After facing a Sporting Kansas City team missing two starters because of suspension, FC Dallas has its own absence to fill when it meets Real Salt Lake on Saturday.
Atiba Harris, who has often started at right back this season, was given his fifth yellow card in the 2-2 draw with SKC, triggering a one-match suspension for yellow-card accumulation.
It's an opportunity that might appear tailor-made for Trinidad and Tobago international Aubrey David, who joined FCD on loan in July from Costa Rican club Saprissa. But David wasn't on the training field Tuesday after having his wisdom teeth removed earlier in the day.