Petar Musa scored a hat-trick in FC Dallas’ thrilling win over Minnesota United in midweek, and he’s thrilled with the attacking set-up below interim coach Peter Luccin.
Dallas beat Minnesota 5-3 at house on Wednesday, making it three video games unbeaten.
The membership dismissed Nico Estevez on June 9, and Musa prompt Luccin has let the workforce off the leash from an attacking standpoint.
“I believe we play extra vertically in direction of the purpose,” stated Musa.
“We’re extra offensive now, now we have a number of gamers who run behind and we began enjoying extra attacking soccer.
“We scored 5 targets at house so you’ll be able to see from the build-up that we play attacking soccer. I’m very pleased in regards to the new type we’re implementing.”
Luccin added: “I’m grateful and grateful for the trouble from the gamers. It’s essential for me that the trouble has been unbelievable. I’m very happy with among the sequences that we had, enjoying good soccer and really vertical.
“General, the targets that we conceded, typically we must be somewhat bit smarter. All of the gamers have been unbelievable. 5 targets at house, I believe the followers have been very pleased.
“I’m positive they’d’ve appreciated fewer targets conceded however it’s a part of the sport. We’re making progress. It’ll be step-by-step however you’ll be able to see the angle from the gamers is superb. They need to play, they perceive. Now we have to alter to seek out that steadiness. I actually assume we deserved to win.”
Subsequent up for Dallas is a visit to the northwest, to face the Seattle Sounders.
Dallas are one place and two factors under Seattle within the Western Convention.
Shoutout to Dallas, our striker’s a star
Petar Musa has been named the MLS Participant of the Matchday. pic.twitter.com/5paOR2ySFc
— FC Dallas (@FCDallas) June 20, 2024
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Seattle Sounders – Jackson Ragen
Ragen scored his first MLS purpose in Seattle’s 2-2 draw with the Houston Dynamo final trip. He’s the seventh totally different participant from the USA to attain for the Sounders in MLS play this season, equalling their quantity from all of final season.
FC Dallas – Petar Musa
Musa’s hat-trick took him onto eight MLS targets for the season, 4 greater than some other team-mate.
He’s the sixth Dallas participant with a hat trick for the workforce for the reason that starting of 2017, tying them with D.C. United for many such gamers with a hat-trick in that point.
MATCH PREDICTION: SEATTLE WIN
The Sounders are unbeaten in 20 straight house matches throughout all competitions in opposition to Dallas (16 wins, 4 attracts), in a run courting again to August 2011.
They may equal the longest ever unbeaten house run by one MLS workforce in opposition to one other right here (21, achieved twice).
With Dallas winless in 11 MLS highway video games courting again to final October (three attracts, eight defeats), we count on the Sounders to assert a slice of historical past.
OPTA WIN PROBABILITY
Seattle Sounders – 47.5%
FC Dallas – 26.4%
Draw – 26.2%
