Emily Colton scored in the 10th minute<\/a> after Abby Boyan hit the crossbar. Dallas had 58 percent of the ball, and six of its shots came in the 84th minute or later.<\/p>\nLee Nguyen\u2018s side has two wins, a draw and a loss at the Cotton Bowl in league play this fall.<\/p>\n
Jasmine Hamid spent two seasons at Fort Lauderdale, scoring 13 goals. In September, she scored 40 seconds into the second half at Amerant Bank Field, her first goal against her old club, and it proved to be the winner. She leads Dallas with four goals this fall and has 17 in her league career.<\/p>\n
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Jasmine Hamid (17) rounds a defender as Dallas Trinity takes on DC Power, September 13, 2026. (Beth Spicer, 3rd Degree)<\/p>\n
The quarterfinal against Korea DPR kicks off at 9 a.m. CT on Sunday, seven hours before Dallas hosts Fort Lauderdale. The semifinals are Nov. 4 and the final Nov. 7.<\/p>\n
Players to Watch: Dallas Trinity<\/p>\n
Sofia Cede\u00f1o \u2013 Leads the league with 78 duels won and leads Dallas in successful dribbles. The Irving native, on loan from the Seattle Reign, needs to get it going through the midfield and create opportunities for those in front of her. If she can turn it on, she can be a difference-maker. <\/p>\n
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Sofia Cede\u00f1o \u2013 Carolina Ascent at Dallas Trinity (August 22, 2026 \u2013 Photo Courtesy Dallas Trinity FC)<\/p>\n
Seven Castain \u2013 Has three goals, second on the team. The loanee from the Orlando Pride has shown to be a goal-scorer, but she needs to be ruthless in and around the box and not pass up opportunities. <\/p>\n
Cyera Hintzen \u2013 Leads Dallas with 21 interceptions. Hintzen has been feast or famine on defense this season. A natural attacker earlier in her career, she has played at fullback during most of her Trinity tenure. If she can hold her composure in the defending third, that will free up the centerbacks to push the ball forward. <\/p>\n
Every Point at Amerant Bank Field<\/p>\n
Paul Jennison took over as Fort Lauderdale\u2019s interim head coach on Oct. 6, after the club dismissed Tyrone Mears. His side beat Lexington 2-1 in his first match, then lost 4-1 at Jacksonville, where Puerta scored four times.<\/p>\n
On Oct. 22, FLU held Carolina to a 0-0 draw at Amerant Bank Field. The result ended Carolina\u2019s run of 10 straight regular-season road wins, though Carolina outshot Fort Lauderdale 16-5 and won 14 corners to one.<\/p>\n
All seven of Fort Lauderdale\u2019s points have come at home. On the road, they has scored three goals and conceded 12, and it has seven goals in 10 matches overall, the fewest in the league.<\/p>\n
Kiara Locklear is tied for second in the league with three assists, all of them on Gordon goals. Taylor Smith and Kelli Van Treeck, an All-League Second Team honoree, have started together in the middle in each of Jennison\u2019s three matches. Haley Thomas wears the captain\u2019s armband.<\/p>\n
In September, Fort Lauderdale fell behind in the 32nd minute when Felicia Knox headed in the rebound of Sophia Braun\u2018s blocked header from a Carissa Boeckmann corner. Gordon\u2019s 59th-minute goal brought it back within one. Neeku Purcell made four saves to protect the lead, including stops in the 68th and 80th minutes.<\/p>\n
Players to Watch: Fort Lauderdale United<\/p>\n
Sh\u2019nia Gordon \u2013 Has five of her team\u2019s seven goals and a team-high 22 shots. She scored both in the win over Lexington and two of the three Fort Lauderdale has scored on the road. <\/p>\n
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Sh\u2019nia Gordon (via Instagram)<\/p>\n
Haley Craig \u2013 Leads the league with 33 saves and has started every match. She made five against Carolina, including a double save in the 25th minute and a point-blank stop in stoppage time, for her second clean sheet of the fall.<\/p>\n
Ella Simpson \u2013 Leads the league with 70 clearances, well clear of anyone else. The center back has started every match under Jennison alongside Thomas.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s at Stake<\/p>\n
A Dallas win would lift it to 14 points, the total Lexington and DC carried into the weekend. A draw or a loss would leave it with four matches to make up ground. Dallas leads the regular-season series with four wins, a draw and three losses, and won the last meeting at the Cotton Bowl 4-0 in May. Sporting JAX comes to the Cotton Bowl next Sunday.<\/p>\n
A Fort Lauderdale win would pull it within a point of Dallas and Brooklyn. It hosts Tampa Bay on Friday in the last Florida derby of the season.<\/p>\n
Refs & Kit Assignments <\/p>\n
Patricia McCracken will referee Sunday\u2019s match.
Emmanuel Padilla and Justin Fillmore are the assistant referees
Carlos Meneses Rodriguez is the fourth official.
The officials will wear blue shirts with black shorts.<\/p>\n
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Dallas will wear its Sunrise Maroon \u201cIlluminate\u201d home kit, with maroon shorts and socks. Its goalkeeper will be in green.<\/p>\n
Fort Lauderdale will wear white shirts, blue shorts and white socks, with its goalkeeper in yellow.<\/p>\n
International Golden Girls<\/p>\n
Meila Brewer, 17, captained the U.S. under-17 team on Thursday in Rabat. She started at center back in a 2-1 win over Spain in the round of 16, the first U.S. win over Spain at the U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup. <\/p>\n
The U.S. has used four captains in its four matches. Brewer scored in the 17-0 opener against Samoa and missed the group finale against China PR with a minor knock. <\/p>\n
The U.S. will play N. Korea Sunday morning, with the quarterfinal scheduled to conclude shortly before Dallas kicks off. <\/p>\n
Projected XIs<\/p>\n
Dallas Trinity (4-3-3): Neeku Purcell; Carissa Boeckmann, Sydney Cheesman, Sophia Braun (c), Cyera Hintzen; Felicia Knox, Sofia Cede\u00f1o, Camryn Lancaster; Jasmine Hamid, Seven Castain, Onyeka Gamero<\/p>\n
Fort Lauderdale United (4-2-3-1): Haley Craig; Maggy Henschler, Haley Thomas (c), Ella Simpson, Abigail Hugh; Taylor Smith, Kelli Van Treeck; Kiara Locklear, Grace Cutler, Farrah Walters; Sh\u2019nia Gordon<\/p>\n
Sunday\u2019s forecast at Fair Park calls for a high in the upper 70s with a slight chance of rain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas plays its first league match at the Cotton Bowl since Sept. 13, three points below the playoff…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[160794,249,251,250,9115,173164,49304,160796,160797,89861,67963],"class_list":["post-444482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-dallas-trinity","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news","tag-fort-lauderdale-united","tag-ft-lauderdale-united","tag-gainbridge-super-league","tag-jasmine-hamid","tag-lee-nguyen","tag-seven-castain","tag-usl-super-league"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Dallas Trinity celebrate a third straight win (at Ft Lauderdale United, Sept 18, 2026 \u2013 Photo: Kylli Asaro, Dallas Trinity FC)<\/p>\n![\"Screenshot](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Screenshot-2026-10-31-at-5.51.12\u202fPM.png\")
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Dallas Trinity lifts the 2026 State Fair Cl\u00e1sico trophy after beating Chivas Femenil 3-2, October 17. 2026. (Beth Spicer, 3rd Degree)<\/p>\n