{"id":523159,"date":"2026-03-08T20:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T20:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/523159\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T20:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T20:07:07","slug":"lafc-1-0-dallas-mar-7-2026-game-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/523159\/","title":{"rendered":"LAFC 1-0 Dallas (Mar 7, 2026) Game Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES —\u00a0David Mart\u00ednez<\/a> scored in the second half and Hugo Lloris<\/a> made it stand up for a third straight clean sheet to begin the season as LAFC<\/a> beat FC Dallas<\/a> 1-0 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Neither team scored until Martinez used assists from Stephen Eust\u00e1quio<\/a> and defender Sergi Palencia<\/a> in the 55th minute to find the net for the first time this season and for the ninth time in the 20-year-old’s 49th appearance and 20th start.<\/p>\n

Eust\u00e1quio has a goal and two assists in his first three MLS<\/a> matches. Palencia’s assist was his first this season and ninth in 86 career matches.<\/p>\n

Lloris finished with five saves for LAFC (3-0-0) — off to the best start in its nine-year history with a fifth straight victory in all competitions to begin the season. The club also won its first three league matches for the first time while outscoring its opponents 6-0.<\/p>\n

\"HugoHugo Lloris, left, and Son Heung-Min celebrates after a win over FC Dallas in MLS.<\/p>\n

Michael Collodi<\/a> saved five shots in his third start for Dallas (1-1-1) this season after making nine last year as a rookie. Collodi allowed only eight goals in his nine 2025 starts, making Maarten Paes<\/a> expendable.<\/p>\n

Both keepers had three saves in a scoreless first half.<\/p>\n

LAFC leads the all-time series 8-4-3, including a 6-0-1 record at home.<\/p>\n

LAFC opened the season at home with a 3-0 victory over defending champion Inter Miami and then blanked the Houston Dynamo 2-0 on the road. The club also posted 6-1 and 1-0 victories over Real Espa\u00f1a in the CONCACAF Champions Cup to advance to the Round of 16.<\/p>\n

Dallas beat Toronto FC<\/a> 3-2 in its home opener before a playing to a scoreless draw with visiting Nashville SC<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES —\u00a0David Mart\u00ednez scored in the second half and Hugo Lloris made it stand up for a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-523159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}