Sounders FC travel to Frisco, Texas
to face FC Dallas. Mark Malijan/NSS
Seattle Sounders FC will play away from the X-Box Pitch for the next two weeks. This weekend, the Sounders face FC Dallas on May 16 at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Tex.
Last season, FC Dallas were 5-4-6 and played in front of an average crowd of 13,024 people. In 2008, the Hoops finished fifth in the Western Conference with 36 points and did not qualify for the post season.
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Pizza Hut Park 2008
Record: 5-4-6
Goals For: 23
Goals Against: 19
Total League Games: 15
FC Dallas were only shutout twice in 15 matches at home, both 0-1 scorelines in favor of the away team. The team posted three clean sheets against the visitors in those 15 matches.
Pizza Hut Park housed 22,331 people, the highest attendance in the stadium, for the May 18, 2008 match against the L.A. Galaxy. FC Dallas lost the game 1-5.
The lowest attendance in the Park was 7,140 people, when the Colorado Rapids came away with a 1-0 win against the Frisco team.
While marquee MLS clubs have attracted large packs of the Dallas-faithful, the less well-known clubs have not brought fans to the stadium.
The crowd at Pizza Hut Park may play a factor considering the Sounders sit 10 points above last-place FC Dallas in the Western Conference. Both teams will be looking to battle for a positive result, each of them for different reasons.
Reach Jesse Amorratanasuchad at nextseasonsports@gmail.com
