The biggest bit of news coming into this match last Sunday night at Pizza Hut Park was that David Beckham had attended the Royal Wedding the day before. Trust me, if you were OBE and invited, you'd go too. Anyway, most people probably thought the Galaxy would run roughshod over a Dallas squad without their MVP. Congrats to Dallas for proving otherwise.
The first half wasn't exactly the greatest football from either side. Temps in Frisco were in the 40s, and it seemed to be affecting both sides. You'd thought they were playing in Antarctica, listening to the LA announcers whine.
At any rate, Dallas had the better of the few chances in the first half. They even forced Ricketts into a couple of save of the week candidate saves. The Galaxy continued to suffer from uninspired play up front, as JPA seemed to be really cold, because he wasn't moving much, as per usual. Even the Galaxy announcers have caught on to that. The biggest moment of the half was probably in the 33rd minute, when Benitez went down with an injury for Dallas. Needless to say, we went to the break at 0-0.
The second half was more eventful for a number of reasons. Dallas started off on the score sheet in the 47th minute with a good goal. Castillo lifted a nice volley over the head of Ricketts to put FC Dallas up 1-0. Of course LA had to complain about it. They complain about pretty much every goal against them.
LA fought right back right away though. In the 51st minute Landon Donovan got on the end of a ball into the 6. He tucked the ball inside the near post and wrapped himself around the post in the process. He got up, dusted himself off, and we were even at 1-1.
After a lightning delay, which the LA Announcers didn't really care for, we came back out and both teams had made substitutions. We had eight minutes or so left to play after about an hour stoppage. Shea got the best of Ricketts with a goal similar to the first, lobbing it in over his head to give FC Dallas a 2-1 win.
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