{"id":176122,"date":"2026-02-23T04:59:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T04:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/176122\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T04:59:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T04:59:17","slug":"the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-fc-dallas-3-2-toronto-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/176122\/","title":{"rendered":"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly \u2014 FC Dallas 3-2 Toronto FC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another season, another rebuild that really means a slow start with a team missing essential pieces and at various stages of fitness. Jason Hernandez may be cooking, but he sure does like to leave it late and borrow ingredients from his neighbours at 10 p.m.<\/p>\n

Also of note, and maybe moreso than possibly ever, this team cannot have a slow start. The fates have decreed that TFC needs to bank some points on this front-loaded campaign, or we may be staring down another lost season before the circus that is the FIFA World Cup comes to town.<\/p>\n

Toronto FC burned by mistakes in season-opening defeat to FC Dallas<\/a><\/p>\n

But, even after taking all that into account, we must be objective enough to see that this beta-test of the 2026 TFC squad had plenty of positives mixed into the negative roux. So, let\u2019s not scream that the sky is falling. Yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s find more of that patience we have in very short supply?<\/p>\n

THE GOOD<\/p>\n

Remembering that in 20 years, this team has NEVER won in Frisco, Texas\u2026 Following along with Jmo as he eats his way through some Texas BBQ\u2026 New Away Kits are properly dope, especially close up, but only the authentic version. The Replicas are glorified T-Shirts for near $200\u2026 The fact that I can write complete sentences whilst it\u2019s still nil-nil in the North London Derby in the 32\u2019\u2026 New recruits look good, if rusty and severely lacking in chemistry with each other\u2026 EZE!!!!! 1-0\u2026 <\/p>\n

Jason Hernandez and the FO doing the business, regardless of the timing\u2026 This team has more fight in one pinky finger than it did the entirety of last year\u2026 OMG WTF 1-1 Spurs, I want to die\u2026 Losing 3-2 is better than losing 1-0, especially away\u2026 Djordje with a nice goal for the first. That Oso pass was FILTH.<\/p>\n

Fraser, Osorio pleased with Toronto FC fight despite FC Dallas defeat<\/a><\/p>\n

THE BAD<\/p>\n

Some REALLY dumb yellows, looking at you, Malik Henry\u2026 Looks like Soul-Crushing Individual Mistakes are back on the menu, boys\u2026 Nobody had a complete performance, everyone faded in and out, which I suppose is for season opener reasons\u2026 2nd and 3rd TFC Goals? Well, they all count in the end\u2026 Alonso Coello grew into that game and then goes off with a knock\u2026 Rusty, rusty, rusty, and this with what has been called a \u201cproper\u201d preseason\u2026 Canada Hockey is who number 2 works for\u2026\u00a0Don\u2019t rush shots from outside the box when you have both time and space\u2026 A more calm and composed TFC finishes more of the chances they create and maybe win or steal a point instead.<\/p>\n

THE UGLY<\/p>\n

Derrick Eitienne Jr. was re-signed as DEPTH. The opposite of STARTING CENTRE FORWARD\u2026 \u00a0Kobe and Kosi got absolutely COOKED. Maybe give them some time on the bench to think about what they did?.. Oh, Luka. Oh Boy. We\u2019re going to need to workshop that\u2026 Walker Zimmerman may not be enough on his own to cover for the loss of Sean Johnson\u2026 The starting line-up\u2026 Why not start some of the new guys? And if you are going safe AF to start, and it stops working, RoFraze, you have some new guys on the bench, you know\u2026 Henry Wingo = Adama Diomande\u2026 Gotta go!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another season, another rebuild that really means a slow start with a team missing essential pieces and at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[70935,102,104,103,20604,136,70936,54661],"class_list":["post-176122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-bmo-field","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-major-league-soccer","tag-mls","tag-tfc","tag-toronto-fc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}