FRISCO – FC Dallas’ injury report remains mostly the same, but they will face a depleted LAFC team on Saturday night at home.
LAFC
OUT: Luis Lopez (right tibial stress fracture), Dejan Jakovic (suspended), Laurent Ciman (international duty), Omar Gaber (international duty), Carlos Vela (international duty), Marco Urena (international duty)
LAFC will be missing a lot this time around. Captain Laurent Ciman, Carlos Vela Omar Gaber and Marco Urena are all away on international duty. Ciman and Vela have played every minute for LAFC this season. Vela has been one of the best forwards in the league, scoring seven goals and tallying five assists. Defender Dejan Jakovic will also be out. He was handed a red card in the team’s last match.
Steven Beitashour missed LAFC’s match vs. DC United after injuring his hamstring, but is not on the injury report and could return for this weekend’s game. The defender has started 11 games this season. Walker Zimmerman returns to club action after he played with the U.S. National Team last week against Bolivia and returned to LAFC on Wednesday.
FC Dallas
OUT: Kris Reaves (sports hernia), Anton Nedyalkov (broken collarbone)
Kris Reaves and Anton Nedyalkov are both still out after surgery. After a red card against the Galaxy, Cristian Colman would have been suspended for the LAFC match, but his red card was overturned by an independent review panel and he will be available for Saturday's match.