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A FC Dallas side made up of reserve and home grown players fell to Toronto FC by a 3-0 scoreline in the 3rd game of the Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic on Thursday night.

The defeat pushed FCD down to second in the group with four points, three points above both BK Hacken and Orlando City, who face off in the second match of the night. Though Dallas maintain a three- and five-goal advantage, respectively, over their group foes, they must still await the result to find out if they'll play the Houston Dynamo in the consolation match at 5 pm CT, also on March 3.

SCORING SUMMARY:
TOR -- Luis Silva, 35'
TOR -- Luis Silva, 40'
TOR -- Ryan Johnson, 82'

FC Dallas Lineup: Seitz, M. Hernandez, Ibeagha, Hedges, Ulloa, Warshaw, Tulasne, Guarda, Villar, Wiedeman, Luna.

Updated for status as we see it right before Florida camp.

The Roster Dance is a long running feature of 3^rd Degree. It is an effort to break down the FC Dallas roster into its various components with all the trialists and draft picks competing for spots. The Roster Dance includes things like nationality, age, status, green cards, and anything else that might impact space on the roster and the players that might fit into it.

Last updated: 2/24/12

Senior Roster (18 to 20)

For now MLS rosters hold at up to 30 players. Players 1 to 20 are on the senior roster and have to fit in the salary cap. (MLS teams may carry only 18 players on this senior roster if they wish)

FCD has 8 international slots in 2010 with 8 currently filled.

1	David Ferreira	32, Colombian F/M. (8/9/79) Got his green card.
2	Daniel Hernandez	New 5 year coach/player deal. 35, US M/D (7/23/76)
3	Jair Benitez	33, Colombian LB, (1/11/79). Green card.
4	Blas Pérez	(I1) Panamanian striker, turns 31 this year. (3-13-81)
5	Brek Shea	20, US Nats MF. (2/28/90).
6	Ugo Ihemelu	28, US D. (4/3/83)
7	Kevin Hartman	37, US GK. (5-25-1974)
8	Zach Loyd	24, US Nats M/D. (7-18-87)
9	Fabian Castillo	(I2) 19, Colombian striker. (6-01-92)
10	Ricardo Villar	(I3) 32, Brazilian, AM. (8-11-79) working on green card
11	Andrew Jacobson	26, US DM. (9-25-85)
12	Hernan Pertúz	(I4) 22, Columbian U23, D. (3-31-89)
13	Chris Seitz	24, US GK. (3-12-87)
14	Bobby Warshaw	23, US M/D. (11-21-88)
15	Carlos Rodriguez	(I5) 21 year old Panamian M/D from Tauro FC. (4-12-90)
16	Bruno Guarda	26, Brazil MF. (2/6/86). Green card
17	Scott Sealy	T&T F. 30, Previously with KC and SJ. (6/4/81) green card.
18	George John	US CB. (3/20/87) Not currently on FCD roster. Spot saved?
19	Dogba	(I6) Ange Pacome Dogba Gnagbo.Ivory Coast F
20	Open Spot	Sports 19 and 20 don’t have to be filled.
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Players occupying roster spots 1-24 will earn at least $42,000 in 2011.

Off-Budget Roster (10)

Roster Spots 21 to 30. Generation adidas, developmental players, and home grown. Players 24 and under that don’t count on the salary cap. MLS teams can have a maximum of 10 off-budget players.

21	Matt Hedges	UD D, 2012 1st pick. (4-1-90) Senior roster?
22	Andrew Wiedeman	(Ga1) 22, US versatile. F/M/D. (8-22-89)
23	Bryan Leyva	(HG1) 20, Mexican U20 MF (2/9/92) green card.
24	Ruben Luna	(HG2, I7) 19, Mexican U20 striker. (2-10-92)
25	Victor Ulloa	(HG3) 19, US Midfielder. (3-4-92)
26	Moises Hernandez	(HG4) US D, former U20 (3-5-92)
27	Jonathan Top	(HG5) 19, US striker. (1-26-93)
28	Richard Sanchez	(HG6) 17, Mexican keeper, US Citizen. (2-28-94)
29	Christian Ibeagha	22, Former US U17 from OK (born Nigeria). (1-10-90)
30	Alex Lee	2012 supplemental pick, D from Maryland.
--	Ian Kalis	2012 supplemental pick from SMU. Injured? Still on roster, not traveling.

