At the Whistle: FC Dallas 3, Austin FC 1

Verde managed to level things up and keep it that way until halftime, but the wheels came off in Frisco shortly after that.

Copa Tejas was on the line, and Austin FC wasn’t up to the task.

In several unfortunate second-half minutes, Verde went from apparently saving a penalty to going down 2-1 on a penalty retake to seeing Sebastián Driussi given a red card in the post-goal skirmish between the teams.

By the time the dust cleared, and the hosts grabbed an insurance goal, Au…