Metros rally to draw

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sunday, August 7, 2005

Youri Djorkaeff scored two second-half goals Saturday night to rally the
MetroStars to a 2-2 tie with FC Dallas at Frisco, Texas.

Djorkaeff’s goals wiped out a 2-0 halftime deficit and helped the
MetroStars improve to 7-6-8. FC Dallas (10-5-5) is winless in its last
five games.

Djorkaeff tied the game in the 53rd minute, looping a volley from about
20 yards that dropped into the left corner of the goal for his fifth
goal of the season. Ante Razov earned the assist. Djorkaeff also scored
an unassisted goal in the 47th minute.

Carlos Ruiz scored twice for FC Dallas, in the 31st and 34th minutes. He
twice came close to completing a hat trick. In the 87th minute, Ruiz had
a shot from 15 yards stopped by goaltender Tony Meola, and a minute
later, his shot from the left corner of the goalie box drifted a few
feet wide right.

The first goal at Pizza Hut Park came on a Ruiz bicycle kick. He also
scored the first goal at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., in 2003.

Minutes later Ruiz flicked a back-footed shot into the right corner of
the net from inside 15 yards for a 2-0 FC Dallas lead and his ninth goal
of the year. O’Brien and Bobby Rhine assisted.