There will be some very notable absences when the San Jose Earthquakes and FC Dallas take the field at Avaya Stadium on Saturday afternoon. A combination of worldwide competitions and various injuries will leave many teams around Major League Soccer shuffling their lineups during the final pre-international-break weekend.
The Earthquakes will be missing a trio of defenders in Nick Lima (Gold Cup), Guram Kashia (Euro 2020 Qualifiers) and Harold Cummings (Gold Cup), as well as midfielder Anibal Godoy (Gold Cup).
FC Dallas may be without as many as eight influential players on Saturday. Youngsters Paxton Pomykal, Brandon Servania and Edwin Cerrillo are with the United States U-20s; Bryan Acosta (Honduras) will be at the Gold Cup; Carlos Gruezo (Ecuador) is at Copa America; and Pablo Aranguiz (Chile U-23) is at the Toulon Tournament in France.