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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/28/2008
... for most ties in the league, finished first in the Western Conference. TOM FOX / DMN Midfielder Marcelo Saragosa and FC Dallas struggled saw opponents' celebrations often in home games this season. The difference between Houston's 51 points and Dallas' 36 was their home records. Houston won 10 of 15 games at Robertson Stadium, while Dallas collected five victories at Pizza Hut Park,...
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/19/2008
... also endured an elbow to the head in the 30th minute that resulted in a red card for FC Dallas' Marcelo Saragosa, allowing RSL to play the final hour with a man advantage. "Playing a man down changes the whole game," striker Robbie Findley said. "When that happened, I knew - I knew from the very beginning, we were going to be in the game the whole time - but when that happened, that...
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/19/2008
... be cheering for Chivas." The game was marred by two FC Dallas ejections - the first by midfielder Marcelo Saragosa for elbowing RSL's Robbie Russell in the head in the 30th minute, which forced the Hoops to play the final hour a man down. And that changed everything. Having come out passively and allowed Saragosa to score the opening goal on a glancing header off a long throw-in...
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Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/19/2008
... RSL didn't get off to the start it wanted when, just seven minutes into the match, FC Dallas' Marcelo Saragosa headed in Adrian Serioux's patented long throw-in for the 1-0 lead. The deficit didn't seem to inspire the team, either, as it didn't play all that well over the next 15 minutes."We've tried to do our best all week to try and ease the pressure off the players a little bit,...
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Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 10/19/2008
FC Dallas played a man down for the final 60 minutes after Marcelo Saragosa drew a red card for an elbow to the face of Real Salt Lake's Robbie Russell. It managed little offense after Saragosa's foul and watched an early lead evaporate – and along with it, the team's chance at a third straight postseason.
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Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/19/2008
... eliminated from playoff contention, after having to play the final hour a man down once midfielder Marcelo Saragosa was red-carded for elbowing RSL's Robbie Russell. Saragosa had staked FC Dallas to a sixth-minute lead with his glancing header off a long throw-in by Adrian Serioux. But after he was sent off in the 30th minute, RSL seized control of the game, scoring an equalizer...
