![]() ![]() ![]() You’ve got to be ready for whatever the team needs. “I feel like as a soccer player you’ve always got to be ready. “It’s a position I’ve never played before, but I’ll be honest I really enjoyed playing it,” he said. Twumasi completed 17 of 21 passes and recovered possession five times. Twumasi kept dropping deeper into the midfield as Dallas brought on more attackers, including 17-year-old Ricardo Pepi who scored the equalizer in stoppage time. That changed as soon as Villafaña gave the Timbers a 1-0 lead in the 82nd minute. Initially, Twumasi was a direct replacement for designated player Andrés Ricaurte, deployed as an attacking midfielder underneath forward Franco Jara. Luchi always made me know and feel like I was in his plans.” ![]() Sometimes people go away and they feel like they are out of the loop. He made me know that I was still in the plans. We had conversations going back and forth. “I did talk to Luchi a lot, even when I was in Austin,” Twumasi said. Yet there he was, his name called by FCD coach Luchi González in the 80th minute of a 0-0 playoff game in Portland. Since returning to Dallas, the 23-year-old Ghanaian had appeared as a substitute in four matches, for a total of 35 minutes. “I haven’t missed in a game yet,” Twumasi said on Tuesday, as he reflected on the journey that took him from a two-year loan stint with the Bold to an MLS playoff debut.īold fans watching the match might have been surprised to see Twumasi at all, considering he finished the 2020 season with the Bold on Oct. This time, his ended up being the decisive kick, after Jimmy Maurer’s diving save against Jorge Villafaña. Just like he did then, Twumasi converted. Unlike many of his FC Dallas teammates, Ema Twumasi had taken part in a playoff shootout prior to Sunday’s win over the Portland Timbers.Īs the eighth penalty taker in a shootout that lasted long past the standard five kicks, Twumasi found himself in the exact spot he was last fall, when Austin Bold eventually lost to Phoenix Rising in the USL Championship playoffs. ![]()
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