Players occupying roster spots 25-30 will earn at least $32,600 in 2011.

Other Players

Anyone connected, rumored, tried out, waived, training invited, or signed as a short term player.

Jack Stewart	Late 2011 defender depth, didn’t stick in 2012
Rodolofo Espinoza	30 year old Mexican M, spring trial.
Kleyner Bejarano	a.k.a. Kleyner Bejarano Colombian D, spring trial
Scott Gordon	23 year old US D, spring trial
Daniel Osorno	Formerly of Puebla, AM/F
Nicolás Gianni	a.k.a. Nicolas Cridani. 29, F/M
Daniel Cruz	Colombian, M didn’t play well in 2011, injuries cost him in 2012.
Marvin Chavez	Traded to San Jose.
Walter Hines	M, preseason trialist
Martin John	LB, preseason trialist
Joe Madigan	M, preseason trialist
Jackson	Brazilian M, on loan to Cruzeiro
Mykel Galindo	Waived in off season.
Edson Edward	Waived in off season.
Josh Lambo	Former Ga GK, waived in off season.

The Roster Dance is a long running feature of 3^rd Degree. It is an effort to break down the FC Dallas roster into its various components with all the trialists and draft picks competing for spots. The Roster Dance includes things like nationality, age, status, green cards, and anything else that might impact space on the roster and the players that might fit into it.

Last updated: 2/9/12

Senior Roster (18 to 20)

For now MLS rosters hold at up to 30 players. Players 1 to 20 are on the senior roster and have to fit in the salary cap. (MLS teams may carry only 18 players on this senior roster if they wish)

FCD has 8 international slots in 2010 with 8 currently filled.

1	David Ferreira	32, Colombian F/M. (8/9/79) Got his green card.
2	Daniel Hernandez	New 5 year coach/player deal. 35, US M/D (7/23/76)
3	Jair Benitez	33, Colombian LB, (1/11/79). Green card.
4	Blas Pérez	(I1) Panamanian striker, turns 31 this year. (3-13-81)
5	Brek Shea	20, US Nats MF. (2/28/90).
6	Ugo Ihemelu	28, US D. (4/3/83)
7	Kevin Hartman	37, US GK. (5-25-1974)
8	Zach Loyd	24, US Nats M/D. (7-18-87)
9	Fabian Castillo	(I2) 19, Colombian striker. (6-01-92)
10	Ricardo Villar	(I3) 32, Brazilian, AM. (8-11-79) working on green card
11	Andrew Jacobson	26, US DM. (9-25-85)
12	Hernan Pertúz	(I4) 22, Columbian U23, D. (3-31-89)
13	Chris Seitz	24, US GK. (3-12-87)
14	Bobby Warshaw	23, US M/D. (11-21-88)
15	Carlos Rodriguez	(I5) 21 year old Panamian M/D from Tauro FC. (4-12-90)
16	Nicolás Gianni	(I6) a.k.a. Nicolas Cridani. 29, F/M. (3/9/82) starting for Ferreira.
17	Scott Sealy	T&T F. 30, Previously with KC and SJ. (6/4/81) green card.
18	Bruno Guarda	26, Brazil MF. (2/6/86). Green card
19	Daniel Cruz	(I7) 30, Colombian, M. Injured. (5-3-81) May be in roster trouble…
20	Jack Stewart	28 year old US D. (5-29-1983) He gets John’s spot for now.
--	George John	US CB. (3/20/87) Not currently on FCD roster, loan ends in March?
--	Rodolofo Espinoza	(I9) 30 year old Mexican M, Chivas USA 10-11. (6-14-81)
--	Kleyner Bejarano	(I10) a.k.a. Kleyner Bejarano Mena 22, Colombian D. (9/16/89)

Players occupying roster spots 1-24 will earn at least $42,000 in 2011.

