{"id":257245,"date":"2026-04-19T21:11:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T21:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/257245\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T21:11:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T21:11:24","slug":"fc-dallas-earns-2-2-home-draw-against-the-la-galaxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/257245\/","title":{"rendered":"FC Dallas Earns 2-2 Home Draw Against the LA Galaxy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Captain Shaq Moore started in his 100th MLS regular season match
\nPetar Musa scored his second brace of the season
\nDeedson earned his second consecutive start of the season
\nNick Simmonds made his MLS debut
\nBox Score<\/a><\/p>\n

FRISCO, Texas (April 18, 2026) \u2013 FC Dallas (3-1-4, 13 points) drew 2-2 with the LA Galaxy (2-3-3, 9 points) on Saturday night at Toyota Stadium to maintain its unbeaten start at home this season. Forward Petar Musa scored his second brace of the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

WELCOME TO MOOSEMANIA
Musa scored his second brace of the season and his league-leading eighth and ninth goals of the year. He scored in the seventh and 38th minutes of the first half. The Croatian forward currently leads Major League Soccer in the Golden Boot race. Musa has recorded three multi-goal matches this season and six in his FC Dallas career, tying Kenny Cooper and Roland Lamah for fourth most in club history. He now has 43 career goals for the club, three shy of tying Cooper (46) for third place on the club\u2019s all-time scoring list.<\/p>\n

NICK\u2019S MLS DEBUT
FC Dallas\u2019 Generation adidas 2026 SuperDraft pick Nick Simmonds made his MLS and club debut after entering in the second minute of second-half stoppage time. FC Dallas selected Simmonds third overall in the 2026 MLS SuperDraft out of Virginia. He began the season with MLS NEXT Pro side North Texas SC, where he has scored one goal in three appearances.<\/p>\n

START 100 FOR SHAQ
FC Dallas captain Shaq Moore started his 100th MLS regular-season match tonight against LA. Moore was named co-captain for the 2026 FC Dallas season and has started all seven matches for Dallas, wearing the captain armband twice. Moore has one assist.\u00a0<\/p>\n

SELLOUT STREAK CONTINUES
FC Dallas extended its regular-season sellout streak to 40 consecutive matches, drawing 11,004 fans. Including one playoff match, the club has sold out 41 straight MLS home matches at Toyota Stadium, the longest streak in club history.<\/p>\n

FC DALLAS ON LOCAL TV\u00a0
On Tuesday, April 21, from 7-9 p.m. CT on KDFI More 27, FC Dallas Rewind will replay Dallas\u2019 2-2 home draw versus the LA Galaxy.<\/p>\n

FC Dallas has partnered with KDFW FOX 4 and KDFI More 27 to launch The Kick, a World Cup-driven show for North Texas soccer fans. All episodes are currently streaming for free on FOX LOCAL.<\/p>\n

NEXT UP
FC Dallas plays two regular-season matches in seven days, beginning Wednesday, April 22, at Toyota Stadium against Minnesota United FC on 3 Points Wednesday, presented by UHC. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. CT. Dallas then visits Lumen Field to face the Seattle Sounders FC on Saturday, April 25. Kickoff is set for 9:30 p.m. CT. Both matches will air on Apple TV. Fans can listen on the official FC Dallas app or join the radio crew in the booth through an interactive live stream on FC Dallas\u2019 YouTube channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Captain Shaq Moore started in his 100th MLS regular season match Petar Musa scored his second brace of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[42401,102,104,103,96696,921],"class_list":{"0":"post-257245","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-2026-season","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-headlines","11":"tag-dallas-news","12":"tag-dalvsla-04-18-2026","13":"tag-press-releases"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257245","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=257245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}