A disastrous turnover from Ethan Bartlow delivered Dallas’ Petar Musa the easiest equalizer of his career.
A poor decision from goalkeeper Andrew Tarbell to come way too far off his line gave Dallas’ Anderson Julio the easiest winner of his career as Houston fell 1x2.
Take out the catastrophically selfdestructive mistakes and they were relatively fine.
The Dynamo lost midfielders Coco Carrasquilla and Héctor Herrera this offseason.
They added Philadelphia’ s Jack McGlynn via trade to help compensate for those subtractions, but replacing them is easier said than done. Elsewhere, it’ s largely the same team. They have an open DP spot and need to use it, likely on a No. 10.
LUCHO ACOSTA
Dallas got some help from Houston in their 2x1 win at the Dynamo. They’ ll take it though, especially while they figure out how to get Lucho Acosta involved enough to truly take over a game.
Per American Soccer Analysis, Acosta took 12.7 % of Dallas’ touches in the middle and attacking third. Acosta averaged 14.9 % of Cincy’ s touches in those thirds in 2023 and 14.8 % of those touches last year.
FC Dallas had plenty to worry about and then Lucho Acosta showed up. They may not be an elite side on paper yet, but Acosta is a superstar who should only make Petar Musa better.
Also, moves for central midfielder Ramiro, wingers Anderson Julio and Léo Chú, and defenders Shaq Moore and Osaze Urhoghide give Dallas some extra upside. Don’ t count them out in year one under head coach Eric Quill.
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