- Ryan Hollingshead (29')
- Matt Hedges (49')
- Carlos Vela (80' Pen)
Vela's late PK earns LAFC draw with FC Dallas
Carlos Vela scored on a late penalty kick as LAFC rallied for a 1-1 tie with FC Dallas on Sunday night in Frisco, Texas.
Vela, the MLS leader with 14 goals, redeemed himself in the 80th minute after missing a penalty kick late in the first half.
Ryan Hollingshead scored for Dallas (5-5-3, 18 points), which played nearly the entire second half with 10 men after Matt Hedges was issued a red card in the 49th minute for denying an obvious scoring opportunity to Vela.
Dallas snapped a three-game losing streak, which included a 2-0 defeat Thursday at Los Angeles. League-leading LAFC (9-1-4, 31 points) extended its unbeaten run to six consecutive matches.
Hollingshead scored in the 29th minute off a cross from Dominique Badji, who was listed as questionable for the match with a hip pointer.
Badji got behind the Los Angeles defense and sprinted down the left wing with the ball on a two-on-four break with Hollingshead. Badji's pass found Hollingshead in the middle of the field about 15 yards out and his sharp one-timer beat goalkeeper Tyler Miller to the lower right side of the net.
Vela, who scored the winner in Thursday's opener of the home-and-home series, had a chance to tie the score late in the first half after being taken down in the penalty area by Dallas defender Bressan in the 42nd minute. Vela's low, left-footed penalty kick was saved by Jose Luis Gonzalez just inside the left post.
Gonzalez made five saves in helping Dallas get a point for the tie.
Bressan was also whistled for the second penalty kick, this time for a handball.
Vela slowly trotted to the spot and put a shot toward the lower right corner of the net that Gonzalez was able to get a hand on but not enough to keep it out of the back of the net.
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MLS Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
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Real Salt Lake | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | +9 | 21 |
Minnesota United FC | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | +6 | 20 |
Vancouver Whitecaps | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | +8 | 18 |
LA Galaxy | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | +4 | 18 |
Austin FC | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 16 |
Colorado Rapids | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 15 |
LAFC | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
Houston Dynamo FC | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 14 |
St. Louis CITY SC | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | +1 | 13 |
Sporting Kansas City | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 11 |
Portland Timbers | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 10 |
Seattle Sounders FC | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
FC Dallas | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
San Jose Earthquakes | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 7 |