We're back for a little pre-Texas Derby roster ranking. We think we've settled on the cycle of every second or third week to let some more happen within the team.

We've seen the Garden Snake emerge into something closer resembling a predator, albeit one that can't complete a pass. We've seen Edwin Gyasi debut then decide he's too tired to play after 30 minutes. We've also seen the return of Eric Alexander, but we've opted to leave him off the rankings this week because we 1) forgot he re-signed, and 2) seems like he's here purely as a practice player right now so it may be unfair until he's challenging for a spot on the bench.

Starting XI:

In The Mix:

Second Team:

In Reserve:

So the Garden Snake is the big winner, leaping a massive 17 places. He wasn't good against Montreal, his all touches video could have been set to the Benny Hill theme tune, but he's a fighter and that spurred on FC Dallas.

Does that earn him the start against Houston? I think so, it's a derby and you need some fight. FC Dallas lacks the guy who goes through the back of someone in the first five minutes to let them know there's a game on, and if Ondrasek can be that guy, he's worth every penny.

Callum Montgomery made a nice seven place jump on the back of some great performances for NTX, including a USL-1 Player of the Week award and a couple of goals, as well as some fantastic performances in training. We say this quite often but he's a really good defender who doesn't quite have the passing game down for Luchiball. He has a long MLS career ahead of him.

On the other end, there can only be one. Edwin Gyasi. He waved Ruan past without even putting a foot in to create the first goal in Orlando, then after half hour just quit on the team. The club treated it as an injury, but even trying to be diplomatic about it, Luchi said he'd never seen anything like that. There's more chance of Michel getting a start on the wing than Gyasi at this point. He drops 13 spots.

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