Injury Report: Who is out for FC Dallas against the New York Red Bulls
The injuries continue to pile up in the early portion of the season.
Another weekend is upon us, and it is another weekend that sees FC Dallas with a fairly large injury list.
Here is the official list from MLS and FC Dallas1:
Out: Marco Farfan (Lower back), Geovane Jesus (Right knee), Amet Korça (Left groin), Alan Velasco (Left knee), Sebastien Ibeagha (Calf), Paxton Pomykal (knee), Asier Illarramendi (Adductor)
Questionable: none
On Loan: Antonio Carerra (North Carolina FC), Jose Mulato (San Antonio FC)
BDS Notes:
Based on Nico Estevez’s press conference on Thursday, we knew the defensive group of players injured was the same as last week. So Marco Farfan, Amet Korca and Sebastien Ibeagha are all out for the second straight week (third straight for Farfan and Korca).
The new ones to the list this week are a pair of midfielders, Pomykal and Illarramendi. Estevez confirmed on Thursday that Pomykal would be out. There were whispers of Illarramendi being out, and today’s report confirmed that. The veteran left last week’s game with some discomfort, according to Estevez, so holding him out for another week makes a lot of sense in the long run.
This means we’ll likely see the same back three (Nkosi Tafari, Omar Gonzalez and Sam Junqua) that we saw last week against Montreal. Patrickson Delgado will likely earn his first start with Illarramendi unavailable.
So yeah, this definitely isn’t what you want to see for the first road game of the year.
I’d suggest keeping this page bookmarked this season: https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/mls-player-status-report-opening-weekend
Wow! Three injuries in the first two games. What worries me is Asier being 34 and his history of injuries. Between 2019-22 he played less than 20 games across 3 seasons. I hope we don’t see this trend in Dallas because it seems like a lot of what’s going good involves Asier to be on the field.