2014/15 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Game Notes WEEK FIVE – GROUP 5
Portland Timbers (USA) v Alpha United (Guyana) Providence Park – Portland, Oregon, USA September 23, 2014 The Portland Timbers (2-0-0, 6 points) will look to start their first-ever CONCACAF Champions League (CCL) campaign with three straight wins, when they welcome previously-eliminated Alpha United (0-0-3, 0 points) to Providence Park on Tuesday. The Timbers have scored eight total goals, the most by any team from the United States after its opening two CCL matches (Real Salt Lake netted six in 2010/11…no other U.S. team has more than four). Alpha United has conceded 10 goals in its last two games, but is targeting its first CCL victory after going winless in five all-time encounters. REFEREE: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica); AR1: Warner Castro (Costa Rica); AR2: Juan Lemus (Guatemala); 4th: Jafeth Perea (Panama) SUSPENDED: none
ALL-TIME CCL SERIES RECORD: Portland Timbers won only previous meeting, 4-1, on August 19, 2014
CCL COMPARISON Portland Timbers
Alpha United
2
Games Played
5
2
Wins
0
0
Draws
1
0
Losses
4
8
Goals For
3
3
Goals Against
21
PORTLAND TIMBERS
ALPHA UNITED
• Group 5 results: 4-1 away win v Alpha United (Goals: Steve Zakuani 18’; Maximiliano Urruti 34’; Fanendo Adi 66’; Alvas Powell 83’); 4-2 home win v Olimpia (Goals: Maximiliano Urruti 12’, 57’; Will Johnson 26’; Rauwshan McKenzie 72’)
• Group 5 results: 1-0 home loss v Olimpia; 4-1 home loss v Portland Timbers (Goal: Barbosa Murilo 45’); 6-0 away loss v Olimpia
• Method of Qualification: 2013 Major League Soccer Western Conference champion
• Method of Qualification: 2014 Caribbean Club Championship Group 3 winner • CCL appearances (2): 2011/12, 2014/15
• 2013 MLS record: GP - 34; W - 14; D - 15; L - 5; GF - 54; GA - 33 • Best CCL finish: Preliminary Round (2011/12) • CCL appearances (1): 2014/15
• All-Time CCL away record: GP - 2; W - 0; D - 0; L - 2; GF - 0; GA - 14
• 14th team from USA to play in CCL • One of three U.S. teams to win its first two CCL games, joining FC Dallas (2011/12) & Sporting Kansas City (2013/14) • 2014 MLS record: GP - 29; W - 9; D - 12; L - 8; GF - 52; GA - 48 (5th place in Western Conference) • 14 players on the roster have previous experience in international club competitions…6 of them have been on rosters of past CCL participants: Will Johnson (Real Salt Lake: 2010/11, 2012/13; Rauwshan McKenzie (Real Salt Lake: 2010/11; Danny O’Rourke (Columbus Crew: 2009/10, 2010/11); Donovan Ricketts (LA Galaxy: 2010/11; Andrew Weber (Impact de Montreal: 2008/09; Seattle Sounders: 2012/13); Steve Zakuani (Seattle Sounders: 2009/10, 2012/13)
• Fell to Costa Rica’s Herediano in the preliminary round of 2011/12 CCL, 10-2 on aggregate (1st leg: 8-0 away loss, 2nd leg: 2-2 home draw) • Won last 5 Guyana league titles • 2014 Caribbean Club Championship results: 2-0 win v Defence Force (Goals: Andrew Murray 20’, Kithson Bain 48’); 1-0 win v Harbour View (Goal: Kithson Bain 24’) • Gregory Richardson has 7 career CCL goals (5 for Joe Public FC; 2 for Puerto Rico Islanders) • Kithson Bain has 1 career CCL goal (1 for Caledonia AIA)
• Gastón Fernández played in the Copa Libertadores (Estudiantes de la Plata: 2009 - champion, 2010, 2011; River Plate: 2005) and the Copa Sudamericana (Estudiantes de la Plata: 2008, 2010) • Will Johnson has 4 career CCL goals (3 for Real Salt Lake, 1 for Portland Timbers) • Steve Zakuani has 2 career CCL goals (1 for Seattle Sounders, 1 for Portland Timbers)
• Bain scored for Grenada in a 2-2 draw v Puerto Rico in a Caribbean Cup match (2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualifier) on Sept. 7, 2014 • Last 5 in CCL: L(a) L(h) L(h) D(h) L(a) • All-Time CCL scorers: Anthony Abrams, Travis Grant, Barbosa Murilo (1 goal each)
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