Off-Budget Roster (10)

Roster Spots 21 to 30. Generation adidas, developmental players, and home grown. Players 24 and under that don’t count on the salary cap. MLS teams can have a maximum of 10 off-budget players.

21	Matt Hedges	UD D, ‘12 1st pick. (4-1-90) Senior roster?
22	Andrew Wiedeman	(Ga1) 22, US versatile. F/M/D. (8-22-89)
23	Bryan Leyva	(HG1) 20, Mexican U20 MF (2/9/92) green card.
24	Ruben Luna	(HG2, I8) 19, Mexican U20 striker. (2-10-92)
25	Victor Ulloa	(HG3) 19, US Midfielder. (3-4-92)
26	Moises Hernandez	(HG4) US D, former U20 (3-5-92)
27	Jonathan Top	(HG5) 19, US striker. (1-26-93)
28	Richard Sanchez	(HG6) 17, Mexican keeper US Citizen. (2-28-94)
29	Scott Gordon	23 year old US D, 3rd round pick in 2011. (4-6-88)
30	Christian Ibeagha	22, US U17 from OK (born Nigeria). (1-10-90)
--	Alex Lee	2012 pick, D from Maryland. Just arrived in camp.
--	Ian Kalis	2012 Supplemental Draft pick from SMU. Injured?

Players occupying roster spots 25-30 will earn at least $32,600 in 2011.

Other Players

Anyone connected, rumored, tried out, waived, training invited, or signed as a short term player.

Marvin Chavez	Traded to San Jose.
Walter Hines	M, preseason trialist
Martin John	LB, preseason trialist
Joe Madigan	M, preseason trialist
Jackson	Brazilian M, on loan to Cruzeiro
Mykel Galindo	Waived in off season.
Edson Edward	Waived in off season.
Josh Lambo	Former Ga GK, waived in off season.

I caught up with FC Dallas head coach Schellas Hyndman for a few questions after Thursday’s evening session at the FC Dallas Stadium complex. Here’s what he had to say.

What’s the status for Perez, Pertuz, Loyd and Shea? Will they practice on Friday?

Hyndman: We all met Blas [Perez] today. He came into the locker room, so we got a chance to meet Blas. He’s getting his physical and everything, so probably tomorrow morning he’ll be all wrapped up and hopefully he’ll be all wrapped up tomorrow afternoon. As far as Brek [Shea], I saw him today. He’s been gone for three weeks and he’s been doing three-a-days, so it may be an opportunity to give him another day of rest. Zach [Loyd] I haven’t seen but he should be back tomorrow and then Carlos Rodriguez we’re hoping to be in this weekend. Pertuz we’re hoping to be in and then we’ve got a couple of trialists coming in as well.

Will any of them play in Saturday’s scrimmage with Houston Baptist?

Hyndman: Probably will because what we’re trying to do is make decisions and as we make those decisions, we’re making decisions on players that are here and players that are going to stay here.

What do you want to see in Saturday’s scrimmage?

Hyndman: Saturday for me the thing is real simple-who do we keep after Saturday? Saturday’s going to be a decision maker for, 'glad we had you here for a week. It’s not going to work out and move on.'

How do you see Andrew Wiedeman this year? Is he still an option in the back or has he returned to being more of an offensive-minded guy?

Hyndman: I think he’s probably a midfielder, more of a strike force midfielder, forward. That’s what he played in college. You see a lot of people turn players into fullbacks that have good ball skills, real good passer of the ball with good vision and some of them develop and some of them don’t. I think the thing with Andrew is it was going to take longer than we thought it was.

