Acosta, Urruti help FC Dallas beat Whitecaps 2-0

FRISCO, Texas – Kellyn Acosta and Maximiliano Urruti scored to help FC Dallas beat the Vancouver Whitecaps 2-0 on Sunday night.

Acosta buried a right-footer in the bottom-right corner off a feed from Michael Barrios in the 56th minute. Three minutes later, Urruti slipped behind the defence and beat goalkeeper David Ousted from the corner of the 6-yard box, set up by Atiba Harris’ feed from midfield. It was Urruti’s sixth goal of the season.

“I think the game plan in the first half worked because they weren’t able to score. We wanted to be in the game at halftime and we were,” said Whitecaps coach Carl Robinson.

“They were the better team, deserved to win the game today and there’s a reason they’ve gone 18, 19 games unbeaten at home.”

Dallas’ Chris Seitz had one save and has seven shutouts this season, tied with Luis Robles of the New York Red Bulls for most in MLS.

Vancouver (8-9-6) is winless in its last three matches.

“(The) first goal was a mistake from us, mistakes are costing us a little bit at the moment,” said Robinson.

FC Dallas (13-6-5), which outshot the Whitecaps 16-6, is unbeaten in its last three games and has just one loss in its last seven. It leads MLS with 44 points.