HON	Marvin Chávez (on loan from Marathón)
18	FW	USA	Perica Marošević
19	DF	USA	Blake Wagner
20	FW	USA	Brek Shea
21	MF	CRC	Álvaro Sánchez (on loan from San Carlos)
22	GK	USA	Josh Lambo
25	DF	USA	Steve Purdy
26	DF	USA	Anthony Wallace
30	GK	USA	Ray Burse
44	GK	ARG	Darío Sala

Club

Management

Position	Staff
General Manager	Michael Hitchcock
Head Coach	Schellas Hyndman
Assistant Coach	John Ellinger
Assistant Coach	Marco Ferruzzi
Goalkeeper Coach	Drew Keeshan
Head Athletic Trainer	Joshua Watts
Equipment Manager	Marcus Owens

Last updated: April 18, 2009
Source: FC Dallas

Other information

Owner	Clark Hunt
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Pizza Hut Park (20,500 / N/A)

Source: FC Dallas

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
MLS	—	—		March 21, 2009

Updated to match played April 15, 2008
Source: Competitions

Major League Soccer

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	LA Galaxy	30	12	6	12	36	31	+5	48	MLS Cup Playoffs
2	Houston Dynamo	30	13	8	9	39	29	+10	48
3	Seattle Sounders FC	30	12	7	11	38	29	+9	47
4	Chivas USA	30	13	11	6	34	31	+3	45
5	Real Salt Lake	30	11	12	7	43	35	+8	40
6	Colorado Rapids	30	10	10	10	42	38	+4	40
7	FC Dallas	30	11	13	6	50	47	+3	39
8	San Jose Earthquakes	30	7	14	9	36	50	−14	30

Source: MLS

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Columbus Crew (S)	30	13	7	10	41	31	+10	49	CONCACAF Champions League
2	LA Galaxy	30	12	6	12	36	31	+5	48	CONCACAF Champions League
3	Houston Dynamo	30	13	8	9	39	29	+10	48	North American SuperLiga
4	Seattle Sounders FC	30	12	7	11	38	29	+9	47	CONCACAF Champions League
5	Chicago Fire	30	11	7	12	39	34	+5	45	North American SuperLiga
6	Chivas USA	30	13	11	6	34	31	+3	45
7	New England Revolution	30	11	10	9	33	37	−4	42
8	Real Salt Lake (C)	30	11	12	7	43	35	+8	40	CONCACAF Champions League
9	Colorado Rapids	30	10	10	10	42	38	+4	40
10	D.C. United	30	9	8	13	43	44	−1	40
11	FC Dallas	30	11	13	6	50	47	+3	39
12	Toronto FC	30	10	11	9	37	46	−9	39	CONCACAF Champions League^{[lower-alpha 1]}
13	Kansas City Wizards	30	8	13	9	33	42	−9	33
14	San Jose Earthquakes	30	7	14	9	36	50	−14	30
15	New York Red Bulls	30	5	19	6	27	47	−20	21

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (S) Supporters' Shield
Notes:

↑ As winners of the 2010 Canadian Championship

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	Pts	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
30	39	11	13	6	50	47	+3	8	3	4	28	19	+9	3	10	2	22	28	−6

Last updated: October 24, 2009
Source: Major League Soccer
Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Stadium	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	T	W	L	L	L	T	T	W	T	L	W	T	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	T	W	L	W	W	W	W	L

Updated to match(es) played on October 24, 2009. Source: FC Dallas
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie

Matches

Win Tie Loss

MLS

March 21, 2009 1 Brimstone Cup	Chicago Fire	3–1	FC Dallas	Frisco, Texas
	Mapp 38' Soumare 39' McBride 51' Thorrington 52' Pappa 69' Blonco 94+'	Report	Ferreira 5' Cooper 9'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 15,905 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

March 29, 2009 2	Chivas USA	2–0	FC Dallas	Frisco, Texas
	Lillingston 56' Trujillo 70' Stepanovic 75'	Report	Pitchkolan 68'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 6,542 Referee: Paul Ward

April 4, 2009 3	FC Dallas	1–2	New England Revolution	Foxborough, Massachusetts
	Rocha 33' Cooper 38' John 79'	Report	Larentowicz 31' Mansally 34' Nyassi 56' Ralston 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 11,314 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

