Welcome back to the FC Dallas Roster Rankings at Third Degree. It's been a busy week as players come and go with international call-ups but at least an entire midfield returned to town this week.

It's all fun and games as we power rank the 41 professionals under contract with FC Dallas and North Texas SC. We take into account performances, who is being talked about in the media and who is talked about by the fans. So let's get to it!

Starting XI:

In The Mix:

Second Team:

In Reserve:

We have shared winners this week. Hat-trick hero Ronaldo Damus leaps five places to break the top-20 for the first time. His trio against Toronto makes it six goals in six games for the Haitian, who narrowly missed out on the Concacaf Gold Cup. Joining him on the winners' podium is Francis Atuahene. After one and a half injury-blighted seasons, the Ghanaian winger made his debut in San Jose and scored the second-fastest debut goal in MLS history. He was promptly loaned to Austin Bold where he should see some significant time, but FC Dallas did include a recall clause should he be required for the first team.

Down the other end, Zdenek Ondrasek takes a five-place drop. Not featuring for FC Dallas in MLS, the Cobra isn't even seeing time off the bench. Going into the US Open Cup game, fans were vocal that if he had a place - particularly after his high salary was released as part of the MLSPA release - he surely has to be considered worth starting against a USL team. When Ondrasek did eventually come on, he looked slow and lumbering. The pass that led to Bryan Reynolds being fouled was the only high spot.

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