REAL SALT LAKE v PORTLAND TIMBERS (August 30, Rio Tinto Stadium, 8 p.m. MT; NBC SN) PROBABLE LINEUPS
2013 SEASON RECORDS Real at home
GP W-L-T PTS GF GA 27 13-8-6 45 48 33 13 8-2-3 27 23 10
Timbers on road
25 9-4-12 39 37 26 13 2-3-8 14 15 15
18 Rimando
2
LEAGUE HEAD-TO-HEAD
R Johnson
22 11
8
Alhassan
Valeri
5
35
98
Jean-Baptiste
Danso
Harrington
A 26 87
17 12 8 0
17 4 5 0
19 5 4 1 3 1 3 1
9 4 2 1 4 2 4 0
5 29 3
4 18 4
TYPE OF PLAY
INSIDE GOAL AREA INSIDE PENALTY AREA OUTSIDE PENALTY AREA
13
23 Powell
1 Ricketts
RIGHT FOOT LEFT FOOT HEADERS OTHER
9 22 2
6 Nagbe
HOW SCORED
8 36 4
8 Plata
Jewsbury
F 37 61
GOALS SCORED MINUTES PER GOAL
15 Saborio
Wallace
TIMBERS
OPEN PLAY CROSS CORNER REBOUND PENALTIES DIRECT FROM FREE KICK FREE KICK (INDIRECT) OWN GOALS
Gil
11
9
WHERE THE GOALS COME FROM
11 10 4 0 4 0 4 0
21
Morales
REAL
23 7 5 3 5 0 4 1
Beckerman
Grabavoy
UPCOMING MATCHES TIMBERS REAL Sat. Sept. 7 Toronto FC Fri. Sept. 13 at Seattle Sat. Sept. 14 at Chivas USA Sat. Sept. 21 San Jose Fri. Sept. 20 Colorado Sat. Sept. 28 at Vancouver Sun. Sept. 29 Los Angeles Sat. Oct. 5 FC Dallas
18 6 9 0
17 Wingert
5
2013 (MLS) 8/21: POR 3, RSL 3 (Wallace 24; Valeri 57; Alhassan 86 – Borchers 38; Morales 43; Grossman 93+)
31 10 7 0
6 Borchers
20
AT SALT LAKE (3 meetings): Real 2 wins, 6 goals … Timbers 0 wins, 2 goals … Ties 1
A 33 74
16 Salcedo
Beltran
ALL-TIME (6 meetings): Real 3 wins, 12 goals … Timbers 1 win, 8 goals … Ties 2
F 48 51
REFEREE: Baldomero Toledo. AR1 (bench): Corey Rockwell; AR2 (opposite): C.J. Morgante; 4th: Robert Sibiga DISCIPLINARY SITUATION SUSPENDED: POR: Pa Modou Kah (caution accumulation; through Sept. 1) WARNINGS (suspended next yellow card): POR: Ben Zemanski
DISABLED LIST / INJURED RESERVE none
DISTANCE
(W-L-T) RSL POR
RECORD AT HALFTIME LEAD TIED TRAIL 8-0-2 5-5-2 0-3-2 4-0-1 5-2-6 0-2-5
INTERNATIONAL DUTY none
RECORD WITH FIRST GOAL SCORE ALLOW 12-3-3 1-5-3 7-0-5 2-4-4
THE LAST TIME Home win Road win Home loss Road loss Tie game Shutout for Shutout vs.
