FC Dallas 2:0 Querétaro: Leagues Cup Match Result

Match report

Dallas beat Querétaro 2:0 in the Group Stage of the Cup of the League on 6 August 2026. S. Moreno opened the scoring just before half-time and J. Valiente added a second early in the second half. The hosts kept a clean sheet and moved clear in their group.

And here's the thing about the twentieth minute — it's when A. A. Julio Santos came on for Dallas, a change that set the tone for the second half. By then the visitors had already seen L. Abascia booked on the stroke of half-time. C. Holstad followed Santos on the hour, and the visitors responded with J. Martinez at fifty-five.

S. Moreno's goal in the forty-seventh minute came from a well-worked move. Dallas had 53 per cent of the ball and created three big chances, while Querétaro also managed three but lacked the finishing. More shots on target for the hosts — eight to eight, but Dallas kept it tighter.

Valiente made it two in the eighty-first minute. He had been on since the eighty, replacing C. Cappis alongside B. Duarte. The home side's keeper made eight saves while the away keeper managed six. Both teams received three yellow cards each, with A. Avila and O. Urhoghide both booked for Querétaro in the sixty-eighth.

By then the result was settled. Dallas had 380 passes against Querétaro's 319, but the visitors pressed harder with 104 attacks to 77. The difference was in the final third — Dallas took 179 passes into the opposition half while Querétaro managed 263, yet the visitors couldn't turn that into goals.

To be fair, this wasn't a dominant performance from Dallas. They had already lost 0-1 to San Diego and drawn 2-2 with Portland in their last five. But a clean sheet against a side that had beaten Tigres 3-2 just days earlier was enough to keep them in contention.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 53 – 47

Shots on target 8 – 8

Shots off target 1 – 9

Big chances 3 – 3

⇄ 20' A. A. Julio Santos — Substitution 🟨 45+3' L. Abascia — Yellow card ⇄ 46' C. Holstad — Substitution ⚽ 47' S. Moreno — Goal 🟨 53' D. Reyes — Yellow card ⇄ 55' J. Martinez — Substitution 🟨 63' P. Musa — Yellow card 🟨 68' A. Avila — Yellow card 🟨 68' O. Urhoghide — Yellow card ⇄ 74' S. Moreno — Substitution ⇄ 75' H. Johansson — Substitution ⇄ 80' C. Cappis — Substitution ⇄ 80' B. Duarte — Substitution ⚽ 81' J. Valiente — Goal ⇄ 87' C. Garcia — Substitution 🟨 90' S. Moore — Yellow card

Match events

20' 0:0 FC Dallas Substitution A. A. Julio Santos off: P. Musa
45+3' 0:0 Querétaro Yellow card L. Abascia
46' 0:0 FC Dallas Substitution C. Holstad off: Kaick
47' 1:0 FC Dallas Goal S. Moreno
53' 1:0 Querétaro Yellow card D. Reyes
55' 1:0 Querétaro Substitution J. Martinez off: W. Madrid
63' 1:0 FC Dallas Yellow card P. Musa
68' 1:0 Querétaro Yellow card A. Avila
68' 1:0 FC Dallas Yellow card O. Urhoghide
74' 1:0 FC Dallas Substitution S. Moreno off: P. Delgado
75' 1:0 FC Dallas Substitution H. Johansson off: S. Moore
80' 1:0 FC Dallas Substitution C. Cappis off: Ramiro
80' 1:0 Querétaro Substitution B. Duarte off: J. Unjanque
81' 2:0 FC Dallas Goal J. Valiente assist: S. Moore
87' 2:0 Querétaro Substitution C. Garcia off: S. Garcia
90' 2:0 FC Dallas Yellow card S. Moore

Statistics

53 Possession, % 47

8 Shots on target 8

1 Shots off target 9

3 Big chances 3

77 Attacks 104

6 Corners 7

15 Fouls 10

10 Free kicks 14

1 Offsides 2

3 Yellow cards 3

0 Red cards 0

10 Goal kicks 4

21 Throw-ins 22

All statistics

18/2864% Aerial duels 10/2836%

56 Backward passes 40

3 Blocked shots 3

37 Clearances 18

2/1315% Crosses 8/3622%

5/1631% Dribbles 6/1060%

85 Failed passes 68

8 Goalkeeper saves 6

7 Interceptions 8

7 Key passes 14

15/4038% Long passes 25/5248%

42 Passes into the final third 107

179 Passes in the opposition half 263

214 Passes in own half 92

0.67 Shot accuracy 0.40

1 Shots from outside the box 10

11 Shots inside the box 9

9/1464% Tackles 5/1729%

380 Total passes 319

Line-ups

FC Dallas

Starting XI
#	Player	number
40	Jonathan Sirois	40
3	Osaze Urhoghide	3
25	Sebastien Uchechukwu Ibeagha	25
32	Nolan Norris	32
12	Christian Jaeger Cappis	12
14	Herman Nils Johansson	14
77	Bernard Kamungo	77
10	Santiago Moreno	10
11	Anderson Andrés Julio Santos	11
21	Joaquín Valiente Cioli	21

Substitutes
#	Player	number
30	Michael Collodi	30
5	Alhassan Abubakar	5
18	Shaquell Kwame Moore	18
6	Ran Benjamin	6
8	Patrickson Luiggy Delgado Villa	8
17	Ramiro	17
27	K. Swann	27
55	Caio	55
9	Petar Musa	9
23	L. Farrington	23
28	S. Sarver	28

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Querétaro

Starting XI
#	Player	number
25	Guillermo Allison	25
2	Lucas Abascia	2
13	Diego Antonio Reyes Rosales	13
24	B. Duarte	24
27	Daniel Parra	27
4	Carlo Adriano García Prades	4
5	Santiago Damián Homenchenko Bianchi	5
12	Paulo Victor	12
16	Enzo Giménez	16
30	J. Martinez	30
9	Ali Ávila	9

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	José Hernández	1
15	Carlos Villanueva	15
18	Erik Dueñas	18
20	Alejandro Alcala	20
22	J. Unjanque	22
23	Juan Eduardo Robles	23
28	Jesús Arellano Camacho	28
29	Waldo Madrid	29
35	Juan Pablo Cázares	35
199	Sergio Garcia	199
26	Eduardo Pérez Reyes	26