With both sides aiming to narrow the gap up to the playoff places in the Major League Soccer Western Conference standings , FC Dallas will welcome St Louis City to the Toyota Stadium on Sunday. The two teams are both winless in their last five league outings, with the hosts currently sat 13th and their visitors four points better off and three outside the top nine in 11th place. © Reuters Dallas return to the Toyota Stadium on Sunday under new management in search of just a fourth win of what has been a difficult Major League Soccer campaign thus far, having already fallen well behind the playoff places in the Western Conference after third and seventh-placed finishes across the previous two terms.
Aiming to reach the MLS Cup playoffs for the third straight season, the Toros currently sit 13th in their division, having only amassed 14 points from their first 16 outings, just three more than basement side San Jose Earthquakes and seven fewer than Portland Timbers in the final playoff wildcard spot. The most recent of their three league victories thus far came at home to Texas rivals Austin FC in mid-May, and after following that up with a draw against Houston Dynamo and a US Open Cup round-of-16 triumph over Tampa Bay Rowdies, they have added just two more points to their tally in four further attempts. After being pegged back from a 3-0 lead to draw 3-3 with Real Salt Lake, the Toro went on to suffer back-to-back defeats at the hands of Los Angeles Galaxy and Los Angeles FC,.