Late Cunningham goal keeps FC Dallas' unbeaten streak alive

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By IAN HOLLIDAY

For the better part of 93 minutes, it looked as though the lowly New England Revolution were going to end FC Dallas' 15-game unbeaten streak Wednesday night. Instead, a Jeff Cunningham goal on the second-to-last-kick of the match saved a point for the Hoops and kept the streak alive.

The Revolution had taken a 2-0 lead in the 66th minute before FC Dallas began their rally. Serbian forwards Marko Perovic and Ilija Stolica worked a perfect breakaway, with Perovic centering for his countryman who had gotten one step behind the defense.

But Dallas was not to be denied. David Ferreira had drawn a penalty in the first half and missed it. In the 79th minute he drew another one and made no mistake with the finish. Off a Revolution corner, a long clearance found Ferreira near midfield. Only Kevin Alston and Darrius Barnes were back for the Revs. The former fell down on a nice move from the Columbian, who was taken down by Barnes as he entered the box. Ferreira made amends for his first-half miss by drilling home the spot kick.

Cunningham finished the comeback in the last minute of stoppage time, but Ferreira was the catalyst again. The Colombian laid the ball off to Eric Avila at the top of the box and got it back just outside the six. He volleyed a shot across the face of goal for Cunningham to tap home.

Some Revolution players and coaches appealed that Cunningham was offside when Ferreira took his last touch. The linesman's flag stayed down, however, and the match ended 2-2.

Shalrie Joseph had opened the scoring in the 5th minute on a play that also could have been ruled offside. An attempted clearance fell to Chris Tierney, who floated the ball back into the box for the waiting Joseph, who settled and finished calmly for his first goal of the 2010 season.

Both sides return! to acti on on Saturday. The Revolution will host the Columbus Crew while FC Dallas travel to Kansas City to face the Wizards.

Here are the highlights from the match:

What did you think of the game? Did you think the Revs were going to snap the streak? Did FCD deserve the result? Was the match a microcosm of the teams' respective seasons?



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