FC Dallas held Major League Soccer (MLS) league-leading Philadelphia Union to a goalless draw on Saturday in an interconference match in Frisco, Texas.The draw means the Union are unbeaten in nine straight matches now.
They have not lost since a 1-0 defeat at New York City FC on April 12 and went unbeaten in seven games in May.Dallas’ Maarten Paes stopped one shot to record his second clean sheet of the season, while Union keeper Andrew Rick had to make just two saves to earn his third clean sheet of the season.FC Dallas, meanwhile, have gone six matches without a victory. And on Saturday, they had to share the point again. The first half saw both teams unable to pose any danger to each other.The complexion of the match changed in the 39th minute when Lalas Abubakar was sent off for a second yellow card, forcing Dallas to play the rest of the game a man down. Philadelphia tried to leverage the advantage but failed to get a shot on goal in the first half, with the first 45 minutes ending with neither team asking the goaltender to make a save.The Union’s Bruno Damiani had an excellent opportunity in the 50th minute, but his shot clanged off the right post and out of harm’s way. Dallas’ Anderson Julio produced the match’s first shot on goal in the 57th minute when he tested Rick from the right side of the box, but Rick was able to bat the ball away.The Toros’ Petar Musa had a scoring chance in the 63rd minute, but his low-percentage shot from outside the center of the box was grabbed by Rick.In search of a goal, Philadelphia went all out in the final third of the match. Jovan Lukic forced a save by Paes in the 67th minute, but the majority of the Union’s shots were wide of the mark, including a header by Damiani in the 74th minute with a 13 percent goal expectancy that went over the crossbar.They got two more chances in the 80th and 89th minutes but could not convert them.