Tomás Ángel’s score late in second-half stoppage time helped the MLS Western Conference-leader, San Diego FC, rally to defeat FC Dallas 3-2 on Saturday.
Ángel, a second-half substitute, scored with a right-footed shot from the center of the box to the upper left central zone. The goal was assisted by Anders Dreyer, with a second assist by Jasper Löffelsend.
Expansion San Diego (39 points, 12-5-3) trailed 2-1 early in the second half and didn’t draw even until the 77th minute. Chucky Lozano – who had just entered the game, returning after an injury nearly a month ago – scored with a left-footed shot from the center of the box to the central bottom zone.
He was assisted by Milan Iloski, coming off a huge match Wednesday, with a second assist by Dreyer.
Dreyer, who finished with a goal and two assists, scored the first goal of the match with a penalty in the 26th minute.
Petar Musa of Dallas scored with a right-footed shot from the center of the box to the bottom right corner, making it 1-all in the 44th minute.
Chucky Lozano in an April match vs. Salt Lake City. (Photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego)Sebastian Lletget gave Dallas the lead when he scored with a left-footed shot from the center of the box in the 56th minute.
Dallas had only two more attempted shots the rest of the game, including Petar Musa’s header from the center of the box that went over the goal in the third minute of stoppage time.
CJ dos Santos made four saves for San Diego, which scored on all three shots on goal against Maarten Paes of Dallas (21 points, 5-8-6).
With the win, SDFC finished a three-match road span with a 3-0 record, earning all nine possible points.
“Any player will enjoy scoring the game-winning goal, but I want to reiterate that this is a team win.,” Ángel said in Spanish through a translator. “We fought until the end and we fought hard and that’s important because it sends a message to the league that we have won three games in a row and three on the road, which is not easy to do in this league.”
San Diego hosts Houston at 7:30 p.m. July 5, the first time fans at Snapdragon Stadium will have a chance to cheer on SDFC as a first-place club. They took over the top spot in the conference standings Wednesday.
Notes: SDFC has experienced a bit of a youth movement. Forward Manu Duah made his first start, also his first MLS start. The 20-year-old rookie made his MLS debut when he came on as a substitute in the 89th minute for Iloski during SDFC’s 5-3 win at Vancouver Whitecaps on June 25 … In addition, 18-year-old defender Luca Bombino made his 13th start for SDFC … the club was without nine players, including Aníbal Godoy (Panama) and Luca De La Torre (United States) who are on national team duty.
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