FC Dallas dominates Galaxy in regular-season finale to clinch playoff berth
Bernard Kamungo scored twice in the first half, Ema Twumasi scored the first goal of his career and FC Dallas earned a spot in the postseason with a 4-1 victory over the Galaxy on Saturday night.
Dallas (11-10-13) is unbeaten at 2-0-7 in its last nine matches and snapped a streak of five straight draws.
Kamungo scored in the fourth minute off an assist from Nkosi Tafari to give Dallas an early lead.
Angel City proved it can compete with NWSL’s best despite a 1-0 loss in NWSL quarterfinals. Upgrading its offense and fortifying its roster come next.
Twumasi, a defender, found the net for the first time, scoring unassisted in the 13th minute for a 2-0 advantage. It was his 84th appearance and 64th start for Dallas. He made just one of the starts and seven appearances with the club from 2018 to 2020.
Raheem Edwards cut the deficit in half for the Galaxy (8-14-12) when he used assists from Tyler Boyd and Diego Fagundez in the 24th minute to score for a second time this season.
Kamungo scored again in the 30th minute to put Dallas up 3-1. Jesús Ferreira and Paxton Pomykal notched assists on Kamungo’s sixth goal this season. Jáder Obrian notched his sixth goal, with an assist from Paul Arriola, in the second minute of stoppage time for a 4-1 lead at the half.
Maarten Paes totaled four saves for Dallas. Novak Micovic saved two shots for the Galaxy in the second start of his career.
Dallas has won four in a row against the Galaxy and improved to 11-2-2 in the last 15 matchups.
The Galaxy conclude the season by giving up multiple goals in nine straight matches. That ties a league record held by four teams with FC Cincinnati the most recent in 2019.