Talk about Jack Stewart and how he might or might not fit into the group of center backs.

Hyndman: We put a lot of time and energy into finding center backs. We’ve got Jack Stewart here. We’ve got Christian Ibeagha here. We’ve got Matt Hedges here. Now we add Ugo here. [Hernan] Pertuz is coming. George [John] may be here. We hope that he’s here. All of a sudden, you’ve got six center backs. I just named all six days. It’s something we haven’t had but it’s going to be competitive for sure.

Ugo Ihemelu has yet to start practice. Discuss his status.

Hyndman: Ugo’s really taking his time to completely feel good. Last year he came back early from that abdominal surgery and what he ended up doing was struggling in the first game of the year. I think what we’re doing is just going a little bit slower, kind of letting him gauge it. Today, we’ve got David [Ferreira] out, Daniel Hernandez out, Andrew Jacobson out. So we’re starting to add on. Now you add on the three that are coming tomorrow-Brek [Shea], Zach [Loyd] and Blas [Perez] and all of a sudden the team is starting to develop into the players we think they will be.

Have any of them [Ferreira, Hernandez, Ihemelu, Jacobson] returned to full practice?

Hyndman: Not as of yet, we’re trying to keep them out of contact by trying to keep them involved.

Talk about the two trialists we could see starting tomorrow.

Hyndman: We’ve got a boy coming up from Argentina, Nicholas Cridani, a second striker, flank type of player. Then I think we’ve got a player coming in from Colombia, a right fullback, a right midfielder, Calimar Mena is his last name. I think those are going to be the two that we know about but there may be two others coming in.

FC Dallas currently has three trialists in camp - Scott Gordon, Martin John, Scott Sealy - plus another player, Houston native Christian Ibeagha, a defender with good size who played in some reserve games last year.

Ibeagha is technically signed for the preseason, so he’s not officially a trialist. Still, like Gordon, John and Sealy, he’s battling for a roster spot. Here’s what FCD head coach Schellas Hyndman had to say about all four players:

Scott Gordon, defender

Hyndman: We always saw some real positive things in him. He’s a heck of an athlete. He’s strong, quick, durable, explosive speed, great engine, great vertical leap. I think he was all-state in Florida in track and an all-state football player. He’s just a heck of an athlete. Him being with Fort Lauderdale for a year playing there, they put him off to a right back position because it’s a little bit simpler than the center. So we wanted to bring him in and take a look at him. He’s doing fine.

Christian Ibeagha, defender

Hyndman: Yeah, he’s a solid defender. He’s athletic. He’s strong. I’ve seen him run with Castillo and you know Castillo’s pretty damn quick. The thing where a lot of players have trouble is handling Fabian is his stop and go speed. If he’s just pure sprinting, I think Christian can sprint with him. But if he stops and goes, now you’ve got to stop, decelerate then accelerate. That’s very difficult but I think Christian is working hard trying to get himself a spot.

Martin John, defender

Hyndman: Martin’s a player that was playing in Champions League in England last year and we brought him in as a left back so we’re looking at him a little bit. Got a real extensive background, very comfortable on the ball, good one-v-one defender, he’s doing well.

Scott Sealy, forward/midfielder

Hyndman: I think he’s a solid striker. He’s probably a mixture of Santos and Cunningham type of player. He can hold the ball up like Santos could and then I think he’s got explosive speed like Jeff did. The thing is every day we watch him, there’s things we like and some areas that we want to continue to look at because if Scott continues to go the way he’s been going and when we get our first team back, he’s going against some of our starters, then we’ll have a much better view and getting him in games and seeing what he does. We’re looking at Scott to add some strength in the attack, some speed in the attack. He’s been unlucky because he’s had sports hernia, quadriceps, hamstring, so last year was really a bad year for him with all the injuries. But we’re not sure if he’s a No. 2 striker or a No. 1 striker. So we’ve got to keep looking at him.