Gbandi out with hurt ankle

Defender Chris Gbandi will be out up
to six weeks with an injured left ankle.

FCD also got some disconcerting injury news on Sunday when the results came back on an MRI on left back Chris Gbandi, last year's FCD defender of the year. He will miss four to six weeks with a grade two sprain of his left ankle, an injury that was suffered during a game against FCD's Brazilian partner Clube Atletico Paranaense on Wednesday in Curitiba, Brazil.

Gbandi, tabbed as the starter at left back, missed Saturday's training session and was on crutches.

"It's unfortunate," Morrow said. "We were devastated for Chris (Gbandi) on Wednesday night. We thought it would be something worse. We feared that he had broken his ankle. We hope it's a lot better. He's going to get an MRI [Saturday]. We know it's not broken, so hopefully the news isn't as bad as we first feared. It's disappointing to lose another defender after losing Adrian (Serioux), especially losing more experience. But it's not for too long. We have enough young talent on this team to cover for it."

Gbandi was listed as a starter for Liberia next match against Cameroon. A possible replacement could be another MLS left back Wills Farko of Real Salt Lake. He has experience playing against Eto when Real faced Barcelona last season.