The first match in the Best-of-Three series with the Vancouver Whitecaps is tomorrow evening for FC Dallas.
Both teams have their updated injury reports submitted to the league, let's dive into them here.
Here is the official list from MLS and FC Dallas1:
Out: Patrickson Delgado (leg)
Questionable: none
Suspended: none
International Duty: none
Unavailable (off-roster): Alejandro Uraza, Malachi Molina, Daniel Baran
Vancouver's availability report:
Suspended: Mathias Laborda
Out: Sam Adekugbe (Achilles), Sebastian Schonlau (Achilles), Ranko Veselinović (Knee), Brian White (hamstring)
Questionable: Tristan Blackmon (Knee)
On Loan: none
International duty: none
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BDS Notes:
All week, the talk has mostly been about how FC Dallas is healthy going into the playoffs and will also be getting Ramiro, Logan Farrington and Petar Musa back from suspension. All three missed the Decision Day finale last week in Vancouver, and I would expect to see them in the lineup tomorrow night.
The other big question all week was surrounding the injury to midfielder Patrickson Delgado. When I asked manager Eric Quill on Thursday about Delgado’s health, he said pretty bluntly that he was going to be doubtful for this one but everything was day-to-day with him.
More than likely, we’re going to see either Pedrinho or Sebastian Lletget for this one in place of Delgado. My money is on seeing Pedrinho, who came off the bench for Delgado last week against the Caps. He’s got a bit more range in him to go the full 90, if needed, than Lletget does right now.
On the other side, Vancouver is still dealing with some injuries to some key players like Tristan Blackmon and Brain White. Blackmon moved from the out list to the questionable side, while White is still unavailable for the Caps. They’ll also be without Mathias Laborda for this one, as well.
1 https://www.mlssoccer.com/media-resources/stats-and-gameday
2 Endeley and Newman aren't officially on the club's SEI list but they're both technically going to be out for the rest of the year.
