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FC Dallas’ Blas Perez, Andrew Jacobson and Michel were ranked in the Castrol Index Weekly Top 20 for Week 6.  Perez was ranked fifth after scoring his second goal of the season against Toronto FC.

Jacobson was ranked ninth, while Michel was 18th.

Castrol Index Week 6 Top 20 Performers

You can see the full Castrol Index Weekly Top 20 list from Week 6 here.

Letting a two-goal lead slip away with under ten minutes left makes for a long trip home no matter the opponent. 

Still, despite coming away from Canada with the solitary point, Zach Loyd knows earning four points from consecutive road games against TFC and New England is an acceptable overall result. 

"We come out [of the road trip] with four points, so from that perspective it was a great road trip," Loyd said after Saturday's game. "It was frustrating not to get the six points after being up two goals, but we are very happy to come away with four points. Now, we get two home games where we hope to win both of them and stay at the top of the table."

Before Justin Braun's 85th minute header ended the defensive shutout streak at 272 minutes, the Dallas defense held TFC to just three speculative shots on goal, but unfortunately all that will be remembered is the two late strikes from the home side. 

"We got a two goal lead, but we kind of took our foot off the pedal and started sitting in and tried to kill the game instead of continuing to play," said Loyd. "We took a lot of pressure in the last 30 minutes and I tip my hat to Toronto, they were down two goals and they showed a lot of resilience to come back and get two goals."

With LA - a team known for late goals - coming to town on Saturday night, late-game defense will certainly be a focus this week as Dallas looks for three points on Saturday to widen their first-place lead in the Western Conference. 

"Going forward with leads we need to not take our foot off the pedal and keep possession," said Loyd.

FC Dallas forward Kenny Cooper will be making an appearance at the Rally House next Thursday, April 11. Cooper will be there from 5-7 p.m. and will be accompanied by the FC Dallas Promo Girls. There will be various giveaways, including a four (4) person field-side table for Saturday's game against Los Angeles and autographed cards signed by Kenny Cooper. The Rally House is located off Alpha Road and the Dallas North Tollway, just north of the Galleria.

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The NCAA March Madness tournament comes to a close on Monday, so now's the perfect time to check the standings of the FC Dallas Bracket Challenge and see who's got the best shot at winning our awesome prizes. The Final Four will play on Saturday and the championship game will take place on Monday night, so we'll be contacting and announcing our top three winners on Tuesday.

Overall top 10:

1) Thorsr's Bracket (80 points)
2) Jesse's Nice Bracket (78 points)
3) Big C's Bracket (77 points)
3) Shelby's Genius Bracket (77 points)
3) Thorjr3 (77 points)
6) Phil's Third (76 points)
6) Anthony's Agreeable Bracket (76 points)
6) Lloyd's Majestic Bracket (76 points)
9) Mario Valadez's Cool Bracket (74 points)
9) Full Court Press (74 points)

As you can see, it's a tight race at the moment, so be sure to check in on your bracket after the next round to see if you have a shot at one of our great prizes. We'll leave you with the rankings of each of the FC Dallas players who joined our Bracket Challenge. Take a look at where they landed among our 283 entries:

43) Jonathan Top's 2013 Bracket (66 points)
99) Zach Loyd's 2013 Bracket (61 points)
142) Chris Seitz's 2013 Bracket (56 points)
169) Bradlee Baladez's 2013 Bracket (53 points)
169) Walker Zimmerman's 2013 Bracket (53 points)
174) Kyle Zobeck's 2013 Bracket (52 points)
233) Bobby Warshaw's 2013 Bracket (43 points)
242) George John's 2013 Bracket (41 points)