Dallas came from 1-0 down to win 3-1 with two late goals

FC Dallas scored all three of their goals from the 75th minute on, after Colorado Rapids had spent most of the match with far fewer chances.

FC Dallas were behind for most of the second half, and the win came in the final quarter of an hour. Morgan Whittaker gave Colorado Rapids the lead early in the second half, and it stayed 1-0 until Joaquín Valiente Cioli equalised in the 75th minute. Kaick da Silva Ferreira put Dallas ahead in the 88th minute, and Santiago Moreno added a third two minutes later, turning a 1-0 deficit into a 3-1 win at Toyota Stadium.

Dallas had 51% of the ball, a little more than the 46.1% they usually keep when playing at home. Colorado had 49%, well short of the 55.4% they average away from home. Possession does not decide a match on its own, but this time it lined up with where the shots came from, because the side with less of the ball was also the side that created less.

The shot count is where the match changes shape. Dallas took 26 shots, roughly double their home average of 12.1, and 23 of them came from inside the penalty area. Expected goals, a measure that gives each shot a value based on how often shots from that spot become goals, put Dallas at 3.65, against a home average of 1.31 and a league figure of 1.44 per team.

Colorado managed just six shots, less than half what they usually take away from home, and their expected goals total came to 0.71 against an away average of 1.43. Only one of their attempts was on target. Their goal was a simple one to describe: Whittaker finished after a pass from Georgi Minoungou, and from there Colorado had little to build on, with N. Defreitas in goal for most of the second half as Dallas kept pushing forward.

Kaick da Silva Ferreira was the player who turned the match. He scored Dallas's second goal and had earlier provided the pass for Valiente's equaliser, and he created five chances for team-mates over the afternoon. His rating of 9 was the best of the match, and it reflected more than the goal, because Dallas kept finding him in the final third. Moreno's winner came from a pass by Logan Farrington, who had also played a part in the build-up to the first Dallas goal.

Colorado conceded three away from home, where they usually concede 1.6 per match. Dallas scored three at home, where they average 1.8, and they conceded only the one, below the 1.3 they usually allow in front of their own supporters. The result sits neatly with the chances: the side that created far more shots also took the points, and the side that spent a long spell with the lead had very little to show for its time in front.

Player of the matchKaick1 goal · 1 assist9.0

L. Farrington1 assist7.7

J. Valiente1 goal7.6

S. Moreno1 goal7.5