April 11, 2009 4	FC Dallas	1–1	Toronto FC	Toronto, Ontario Canada
	Cunningham 80' Ricchetti 87'	Report	De Rosario 17' Dichio 82' Brennan 89'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 20,272 Referee: Terry Vaughn

April 19, 2009 5	Toronto FC	2–3	FC Dallas	Frisco, Texas
	Serioux 46+' Barrett 59' Barrett 70'	Report	Moor 25' Cooper 44', 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 6,183 Referee: Tim Weyland

April 25, 2009 6	FC Dallas	0–2	Chivas USA	Carson, California
	Sala 25' Saragosa 60'	Report	Harris 1' 89' Chijindu 32' Harris 68' Eskandarian 91+'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 14,611 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja

May 2, 2009 7	FC Dallas	1–2	D.C. United	Washington, D.C. USA
	Rocha 28' Cooper 45'	Report	Moreno 56', 66' Jakovic 62'	Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Attendance: 14,225 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

May 9, 2009 8 Texas Derby	FC Dallas	0–1	Houston Dynamo	Houston, Texas
	Wagner 31' Ferreira 62' Cooper 75'	Report	Kamara 58' Davis 62'	Stadium: Robertson Stadium Attendance: 16,932 Referee: Kevin Stott

May 16, 2009 9	Seattle Sounders FC	1–1	FC Dallas	Frisco, Texas
19:30 CDT	Hurtado 18' Zakuani 48+' Marshall 64'	Report	Rocha 20' Rocha 48+' Saragosa 75' Guarda 80'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 8,247 Referee: Terry Vaughn

May 23, 2009 10	Los Angeles Galaxy	1–1	FC Dallas	Frisco, Texas
	Donovan 3' Lewis 26' Gonzalez 33' Tudela 42'	Report	Saragosa 25' Moor 31' Ricchetti 32' Rocha 41' Guarda 74'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 9,595 Referee: Paul Ward

May 31, 2009 11 Brimstone Cup	FC Dallas	3–0	Chicago Fire	Bridgeview, Illinois
	Cunningham 15' Brown 35' (o.g.) Torres 48' Cunningham 54' Ricchetti 58' Cooper 80'	Report	Rolfe 28' Ward 34' Soumare 66' 79'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 13,120 Referee: Shane Moody

June 7, 2009 12	San Jose Earthquakes	2–2	FC Dallas	Frisco, Texas
	Campos 25' Ricchetti 60' (o.g.) Alvarez 82'	Report	Saragosa 16' Ferreira 29' Moor 70' Cooper 87'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 5,724 Referee: Tim Weyland

June 13, 2009 13 Texas Derby	Houston Dynamo	3–1	FC Dallas	Frisco, Texas
	Weaver 12', 63' Mulrooney 37'	Report	Rocha 40' Moor 67'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 8,580 Referee: Mark Geiger

June 20, 2009 14 Pioneer Cup	Columbus Crew	1–2	FC Dallas	Frisco, Texas
	Ricchetti 14' (o.g.) Padula 41' Schelotto 68' Marshall 86'	Report	Moor 32' Avila 80' Cooper 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 8,041 Referee: Terry Vaughn

June 24, 2009 15	FC Dallas	1–1	Colorado Rapids	Commerce City, Colorado
	Ferreira 37'	Report	Cummings 84'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 10,583 Referee: Jair Marrufo

July 4, 2009 16	New York Red Bulls	1–2	FC Dallas	Frisco, Texas
	Angel 43'	Report	Cunningham 15', 17' Ricchetti 74'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 14,327 Referee: Kevin Stott

July 11, 2009 17	FC Dallas	0–1	Colorado Rapids	Commerce City, Colorado
		Report	Ihemelu 13' LaBrocca 17' Kimura 79' Ballouchy 84' Dalby 89'	Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 8,128 Referee: Yader Reyes

July 24, 2009 18	FC Dallas	2–4	Real Salt Lake	Sandy, Utah
	Cunningham 13' van den Bergh 21' van den Bergh 61' Burse 62' Ricchetti 78' Moor 95+'	Report	Espindola 29' Borchers 35' Movsisyan 55' Findley 62' (pen.) Johnson 72' Olave 77' Torres 82' (o.g.) Movsisyan 91+'	Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 18,822 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

August 1, 2009 19	Kansas City Wizards	0–6	FC Dallas	Frisco, Texas
	Arnaud 49' Wolff 62' López 68'	Report	Cunningham 39', 66 (pen.)', 75', 89' Ferreira 42', 78'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 10,317 Referee: Andrew Chapin

