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Jeff Cunningham scored in the 71st minute Wednesday to give FC Dallas a 1-0 Major League Soccer victory over New England. It was the 16th goal of the season for Cunningham, tops in MLS. Dallas (9-12-6) has won three of its last four matches by a combined score of 12-6. Its 45 goals through 27 games leads the league. Cunningham's goal kept the slim Dallas playoffs hopes alive, moving the Hoops within five points of a post-season spot. The Revolution (10-9-7) have just one win in their last...
Joe Cunningham scored twice Saturday, igniting a 3-0 Major League Soccer victory by FC Dallas against Real Salt Lake. He scored in the fifth and 87th minutes, giving him 15 goals this season. David Ferreira had a goal and an assist. Dave van den Bergh had two assists, while goalkeeper Dario Sala made six saves for the Hoops (8-12-6), who rose to 5-1-0 in their last six matches at home. They are the highest-scoring MLS club with 41 goals, but will not go to the post-season playoffs. RSL...
The Kansas City Wizards kept their MLS playoff chances alive Saturday with a 3-2 win over visiting FC Dallas. Jimmy Conrad scored the game-winner for Kansas City (8-11-6) in the 80th minute. The goal was Conrad's first of the season. With the win, K.C. has 30 points after 25 games, while FCD falls to 7-12-6 for 27 points after 25 games. Santiago Hirsig scored the game's first goal in the ninth minute to give the Wizards an early lead. Dax McCarty tied the score for Dallas just before the...
Jeff Cunningham's two goals and two assists Saturday led FC Dallas to an easy 6-3 Major League Soccer victory over Los Angeles. Cunningham scored his 11th goal of the season in the 25th minute and his 12th in the 88th, raising his career total to 116. He assisted on goals by Dax McCarty in the 71st and David Ferreira in the 85th. Dave van den Bergh also scored, and Jair Benitez added one goal in the 26th for the Hoops (7-11-6), who won for just the second time on the road this season. A.J....
Jaime Moreno's goal on a penalty kick in the 58th minute Saturday lifted D.C. United into a 2-2 Major League Soccer tie with FC Dallas. The goal was the 129th in Moreno's career, an MLS record. Marc Burch's goal in the 44th minute had boosted United into a 1-1 tie. For FC Dallas, Jeff Cunningham scored in the 17th minute and David Ferreira in the 50th. The tie vaulted United (7-5-12) into a tie with New England for third in the Eastern Conference with 33 points following the Revolution's 4-2...
Goals by Chad Marshall and Eddie Gavin allowed Columbus to run its home unbeaten streak to 20 games Saturday with a 2-0 decision over Dallas. The Crew increased their lead atop the Eastern Conference to seven points over idle Chicago. Marshall scored on a header off a corner kick in the 10th minute, and Columbus goalkeeper William Hesmer preserved the lead by stopping a point-blank shot by Jeff Cunningham in the 74th minute. Cunningham had scored eight of his nine goals this season in the...
Jeff Cunningham followed up a big game Saturday by scoring the only goal of the contest Thursday, giving Dallas a 1-0 decision over Houston. Cunningham produced four goals in a 6-0 victory over Kansas City last weekend. He scored in the 20th minute against Houston Thursday for the 113th goal of his career. Cunningham is the third leading scorer in the history of MLS. Dallas (6-9-5) has won back-to-back games for the first time this season and moved into a share of third place in the Western...
FC Dallas forward Jeff Cunningham, who scored four goals Saturday in a 6-0 win over Kansas City, was voted Major League Soccer Player of the Week Monday. It was one of those games that every striker dreams of, Cunningham said. It seemed as if everything I did went well. It is just one of those performances I am grateful for. I definitely want to thank my teammates. Cunningham is just the second unanimous selection for MLS player of the week. The other was Cunningham's former FCD teammate...
Jeff Cunningham had four goals, and David Ferreira scored twice Saturday to give FC Dallas a 6-0 Major League Soccer win over Kansas City. The big night put Cunningham in third place on the MLS all-time goals-scored list with 112. He has eight this season. Cunningham opened the scoring in the 39th minute, and Ferreira gave Dallas (5-9-5) its second goal less than three minutes later with his third goal of the season. Cunningham then scored in the 66th minute on a penalty kick and got his...
Yura Movsisyan touched off a four-goal rally in the second half Friday that brought Real Salt Lake a 4-2 victory over FC Dallas. Dallas got first-half goals from Jeff Cunningham and Dave van den Bergh and seemed in control of the match at the break. Movsisyan came off the bench in the second half and scored in the 54th minute to give Salt Lake a spark. Robbie Findley then tied it in the 60th minute on a penalty kick. An own goal in the 88th minute by Daniel Torres gave Salt Lake the lead and...
