2006 FC Dallas season

The 2006 FC Dallas season was the tenth season of the Major League Soccer team. It was the most successful regular season in franchise history, and was the only time that the team secured the #1 seed in the Western Conference. After an elimination against the Colorado Rapids in a shootout in Game 2 of the Western Conference Semifinals, head coach Colin Clarke was fired and replaced by Steve Morrow. It was also the final season under owner Lamar Hunt, who died soon thereafter.

FC Dallas
2006 season
OwnerLamar Hunt
Head coachColin Clarke
StadiumPizza Hut Park
MLSConference: 1st
Overall: 2nd
MLS CupLost Western Conference Semifinals vs Colorado Rapids (1–1)
U.S. Open CupLost Quarterfinal vs. Houston Dynamo (0–3)
Brimstone CupWon Championship vs. Chicago Fire (2–0)
Texas DerbyLost vs. Houston Dynamo (1–2–1)
Average home league attendance14,982

Final standings

Western Conference
Pos Club Pts GP W L T GF GA GD
1 FC Dallas 52 32 16 12 4 48 44 +4
2 Houston Dynamo 46 32 11 8 13 44 40 +4
3 Chivas USA 43 32 10 9 13 45 42 +3
4 Colorado Rapids 41 32 11 13 8 36 49 13
5 Los Angeles Galaxy 39 32 11 15 6 37 37 0
6 Real Salt Lake 39 32 10 13 9 45 49 4
MLS Supporters' Shield runner up, 2006 MLS Cup Playoffs
2006 MLS Cup Playoffs

Regular season

Playoffs

Western Conference Semifinals

October 21, 2006 Game 1 FC Dallas 2–1 Colorado Rapids Denver, Colorado
Ruiz  15'  90'
Thompson  55'
Cooke  23'
Gargan  57'
Beckerman  86'
Martins  88'
Stadium: Invesco Field at Mile High
Attendance: 5,176
October 28, 2006 Game 2 Colorado Rapids 3–2 (SO)
(4-4 agg.)
(5–4 p)
FC Dallas Frisco, Texas
Mastroeni  26'
Wingert  53'
Hernandez  57', 83'
Noel  101'
Mathis  114'
Gbandi  29'
Ruiz  48'
Goodson  92'
Saragosa  112'
Stadium: Pizza Hut Park
Attendance: 15,486
Penalties
Mathis
Hernández
Kirovski
Beckerman
Karanka
Mastroeni
Ruíz
O'Brien
Mulrooney
Vanney
Valakari
Sala

U.S. Open Cup

August 2, 2006 Fourth Round FC Dallas 3–3 (SO)
(5–3 p)
Charleston Battery Charleston, South Carolina
Cooper  45', 89', 120' Hollinsworth  63' (pen)
Fuller  91' (pen)
Harrington  114'
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 2,332
Penalties
O’Brien
Gbandi
Núñez
Cooper
Valakari
Harrington
Alavanja
Lesesne
Vecollone
August 23, 2006 Quarterfinal FC Dallas 0–3 Houston Dynamo Houston, Texas
Robinson  13'
Moreno  57'
Wondolowski  61'
Stadium: Carl Lewis Track & Field Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
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