HOUSTON DYNAMO AT PORTLAND TIMBERS FRIDAY, AUG. 21, 2015, 8 P.M. (PT) VP Communications: Chris Metz - (503) 553-5433, cmetz@timbers.com Manager, Media Relations: Mark Nelson - (503) 553-5529, mnelson@timbers.com; Coordinator, Media Relations: Katie Simons - (503) 553-5539, ksimons@ timbers.com; Coordinator, Media Relations/Community Relations: Diego Basabe - (503) 553-5543, dbasabe@timbers.com
TIMBERS
HOUSTON
2015 SCHEDULE 2015 MLS RECORD: 11-8-6 (Home: 7-1-4 Away: 4-7-2) 2015 ALL-COMPETITIONS RECORD: 12-9-6 (Home: 7-1-4 Away: 5-8-2)
VS.
8-9-7 (31pts)
11-8-6 (39pts)
MATCH INFORMATION Date: Friday, Aug. 21, 2015 Kickoff: 8 p.m. (Pacific) Location: Providence Park (Portland, Ore.) Forecast: Partly Cloudy, 74 degrees Referee: Ricardo Salazar Assistant Referees: Michael Kampmeinert, Eduardo Mariscal Fourth Official: Alejandro Mariscal National TV/Local TV: UniMás/KPDX Channel 49 Talent: Jorge Perez Navarro (play-by-play), Diego Balado (analyst), Xavi Sol (reporter) English Radio: 750 The Game (KXTG 750AM, 102.9FM) Talent: Jake Zivin (play-by-play), Brett Jacobs (analyst) Spanish Radio: La GranD (KGGD 93.5FM, 1150 AM) Talent: Josue del Castillo (play-by-play), Ozkar Ramos (analyst)
MLS WEEK 25 SCHEDULE Wednesday, August 19 New York City FC at Columbus San Jose at Sporting Kansas City
TIME (PT) 4:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m.
NATIONAL TV
Friday, August 21 Houston at Portland
8 p.m.
UniMás
Saturday, August 22 Orlando City SC at Toronto FC San Jose at D.C. United Sporting Kansas City at Columbus Philadelphia at Montreal Colorado at Chicago FC Dallas at Vancouver Seattle at Real Salt Lake
1 p.m. 4 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 5 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m.
Sunday, August 23 New York City FC at LA Galaxy
12 noon
DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Sat., March 7 REAL SALT LAKE T 0-0 Sun., March 15 LA GALAXY T 2-2 Sat., March 21 @Sporting KC T 0-0 Sat., March 28 @Vancouver L 1-2 Sat., April 4 FC DALLAS W 3-1 Sun., April 12 ORLANDO CITY SC L 0-2 Sun., April 19 @New York City FC W 1-0 Sun., April 26 @Seattle L 0-1 Sat., May 2 VANCOUVER T 0-0 Sat., May 9 @Montreal W 2-1 Sat., May 16 @Houston L 1-3 Sat., May 23 @Toronto FC L 0-1 Wed., May 27 D.C. UNITED W 1-0 Sat., May 30 @Colorado W 2-1 Sat., June 6 NEW ENGLAND W 2-0 Tues., June 16 @Seattle^ W 3-1 (AET) Sat., June 20 HOUSTON W 2-0 Wed., June 24 @LA Galaxy L 0-5 Sun., June 28 SEATTLE W 4-1 Wed., July 1 @Real Salt Lake^ L 0-2 Sun., July 5 SAN JOSE W 1-0 Sat., July 11 @Philadelphia L 0-3 Sat., July 18 VANCOUVER T 1-1 Sat., July 25 @FC Dallas L 1-4 Sun., Aug. 2 @San Jose T 0-0 Fri., Aug. 7 CHICAGO W 1-0 Sat., Aug. 15 @Real Salt Lake W 1-0 Fri., Aug. 21 HOUSTON 8 p.m. Sun., Aug. 30 @Seattle 2 p.m. Wed., Sept. 9 SPORTING KC 7:30 p.m. Sun., Sept. 20 NY RED BULLS 2 p.m. Sat., Sept. 26 @Columbus 4:30 p.m. Sat., Oct. 3 SPORTING KC 7:30 p.m. Wed., Oct. 14 @Real Salt Lake 6:30 p.m. Sun., Oct. 18 @LA Galaxy TBD Sun., Oct. 25 COLORADO 4 p.m. ^ - 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup match *dates and times subject to change
TV/ATTENDANCE 21,144 21,144 20,848 22,500 21,144 21,144 21,891 41,451 21,144 13,020 20,844 23,569 21,144 18,209 21,144 4,022 21,144 21,207 21,144 15,840 21,144 18,722 21,144 15,992 18,000 21,144 20,338 UniMás/KPDX ESPN KPTV ESPN KPDX KPDX ROOT SPORTS TBD ROOT SPORTS
NO PLACE LIKE HOME ESPN
LAST MATCH RECAP Defender Nat Borchers registered the game-winning goal in the final seconds of second-half stoppage time and the Timbers earned their second consecutive win and third straight shutout with a 1-0 victory against Real Salt Lake before 20,338 fans on Aug. 15 at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah. The shutout win marked Portland’s league-leading 11th clean sheet of the season and moved the Timbers (11-8-6, 39pts) into fourth place in the Western Conference standings through 25 games. Portland is just four points shy of the first-place LA Galaxy (43pts).
Providence Park opened on April 14, 2011, in front of a sold-out crowd in the Timbers first-ever home match as an MLS team. The club proceeded to sell out all of its regular-season home games in the team’s first four MLS seasons. Spanning the 2013 and 2014 seasons, the Timbers compiled an MLS-club record 22-game unbeaten streak (12-0-10) at Providence Park from April 6, 2013 to June 1, 2014. The streak ranks as the third-longest all-time in MLS history.
CONSECUTIVE REGULAR-SEASON HOME SELLOUTS:
80