REAL SALT LAKE Date Score (Gms since) 8/24/2013 RSL 4, CLB 0 7/13/2013 RSL 3, DAL 0 7/20/2013 RSL 1, KC 2 8/17/2013 RSL 2, LA 4 8/21/2013 RSL 3, POR 3 8/24/2013 RSL 4, CLB 0 4/27/2013 RSL 0, LA 2
ROSTERS
(0) (4) (2) (1) (1) (0) (18)
PORTLAND TIMBERS Date Score (Gms since) 8/17/2013 POR 2, DAL 1 5/25/2013 POR 2, DC 0 3/09/2013 POR 1, MTL 2 8/25/2013 POR 0, SEA 1 8/21/2013 POR 3, RSL 3 7/20/2013 POR 0, PHI 0 8/25/2013 POR 0, SEA 1
GAME-BY-GAME: WON/LOST/TIED Real Salt Lake WLTLWLTWLWWLWTWWWWTWLLTWLTW Timbers TLTTWWTWTTWTWTWTWLWTLTWTL
(1) (6) (10) (0) (1) (5) (0)
TEAM LEADERS REAL G: 9 Saborio A: 9 Morales SHT: 43 Plata SOG: 17 Beckerman FC: 35 Grabavoy FS: 66 Morales OF: 14 Saborio C: 5 Beckerman/Wingert E: 2 Alvarez TIMBERS G: 8 R Johnson A: 11 Valeri SHT: 62 Valeri SOG: 21 Johnson/Valeri FC: 51 Chara FS: 55 Nagbe OF: 24 R Johnson C: 5 3 players tied E: 1 Danso/Kah
REAL SALT LAKE 1 Eduardo Fernandez (GK) 2 Tony Beltran (DF) 3 Kwame Watson-Siriboe (DF) 4 Aaron Maund (DF) 5 Kyle Beckerman (MF) 6 Nat Borchers (DF) 7 Lovel Palmer (MF) 8 Joao Plata (FW) 10 Robbie Findley (FW) 11 Javier Morales (MF) 12 Cole Grossman (MF) 13 Olmes Garcia (FW) 14 Yordany Alvarez (MF) 15 Alvaro Saborio (FW) 16 Carlos Salcedo (DF) 17 Chris Wingert (DF) 18 Nick Rimando (GK) 19 Enzo Martinez (MF) 20 Ned Grabavoy (MF) 21 Luis Gil (MF) 22 David Viana (MF) 23 Khari Stephenson (MF) 24 Jeff Attinella (GK) 25 Rich Balchan (DF) 26 Sebastian Velasquez (MF) 27 John Stertzer (MF) 28 Chris Schuler (DF) 29 Abdoulie Mansally (MF) 44 Brandon McDonald (DF) 45 Josh Saunders (GK) 46 Benji Lopez (FW) 49 Devon Sandoval (FW) PORTLAND TIMBERS 1 Donovan Ricketts (GK) 2 Ryan Miller (DF) 4 Will Johnson (MF) 5 Michael Harrington (DF) 6 Darlington Nagbe (MF) 7 Sal Zizzo (FW) 8 Diego Valeri (MF) 9 Ryan Johnson (FW) 10 Frederic Piquionne (FW) 11 Kalif Alhassan (MF) 12 David Horst (DF) 13 Jack Jewsbury (MF) 14 Ben Zemanski (MF) 15 Steven Evans (MF) 16 Brent Richards (FW) 17 Michael Nanchoff (MF) 19 Bright Dike (FW) 20 Jose Valencia (FW) 21 Diego Chara (MF) 22 Rodney Wallace (DF) 23 Alvas Powell (DF) 24 Sebastian Rincon (FW) 25 Dylan Tucker-Gangnes (DF) 27 Mikael Silvestre (DF) 30 Milos Kocic (GK) 31 Rauwshan McKenzie (DF) 35 Andrew Jean-Baptiste (DF) 44 Pa Modou Kah (DF) 90 Jake Gleeson (GK) 98 Mamadou Danso (DF)
GOALSCORING RECORD GOALS SCORED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG RSL 27 4 7 9 5 2 48 1.78 POR 25 5 8 7 5 0 37 1.48 GOALS ALLOWED IN GAME GP 0 1 2 3 4+ TOT AVG RSL 27 9 9 5 2 2 33 1.22 POR 25 9 8 6 2 0 26 1.04 GOALS BY INTERVALS GOALS SCORED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 RSL 48 4 2 12 7 4 19 POR 37 2 5 5 11 4 10 GOALS ALLOWED Total 1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 RSL 33 6 2 3 6 5 11 POR 26 4 8 2 6 2 4
REAL SALT LAKE v PORTLAND TIMBERS
(August 30, Rio Tinto Stadium, 8 p.m. MT -- MLS Game 243)
