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FC Dallas

2005 season
Owner	Lamar Hunt
Head coach	Colin Clarke
Stadium	Cotton Bowl (April – July) Pizza Hut Park (August – October)
MLS	Conference: 2nd Overall: 5th
MLS Cup	Lost Western Conference Semifinals vs Colorado Rapids (0–1 – 1)
U.S. Open Cup	Lost Championship Game vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (0–1)
Brimstone Cup	Won Championship vs. Chicago Fire (2–1)
Average home league attendance	11,189
Home colors Away colors
← 20042006 →

The 2005 FC Dallas season was the ninth season of the Major League Soccer team. The season saw many changes from the previous season. In August, the team moved from their longtime home of the Cotton Bowl to the new soccer-specific Pizza Hut Park in Frisco. Coinciding with the move, the team was rebranded as FC Dallas. This included changing the jerseys from predominantly red to white with red stripes and changing the color scheme from red and black to red, white, and blue. The team also changed its logo. Overall, the season was deemed a success by some because the team returned to the playoffs for the first time in three years. The team also reached the Championship Game of the U.S. Open Cup.

Final standings

Regular season

Playoffs

Western Conference semifinals

October 29, 2005 (2005-10-29) Game 2	Colorado Rapids	2–2 (SO) (2–2 agg.) (5–4 p)	FC Dallas	Frisco, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Cunningham 19' Mastroeni  48' Nkong  58' Denton  68' Cannon  90+1' Kirovski  92' Kotschau 106'	Colorado Rapids	Rhine  57' Valakari  63' Ruiz 67', 105' Gbandi  90+2'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 10,104 Referee: Terry Vaughn Assistant referees: George Gansner Assistant referees: Steven Taylor Fourth official: Baldomero Toledo
	Penalties
	Mastroeni Kirovski Cunningham Cooke Philippe		Ruíz Núñez Pareja Vanney Miña

U.S. Open Cup

July 13, 2005 (2005-07-13) Third Round	Wilmington Hammerheads	1–3 (OT)	FC Dallas	Richardson, Texas
	Popovich 18'  45'	FC Dallas	Thompson 35' Pitchkolan  56' Talley 98' Álvarez  104' Rhine  107' Mina 112'	Stadium: UT-Dallas soccer fields Referee: Jair Marrufo Assistant referees: Ibrehim Nagim Assistant referees: Troy Travis Fourth official: Fernando Galvon

August 3, 2005 (2005-08-03) Fourth Round	FC Dallas	3–1 (OT)	Columbus Crew	Columbus, Ohio
	Rhine  20' Talley 29'  89' Moor  36' Pitchkolan  56' Thompson 113' Johnson  106+' 116'	FC Dallas	Martino 36' Vasquez  41' Szetela  100' Hejduk  103'	Stadium: Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Referee: Ricardo Salazar Assistant referees: Steven Taylor Assistant referees: Richard Eddy Fourth official: Hilario Grajeda

August 24, 2005 (2005-08-24) Quarterfinal	FC Dallas	1–1 (SO) (4–1 p)	D.C. United	Germantown, Maryland
	Goodson  10' Talley  73' Ruiz 90+4' Vanney  91'	FC Dallas	Walker  27' Gomez 47' Kovalenko  53'  72' Olsen  106' Wilson  119'	Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Attendance: 4,258 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja Assistant referees: Kermit Quisenberry Assistant referees: Richard Eddy Fourth official: Andrew Chapin
	Penalties
	Ruiz Vanney Rhine Thompson		Adu Wilson Gros

September 14, 2005 (2005-09-14) Semifinal	Chicago Fire	0–1	FC Dallas	Frisco, Texas
	Marsch  17' Segares  21'  90' Caballero  44'	Soccer America Chicago Fire	O'Brien 20' Valakari  16'  55'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 7,311 Referee: Baldomero Toledo Assistant referees: Robert Fereday Assistant referees: Fabio Tovar Fourth official: Adam Garner

September 28, 2005 (2005-09-28) Final	FC Dallas	0–1	Los Angeles Galaxy	Carson, California
	Rhine  9' Goodson  59' Wilson  59'	Soccer America TheCup.us FC Dallas	Gomez 25' Ngwenya  59' Gomez  60'	Stadium: The Home Depot Center Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alex Prus Assistant referees: Nathan Clement Assistant referees: Kermit Quisenberry Fourth official: Baldomero Toledo

External links

• Season statistics

• FC Dallas seasons
• American soccer clubs 2005 season
• 2005 Major League Soccer season
• 2005 in sports in Texas