August 6, 2009 20 Texas Derby	Houston Dynamo	0–1	FC Dallas	Frisco, Texas
	Boswell 12' Onstad 16' Kamara 56' James 85'	Report	Cunningham 20' Ricchetti 22' Harris 36' Sala 84'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 7,442 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

August 15, 2009 21 Pioneer Cup	FC Dallas	0–2	Columbus Crew	Columbus, Ohio
	Benitez 52'	Report	Marshall 10' O'Rourke 66' Gaven 87'	Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 19,115 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

August 23, 2009 22	FC Dallas	2–3	New York Red Bulls	East Rutherford, New Jersey
	McCarty 19' Ricchetti 56' van den Bergh 72'	Report	Angel 4' Richards 27' Wolyniec 55' Goldthwaite 60' Hall 86' Angel 88' Stammler 90+1' Kandji 90+2'	Stadium: Giants Stadium Attendance: 9,648 Referee: Jasen Anno

September 5, 2009 23	D.C. United	2–2	FC Dallas	Frisco, Texas
	McTavish 35' Burch 44' Moreno 58' Burch 70' Silva 93+'		Cunningham 18' Ferreira 50' Torres 57' van der Bergh 62' McCarty 77' Benitez 93+'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 10,219 Referee: Ricardo Salazar

September 12, 2009 24	FC Dallas	6–3	Los Angeles Galaxy	Carson, California
	van den Bergh 8' Cunningham 25', 86' Ferreira 31' Ihemelu 33' McCarty 71' Harris 82' Ferreira 83'	Report	Berhalter 6' Benitez 26' (o.g.) DeLaGarza 42' Buddle 90'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 18,148 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

September 19, 2009 25	FC Dallas	2–3	Kansas City Wizards	Kansas City, Kansas
	Chavez 13' McCarty 44' McCarty 45' Cunningham 54' Ricchetti 89'	Report	Hirsig 9' Morsink 19' Wolff 77' Conrad 80' López 93+'	Stadium: CommunityAmerica Ballpark Attendance: 10,385 Referee: Jeff Gontarek

September 26, 2009 26	Real Salt Lake	0–3	FC Dallas	Frisco, Texas
	Movsisyan 79' Williams 84'	Report	Cunningham 5', 87' Ferreira 10'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Referee: Kevin Stott

September 30, 2009 27	New England Revolution	0–1	FC Dallas	Dallas, Texas
	Videira 26' Osei 51' Thompson 91+'	Report	Harris 59' Cunningham 71' Rocha 88' 91+'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 51,012 Referee: Ramon Hernandez

October 7, 2009 28	FC Dallas	2–1	San Jose Earthquakes	Santa Clara, California
	Ferreira 49' Cunningham 81' Ihemelu 90'	Report	Convey 18' Ribeiro 32' Amarikwa 73'	Stadium: Buck Shaw Stadium Attendance: 9,023 Referee: Hilario Grajeda

October 17, 2009 29	Colorado Rapids	1–2	FC Dallas	Frisco, Texas
	Gibbs 3' LaBrocca 78' Noonan 71' Holody 82'	Report	John 4' Hernández 51' McCarty 58' Sala 62' Ihemelu 66' John 75' Harris 85'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 15,243 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

October 24, 2009 30	FC Dallas	1–2	Seattle Sounders FC	Seattle, Washington
19:30 PST	Harris 14' Pearce 26' Harris 38' Ihemelu 70'	Report	Alonso 57' Evans 60' Jaqua 61' Evans 84'	Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 33,108 Referee: Baldomero Toledo

U.S. Open Cup qualification

March 28, 2009 Qualification	FC Dallas	0–2	D.C. United	Washington, D.C.
		Report	Fred 21' Barklage 66'	Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Attendance: 5,163 Referee: Jeff Gontarek

References

↑ "USA Major League Soccer – Attendance – 2009". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
↑ "FC Dallas: Players: Main". Archived from the original on January 19, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2009.

External links

2009 Schedule

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[table_note_res_CAN0.96474217528698-3] As winners of the 2010 Canadian Championship

[1] "USA Major League Soccer – Attendance – 2009". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved April 28, 2009.

[2] "FC Dallas: Players: Main". Archived from the original on January 19, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2009.

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