San Diego FC v FC Dallas: Visitors need to ´keep feet on the ground´, says Quill

FC Dallas caput manager Eric Quill says the squad needs to “keep our feet connected the ground” by gathering connected their comeback triumph implicit Inter Miami against San Diego FC.

Dallas shocked Miami by coming from 3-1 down to triumph 4-3 past weekend, extending their unbeaten tally connected the roadworthy successful MLS this play (W3 D3).

They beryllium sixth successful the Western Conference with 15 points from their archetypal 10 games, with the triumph implicit Miami their 4th this term.

And Quill has urged Dallas to stay accordant if they privation to support their signifier beardown connected the road.

“We person to support our feet connected the crushed and hole well,” said Quill, arsenic quoted successful the BigDSoccer substack. “[San Diego are] a bully team, we person to execute.

“You can’t consciousness bully astir yourself due to the fact that of past weekend. You person to beryllium accordant from 1 show to the next.”

He was besides afloat of praise for Pedrinho, who came disconnected the seat to assistance orchestrate the win, getting a extremity and an assist.

“He’s a peculiar player,” Quill added. “He was a cardinal cog, and wherefore we turned that crippled around. He’s got plentifulness more, and you tin expect to spot a subordinate that is going to assistance america scope our goals.”

The Road Dawgs are gearing up to deed the roadworthy erstwhile again.@ScrogginsLawGrp | #DTID pic.twitter.com/Aq62ladKHv

— FC Dallas (@FCDallas) May 1, 2025

After a beardown commencement to the season, San Diego person slipped successful caller weeks, suffering 3 consecutive defeats, including a 3-1 nonaccomplishment to Real Salt Lake past weekend.

They are seventh successful the West, but a triumph against Dallas would spot them leapfrog their opponents to determination backmost up the table.

Defender Paddy McNair insisted San Diego were not fazed by their losing streak, though, and expects them to bounce backmost connected Saturday.

“It’s not bully losing 3 games successful a row, but I don’t deliberation the team’s morale is little due to the fact that of that,” helium said.

“I deliberation everyone’s inactive assured and there’s inactive afloat content we tin crook it astir and get much points connected the board.

“We’re good prepared to spell into Saturday. It’s going to beryllium a bully test.”

PLAYERS TO WATCH

San Diego FC – Christopher McVey

San Diego person completed an mean of 524.6 passes per lucifer this season, the astir successful MLS.

Overall, Christopher McVey has played the astir passes for San Diego (777), completing 720 of those. He boasts 92.7% passing accuracy, the third-best fig successful the team.

FC Dallas – Pedrinho

Pedrinho came disconnected the seat to assistance the equalizing extremity earlier scoring the victor for FC Dallas connected Sunday.

Pedrinho is the 3rd subordinate with a extremity and an assistance disconnected the seat for Dallas successful the past decade, joining Logan Farrington (twice) and Franco Jara.

Another pugnacious conflict connected Saturday.

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— San Diego FC (@sandiegofc) May 1, 2025

MATCH PREDICTION: SAN DIEGO FC WIN

Dallas mislaid their past lucifer against an enlargement squad 2-1 astatine St. Louis City SC successful August 2023. Dallas had won six consecutive meetings with MLS newcomers anterior to that result.

After losing lone 1 of their archetypal 7 matches and conceding 8 full goals implicit that span (W4 D2), San Diego person mislaid 3 consecutive matches, conceding 9 times successful those games. San Diego’s 3-1 nonaccomplishment to Real Salt Lake connected Saturday was their archetypal location defeat, but the Opta supercomputer does not expect them to suffer a 2nd connected the bounce.

Dallas overcame a two-goal shortage successful the last 25 minutes to bushed Inter Miami 4-3 connected Sunday. It was the 4th clip successful nine past that Dallas had trailed by aggregate goals with 30 minutes oregon little to play and travel backmost to win. Only the LA Galaxy and San Jose Earthquakes (five each) person done truthful much times.

OPTA WIN PROBABILITY

San Diego FC – 44.2%

Draw – 26.8%

FC Dallas – 29%