REAL SALT LAKE 2013 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Eduardo Fernandez GK 6-3 170 12/16/1992 Guadalajara, Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Tony Beltran DF 5-8 150 10/11/1987 Claremont, CA 20 20 0 1 130 119 0 6 3 Kwame Watson-Siriboe DF 6-3 196 11/13/1986 Chino Hills, CA 7 7 0 0 29 24 0 0 4 Aaron Maund DF 6-1 185 09/19/1990 Dorchester, MA 3 3 0 0 18 12 0 0 5 Kyle Beckerman MF 5-11 165 04/23/1982 Crofton, MD 20 20 4 4 319 290 32 41 6 Nat Borchers DF 6-2 175 04/13/1981 Tucson, AZ 22 22 1 2 250 249 11 6 7 Lovel Palmer DF 5-10 160 08/30/1984 Mandeville, Jamaica 13 11 0 0 92 81 3 2 8 Joao Plata FW 5-2 135 03/01/1992 Guayaquil, Ecuador 23 15 2 6 59 43 5 11 10 Robbie Findley FW 5-9 165 08/04/1985 Phoenix, AZ 19 14 6 2 124 76 37 15 11 Javier Morales MF 5-9 165 01/10/1980 Buenos Aires, Argentina 23 21 6 9 150 136 26 52 12 Cole Grossman MF 6-0 165 04/10/1989 Sacramento, CA 3 1 1 0 15 6 2 0 13 Olmes Garcia FW 6-0 175 10/21/1992 Barranquilla, Colombia 20 7 5 4 20 7 5 4 14 Yordany Alvarez MF 5-10 165 05/24/1985 Cienfuegos, Cuba 14 8 1 0 34 17 1 0 15 Alvaro Saborio FW 6-0 170 03/25/1982 San Carlos, Costa Rica 12 11 9 2 93 82 49 11 16 Carlos Salcedo DF 6-1 170 09/29/1993 Guadalajara, Mexico 10 9 0 0 10 9 0 0 17 Chris Wingert DF 5-10 170 06/16/1982 Babylon, NY 15 15 0 0 233 201 1 13 18 Nick Rimando GK 5-9 184 06/17/1979 Montclair, CA 21 21 0 1 340 340 0 7 19 Enzo Martinez MF 5-7 160 09/29/1990 Montevideo, Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Ned Grabavoy MF 5-7 150 07/01/1983 Joliet, IL 25 23 5 4 213 162 13 24 21 Luis Gil MF 5-8 150 11/14/1993 Garden Grove, CA 23 18 4 3 77 51 7 6 23 Khari Stephenson MF 6-1 185 01/18/1981 Kingston, Jamaica 17 8 1 1 95 57 9 9 24 Jeff Attinella GK 6-2 190 09/29/1988 Clearwater, FL 4 3 0 0 4 3 0 0 25 Rich Balchan DF 6-0 165 01/18/1989 Ann Arbor, MI 0 0 0 0 19 18 1 0 26 Sebastian Velasquez MF 5-11 155 02/11/1991 Medellin, Colombia 17 8 0 3 26 13 0 3 27 John Stertzer MF 6-0 170 10/04/1990 Oakton, VA 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 28 Chris Schuler DF 6-4 185 09/09/1987 St. Louis, MO 12 12 0 0 46 38 2 1 29 Abdoulie Mansally DF 5-10 165 01/27/1989 Banjul, Gambia 12 7 0 1 106 58 7 6 44 Brandon McDonald DF 6-1 185 01/16/1986 Phoenix, AZ 14 13 0 1 139 128 7 9 45 Josh Saunders GK 6-4 210 03/02/1981 Grants Pass, OR 3 3 0 0 59 56 0 0 46 Benji Lopez FW 6-0 165 02/16/1995 San Diego, CA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 Devon Sandoval FW 6-1 185 06/16/1991 Albuquerque, NM 14 8 2 0 14 8 2 0 HEAD COACH : Jason Kreis 12/29/1972 W87 L69 T55
PORTLAND TIMBERS 2013 CAREER No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Birthplace GP GS G A GP GS G A 1 Donovan Ricketts GK 6-4 210 07/06/1977 St. James, Jamaica 24 24 0 0 127 127 0 0 2 Ryan Miller DF 5-11 165 12/14/1984 Barrington, IL 7 4 0 0 7 4 0 0 4 Will Johnson MF 5-10 155 01/21/1987 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 20 20 6 3 140 125 16 11 5 Michael Harrington DF 6-0 170 01/24/1986 Greenville, NC 24 24 0 0 173 152 5 14 6 Darlington Nagbe FW 5-9 165 07/19/1990 Monrovia, Liberia 25 25 7 3 86 77 15 7 7 Sal Zizzo FW 5-11 165 04/03/1987 San Diego, CA 5 0 0 0 65 27 1 8 8 Diego Valeri MF 5-10 165 05/01/1986 Buenos Aires, Argentina 23 23 5 11 23 23 5 11 9 Ryan Johnson FW 6-1 180 11/26/1984 Kingston, Jamaica 24 20 8 4 176 135 35 24 10 Frederic Piquionne FW 6-2 170 12/08/1978 Noumea, New Caledonia 19 7 1 5 19 7 1 5 11 Kalif Alhassan FW 5-10 160 10/15/1990 Accra, Ghana 21 9 1 3 69 46 2 11 12 David Horst DF 6-4 200 10/25/1985 Pine Grove, PA 2 2 0 0 42 35 1 0 13 Jack Jewsbury DF 6-0 185 04/13/1981 Joplin, MO 20 20 0 1 278 224 24 33 14 Ben Zemanski DF 5-11 150 05/12/1988 Akron, OH 20 8 1 2 92 66 3 9 15 Steven Evans MF 6-1 180 09/19/1991 Portland, OR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Brent Richards FW 5-10 165 