Hoops travel to take on struggling Sounders

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07/10/2010 - Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - FC Dallas travels to take on Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer action at Qwest Field on Sunday night.

Dallas (5-2-6) has been on an impressive run as of late, winning three straight while losing just once in its last nine league fixtures.

A big part of that run has been because of the strong play of the versatile Heath Pearce, who has played both defense and midfield this season.

"I wouldn't say there's one particular thing," Pearce told mlssoccer.com when asked what has contributed to the strong play of the Hoops. "We've been playing well the entire year. We've had a string of a number of good games this season."

He did eventually elaborate, saying the confidence the team has in each player on the field has been a strength of the club.

"Its a really beneficial thing late in the game when you don't have to worry about guys around you and you're able to focus on getting the result, because you know the guys around you are going to hold their own weight and support you."

As well as Dallas has been playing, Seattle has been struggling. The second- year MLS club has lost three straight while winning just one of its last six.

The latest loss was 3-1 at the Los Angeles galaxy last weekend.

"We got beat by a better team simple as that nothing more," Seattle goalkeeper Kasey Keller told his club's website. "That is what we need to strive to do bring that energy bring that ability. We found a way to keep the score respectable and now we need to figure out the rest. We are not at the level we need to be at and obviously we need to improve drastically."

The Sounders (4-8-3) will have to find a way to do that without the services of attacker Freddie Ljungberg, who is not expected to play with an injury. Also out with injuries are midfielders Brad Evans and Michael Fucito and defender Jhon Kennedy Hurtado. Midfielder Osvaldo Alonso is questionable with a quad strain.

FC Dallas will only be without the services of backup goalkeeper Dario Sala because of a calf strain.

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