Goalkeeper update...

Josh had successful surgery on Tuesday to repair the jaw fractures. He's expected to be released from the hospital later in the afternoon.

Meanwhile, Ray Burse was back at practice this morning on the adidas Field at PHP. He'll return to Portland for a preseason game this weekend, before flying to Houston on Saturday afternoon to be available for Sunday's game between FCD and Houston.

One of the options the team is considering is the newly introduced rule for Short-Term Injury Replacement (Letter K):

A team with a player who has a short-term injury can replace that player on its roster, while remaining responsible for the full amount of the injured player's salary. A player can be placed on the short-term injured reserve list once another player has been signed as a replacement. Note that the injured player will have to sit out a minimum of six (6) MLS League matches before he can rejoin the team's roster. International player limits still apply at the time a short-term replacement is made (with the player being replaced not counting against those limits).