05/20/1990 Camas, WA 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 17 Michael Nanchoff MF 5-8 150 09/24/1988 North Royalton, OH 1 0 0 0 15 2 0 0 19 Bright Dike FW 6-1 223 02/02/1987 Edmond, OK 0 0 0 0 23 9 6 0 20 Jose Adolfo Valencia FW 6-1 180 12/18/1991 Bogota, Colombia 14 0 1 0 14 0 1 0 21 Diego Chara MF 5-8 150 04/05/1986 Valle del Cauca, Colombia 22 22 0 3 78 77 2 7 22 Rodney Wallace FW 5-10 160 06/17/1988 San Jose, Costa Rica 19 14 5 5 102 86 11 13 23 Alvas Powell DF 6-0 165 07/18/1994 4 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 24 Sebastian Rincon FW 6-1 170 01/14/1994 Cali, Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Dylan Tucker-Gangnes DF 6-3 190 10/03/1989 Bainbridge Island, WA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Milos Kocic GK 6-4 200 06/04/1985 Leskovac, Yugoslavia 1 1 0 1 42 39 0 1 31 Rauwshan McKenzie DF 6-1 185 11/19/1986 Hartford, CT 0 0 0 0 31 28 0 1 35 Andrew Jean-Baptiste DF 6-2 205 06/16/1992 Brooklyn, NY 23 19 1 1 28 23 2 1 44 Pa Modou Kah DF 6-1 175 07/30/1980 Banjul, Gambia 12 12 0 0 12 12 0 0 90 Jake Gleeson GK 6-3 200 06/26/1990 Palmerston North, New Zealand 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 98 Mamadou Danso DF 6-3 185 04/27/1983 Serekunda, Gambia 10 9 0 0 44 41 3 0 HEAD COACH : Caleb Porter
02/18/1975 W9 L4 T12
REAL SALT LAKE vs PORTLAND TIMBERS RIO TINTO STADIUM, Sandy, Utah August 30, 2013 (WEEK 27, MLS Game #243)
8 p.m. MT (NBC SN)
Real Salt Lake and the Portland Timbers meet for the second time in nine days in a critical match for both clubs in the chase for Western Conference playoff positions when they clash Friday night at Rio Tinto Stadium before an NBC Sports Network audience. RSL still hold the top spot in the division and the MLS overall table following their dominant 40 win against Columbus last weekend, while the Timbers started their road swing with a 1-0 loss at archrival Seattle. A stoppage-time goal – after going a man down – pulled RSL back into a 3-3 tie in Portland on Aug. 21. REFEREE: Baldomero Toledo. AR1 (bench): Corey Rockwell; AR2 (opposite): C.J. Morgante; 4th: Robert Sibiga MLS Career: 161 games; FC/gm: 25.1; Y/gm: 3.4; R: 59; pens: 61 DISABLED LIST: none SUSPENDED: POR: Pa Modou Kah (caution accumulation; through Sept. 1) WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: POR: Ben Zemanski SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: RSL: Ned Grabavoy, Olmes Garcia, Lovel Palmer, Yordany Alvarez, Chris Wingert, Javier Morales … POR: Andrew Jean-Baptiste, Will Johnson INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (6 meetings): Real 3 wins, 12 goals … Timbers 1 win, 8 goals … Ties 2 AT SALT LAKE (3 meetings): Real 2 wins, 6 goals … Timbers 0 wins, 2 goals … Ties 1 FUTURE MATCH: 10/19: Portland Timbers vs. Real Salt Lake, 7:30 p.m. PT The teams are meeting for the second time in league play this season, within a nine-day span. They reached a wild 3-3 draw Aug. 21 at Jeld-Wen Field as Cole Grossman scored deep in stoppage time to pull a 10-man RSL back into a 3-3 draw. The Timbers have won once in six league meetings all-time – a 1-0 win in the first encounter between the clubs, April 30, 2011 in Portland. The teams also played in a U.S. Open Cup semifinal Aug. 7 at Rio Tinto Stadium. Alvaro Saborio scored in the seventh minute and Joao Plata netted in