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NAPA, Calif. -- The Oakland Raiders sustained a significant blow Wednesday with the news that starting left tackle Jared Veldheer will need surgery on his torn left triceps and will miss a significant portion of the upcoming season. Veldheer has been bothered by the triceps throughout training camp and had a second MRI performed on Tuesday when it did not feel any better. After consulting with doctors and the team, Veldheer decided to have the surgery. "Its a disappointment for all of us," coach Dennis Allen said. "But again were going to play 16 games this year. The teams that are able to push through those things mentally, those are the teams that have success. Everybody has injuries. Thats one well just have to deal with." Allen said Veldheer would miss a significant amount of time but hoped he would be back at some point this season. Allen said Veldheer would be a candidate to be placed on injured reserve with a designation to return, which would require him to miss at least the first eight weeks. The Raiders can place Veldheer on that list starting Sept. 3. He would be required to sit for six weeks and then could practice for two more before being eligible to be activated in time for the teams eighth game on Nov. 3 against Philadelphia. Teams can only use that designation on one player and Allen said he wouldnt know for sure whether that would be an option for Veldheer until after the surgery. The injury to Veldheer gives a shot at a starting role to Alex Barron, a former first-round pick by the St. Louis Rams who has not played a game in the NFL since 2010. "Of course its an opportunity," Barron said. "First and foremost its an opportunity to be here, period. Its another opportunity obviously to go up on the chart and help the team as best I can. My whole thing is Im going to continue to work and try to help the team as best I can." Barron was drafted 19th overall in 2005 out of Florida State but struggled for almost his entire five seasons in St. Louis. He started 74 games and played both left and right tackle but was plagued by penalties and poor blocking. He committed 43 false start penalties -- including 13 in 2006 -- and 13 holding penalties while allowing 33 sacks, according to game tracking from STATS LLC. He was traded to Dallas in 2010 and played 11 games with the Cowboys. But Barron hasnt played since, spending a little time with New Orleans and Seattle without ever getting into a game. "I think Alex has been playing very well," quarterback Matt Flynn said. "I was with him in camp last year in Seattle. He seems like a different guy here. Hes playing well, playing aggressive and really coming into his own." Veldheer was perhaps Oaklands most indispensable player, given his talent and the importance of the position he plays. He had started the past 42 games at left tackle, missing only one offensive snap in that entire time. A third-round pick out of Hillsdale College in 2010, Veldheer was an emerging left tackle in the NFL who was counted on as a major piece of the Raiders rebuilding project. Veldheer was rated by Pro Football Focus as the eighth best pass-blocking left tackle in the NFL last season. He has been responsible for just four sacks in each of the past two seasons, according to STATS LLC. "Its a real big blow," right tackle Khalif Barnes said. "Jareds a big part of our line. Hes a big guy. He comes to work every day, you never hear him complaining, just tries to go in, get the job done, he just tries to perfect his craft every day at practice. Hes a good part of our team, a good leader for our team." The Raiders have been hampered by injuries on the line throughout camp. 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The Vancouver coach and an announced sellout crowd of 18,910 watched in dismay as the Canucks lost 7-4 to the New York Islanders on Monday night by squandering a 3-0 lead in the third period.Stalwarts Kyah Simon and Michelle Heyman say the W-League will hit peak standard this season as clubs invest in both local and foreign talent to challenge the domination of reigning champions Melbourne City.Imports from 20 different countries have signed up for the ninth instalment of the womens domestic competition, complimenting a bevy of Matildas stars including Sydney FCs Simon and Canberra Uniteds Heyman.Among the new signings is Brazil international defender Monica Hickmann Alves, who joins Adelaide as the first from her country to play in Australia, while Japanese World Cup-winner Yukari Kinga is on board with Canberra United and Sydney are set to unveil their own South American signing this week.Though some contracts are still being finalised, clubs will collectively spend more than $1 million for the first time this season, a rise on the $920,000 outlay of the last when cashed-up City set a new benchmark in their inaugural campaign.Premiers and champions City scored 38 goals in 12 regular-season games, in a brutal lesson on what money can do.The club has lost its most potent strikeforces in Scottish star Kim Little and Matildas co-captain Lisa De Vanna, who is yet to sign anywhere.But in the duos place theyve signed American Erika Tymrak and veteran Australia goalkeeper Lydia Williams, while also retaining gun Welsh midfielder Jessica Fishlock and Matildas Steph Catley, Larissa Crummer, Laura Alleway and Teigen Allen.The general consensus is that City are still the team to beat, the gap just no longer looks as daunting to thosee chasing.ddddddddddddSimon, whose largely unchanged Sky Blues team are after revenge for last seasons 4-1 grand final loss, believed the trophy was up for grabs.Its going to be the most incredible W-League season, just the international response and interest has been through the roof this year, Simon told AAP.Seeing so many international players coming to Australia to play the W-League not only boosts the brand of the game but also the quality of the competition.City pipped us at the post last year so w