{"id":195481,"date":"2026-03-08T06:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T06:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/195481\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T06:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T06:36:08","slug":"fc-dallas-shut-out-by-los-angeles-fc-in-first-loss-of-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/195481\/","title":{"rendered":"FC Dallas shut out by Los Angeles FC in first loss of season"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES \u2014 David Martinez scored in the second half and Hugo Lloris made it stand up for a third straight clean sheet to begin the season as Los Angeles FC beat FC Dallas<\/a> 1-0 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Neither team scored until Martinez used assists from Stephen Eust\u00e1quio and defender Sergi Palencia in the 55th minute to find the net for the first time this season and for the ninth time in the 20-year-old\u2019s 49th appearance and 20th start.<\/p>\n

Eust\u00e1quio has a goal and two assists in his first three MLS matches. Palencia\u2019s helper was his first this season and ninth in 86 career matches.<\/p>\n

Lloris finished with five saves for LAFC (3-0-0) \u2014 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

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Michael Collodi 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 expendable<\/a>.<\/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 3-2<\/a> in its home opener before a playing to a scoreless draw<\/a> with visiting Nashville SC.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Dallas hosts San Diego FC on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>Which 2026 World Cup teams will land base camps in Frisco and Mansfield?<\/a><\/p>\n

AT&T Stadium will host more matches than any other venue in the tournament, with nine total this summer.<\/p>\n

\"Juventus'<\/a>FC Dallas product Weston McKennie has Juventus contract extended through 2030<\/a><\/p>\n

The deal comes with a reported salary increase from $3 million to $4.7 million per season for the Little Elm native.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES \u2014 David Martinez scored in the second half and Hugo Lloris made it stand up for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[732,102,104,103,2124],"class_list":{"0":"post-195481","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-article","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-headlines","11":"tag-dallas-news","12":"tag-fc-dallas"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195481","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=195481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}