The defeat of FC Dallas 2-0 against Seattle Sounders as visitors to the Field of light on Monday October 30, for the first leg of the round of 16 of the Major League Soccer (MLS) left, beyond the unfavorable result, terrible news for the team led by the Spaniard Nico Estévez, since it suffered the painful loss of one of its main characters.

Barely 17 minutes of play had passed when the Argentine footballer Alan Velasco He had to leave the field of play and make way for Canadian Liam Fraser. The departure of the talented 21-year-old winger or match organizer, from the Independiente de Avellaneda youth academy, began to worry the Texas State franchise.

The worst news was announced this Wednesday, November 1, with the confirmation of the injury which will keep the skillful player who played 67 official matches with 13 goals and 7 assists in Dallas off the field for many months. “Velasco tore the cruciate ligaments in his knee. “He will have surgery in the next few days.”reported journalist Gastón Edul in his story Twitter.

In this way, one of the Argentine figures of the MLS (who had been summoned to the Argentine team by Lionel Scaloni and Javier Mascherano thinking of the pre-Olympics and the renewal of the Major League team) completed his participation for this season and Given the logical recovery times for this type of injury, it could possibly reappear around the middle of 2024. The news echoed on social networks and the media supporting Independiente sent their forces towards a young talent who knew how to shine in the fields of Villa Dominico and in the Libertadores de América.

For Dallas, which has not yet released an official medical report on the matter, this means an extremely sensitive loss of one of the team’s most notable players. In addition, the Texans must reverse the series against the Seattle Sounders (0-2) in their stadium on November 4 to try to qualify for the quarterfinals.

In the rest of the MLS Round of 16, the Cincinnati beat New York RB 3-0 thanks to Argentinian goals Alvaro Barreal And Luciano Acosta, and confidently awaits his revenge. Inasmuch as Philadelphia Union beat New England 3-1 at home (Gustavo Bou scored in injury time) and Kansas City defeated Saint Louis City 4-1 at home.

In other matches, Houston Dynamo beat Real Salt Lake 2-1, Los Angeles FC beat Vancouver 5-2 and Orlando City won 1-0 against Nashville SC. The duel between Columbus Crew and Atlanta United remains to be completed.