If FC Dallas is going to snap a three-match winless streak Saturday when it meets Sporting Kansas City, it will have to do it without Mauro Diaz.
The talented midfielder didn't travel with the team, with sources indicating he's being held out as a precaution after taking a knock in training this week. FCD has a rivalry game at home Wednesday against the Houston Dynamo and hopes the playmaker can return then.
Diaz didn't start FCD's scoreless draw with Colorado last week, nor did center back Walker Zimmerman, but neither regular was upset by the decision.
"You know when you're not performing how you want to.