FRISCO (Interstat) — Petar Musa scored twice and FC Dallas beat the visiting San Jose Earthquakes 3-0 on Saturday at Toyota Stadium in Frisco. The match remained scoreless until late in the second half, when FC Dallas finally broke through against a San Jose side that had held its shape for much of the night. Musa opened the scoring in the 83rd minute. Santiago Moreno added a goal in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time. FC Dallas finished with three goals, and San Jose finished with none. The home side closed the match with a clean sheet and three points.

Musa’s two-goal performance led FC Dallas. He played 89 minutes before being replaced. Ramiro and Bernard Kamungo each recorded an assist. Ramiro and Kamungo each played 90 minutes, and their assists helped support the late scoring burst. Moreno scored in 25 minutes on the field. FC Dallas made its first substitution in the 65th minute when Valiente entered. San Jose made four changes in the 77th minute, bringing on Jasinski, Vieira, Ricketts and Werner. FC Dallas brought on Johansson and Job in the 78th minute and replaced Musa in the 89th. San Jose brought on Romney in the 90th minute.

San Jose’s Roberts received a yellow card in the 28th minute. Gunn was booked in the 64th minute. The Earthquakes could not turn their chances into a goal, and FC Dallas preserved the clean sheet. The result left San Jose with 0 wins, 1 loss and 3 draws in the competition. San Jose also has 0 wins, 1 loss and 3 draws across all competitions. FC Dallas moved to 2 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw in the competition. FC Dallas also has 2 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw across all competitions.

FC Dallas had entered the match after a draw, a win and a loss in its previous three matches. San Jose had entered after three consecutive draws. The Earthquakes remained winless this season and continued a run of tight results without a victory. FC Dallas, meanwhile, improved its record and stayed unbeaten in its last two matches in the competition. The home side’s late goals broke open a match that had stayed scoreless for more than 80 minutes.

San Jose’s previous results this season were a 1-1 draw at Colorado Rapids, a 1-1 draw at Real Salt Lake and a 1-1 home draw with Nashville SC. FC Dallas’s previous results were a 3-2 loss at Charlotte, a 1-0 home win over Seattle Sounders and a 2-2 draw at Houston Dynamo. The match at Toyota Stadium was played in front of the home crowd and marked another late breakthrough for FC Dallas. FC Dallas finished the match with three goals, while San Jose did not score.

The match was FC Dallas’s fourth in the competition this season and San Jose’s fourth. San Jose’s record in the competition now stands at 0 wins, 1 loss and 3 draws, and its record across all competitions is the same. FC Dallas’s record in the competition now stands at 2 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, and its record across all competitions is also the same. The home team was FC Dallas, and the visiting team was San Jose Earthquakes.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of FC Dallas 2, San Jose Earthquakes 1, and its ELO system had projected FC Dallas with an 82.1 percent probability to win. FC Dallas was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -0.5. The over/under line was 3.5, and the match produced 3 total goals.