Its Our Old Friends F*C* Dallas

Late preview but getting it in before game time.  Colorado is down in Frisco to play Dallas this afternoon, no longer coached by Oscar Pareja or, sadly, led by Fernando Clavijo (RIP).  They're a team in transition and their early results reflect that with them beating teams surprisingly (Galaxy) and not beating teams surprisingly (Revolution).  Game time today is 3:30pm and the game is on Uni Mas and Twitter, not Altitude.  That means Balboa is working the game for Uni Mas but Richard Fleming has the week off so he'll be joining C38 at their watch party at the Celtic.

Injury Report:
OUT; D Kortne Ford
QUESTIONABLE: M Benny Feilhaber

Disciplinary Report:
SUSPENDED: M Johan Blomberg

International Report:
CALLED-UP: F Diego Rubio (Chile)

Rubio made the bench for Chile's game against Mexico last night but saw no playing time.  Good to see Nicholson off the injury report.  Feilhaber was suffering from the flu in mid-week so he may or may not be well in time for the game.  I'm going to assume he won't be ready to start.

I'm pretty confident this will be the XI if Feilhaber isn't available.  I have no confidence in the positions I assigned in midfield though.  The only other possible changes are Jackson instead of Shinyashiki, but we've seen the rookie get more playing time than the sophomore already this season, and Wynne or Opare if Smith isn't ready to start yet.

Prediction: 1-1 draw, goal by Kamara.  I'm not yet ready to predict a win on the road for this team though it wouldn't shock me.  I think our defense is not 100% so no shutouts yet but having Smith back will help.  Losing Rubio will blunt our attack a bit, this is going to be a game that probably doesn't have a lot of good scoring chances so it will be important to take advantage of the ones we get.