Surging FC Dallas will use their "now-or-never mentality" to attempt to inch closer to a postseason spot when they host Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday afternoon in a late-season Western Conference match in Frisco, Texas.
Dallas (9-11-11, 38 points) begins the weekend in 10th place in the West, one position below the conference's final wild-card spot. The club has as many points as ninth-place San Jose with a game in hand.
Los Toros carry a seven-match unbeaten streak (three wins, four draws) into Saturday's contest. Their most recent game was a 2-2 draw in Portland on Sept. 27. Anderson Julio's 85th-minute goal proved to be the equalizer after Petar Musa scored in the 73rd minute for Dallas' other tally.
"It's just consistency and keeping the momentum we have," Dallas forward Logan Farr