the 78th to lead RSL to a 2-1 victory; Diego Valeri scored a late stoppage time goal for Portland. LAST MEETING (MLS) 8/21: POR 3, RSL 3 (Wallace 24; Valeri 57; Alhassan 86 – Borchers 38; Morales 43; Grossman 93+) Portland struck first in the 24th minute when Diego Valeri picked out Rodney Wallace at the top of the six on a free kick from the left, and Wallace sent a clinical header past RSL goalkeeper Jeff Attinella. But RSL found the equalizer in the 38th minute after a Javier Morales cross found Joao Plata in the box. Plata saw his shot stopped by Portland ‘keeper Donovan Ricketts, but Nat Borchers was on the spot to tap home the rebound from close range. Real pulled ahead just before halftime when Morales got tangled up with Portland defender Andrew JeanBaptiste, leading referee Ricardo Salazar to point to the spot, where Morales easily converted. But the Timbers pulled level in the 56th minute after defender Brandon McDonald was called for a handball in the box, and Diego Valeri calmly converted the spot kick. With 11 minutes to play, RSL went a man down when Yordany Alvarez saw a straight red card for a hard tackle on Diego Chara. The Timbers took advantage four minutes from the end when a cross from the left fell right to the feet of Kalif Alhassan off an RSL defender, and he blasted home from 12 yards out. Yet Real had one final answer. A low pass from the right flank was cleared by Jean-Baptiste -- but only as far as Cole Grossman, and he stroked home a low shot inside the right post from the edge of the box. PORTLAND TIMBERS (4-2-1-3): Donovan Ricketts - Alvas Powell, Pa Modou Kah, Andrew Jean-Baptiste, Michael Harrington - Diego Chara, Ben Zemanski - Diego Valeri (Ryan Miller 88) - Darlington Nagbe (Kalif Alhassan 78), Ryan Johnson (Jose Adolfo Valencia 63), Rodney Wallace. REAL SALT LAKE (4-3-1-2): Jeff Attinella - Tony Beltran, Brandon McDonald, Nat Borchers, Chris Wingert Ned Grabavoy, Yordany Alvarez (ejected 79), Khari Stephenson (Luis Gil 62) - Javier Morales - Robbie Findley (Olmes Garcia 75), Joao Plata (Cole Grossman 82).
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REAL SALT LAKE Real Salt Lake rolled to their first victory in three weeks in league play, cruising to a 4-0 victory against the Columbus Crew on Saturday evening at Rio Tinto Stadium. RSL lead the Western Conference and MLS overall table with 45 points from 26 games. LAST MATCH Real took the lead first-half stoppage time through some good fortune. A Javier Morales free kick from about 10 yards outside the box went directly at the wall, but deflected through it and off Kyle Beckerman into the net. Crew goalkeeper Matt Lampson was wrong-footed and could only watch the ball go past after the deflection. Six minutes after halftime, the lead was doubled when Olmes Garcia sent a cross across the box and Devon Sandoval easily slotted home. Real Salt Lake made it 3-0 in the 82nd minute, Luis Gil showing some slick movement in fooling a defender before tucking a shot past Lampson. Beckerman capped off his brace in the 89th minute with a one-time finish from 12 yards out after a centering pass from the left deflected off a defender. The Crew finished the game a man down when Federico Higuain was ejected after receiving his second yellow card of the night during second-half stoppage time. RSL head coach Jason Kreis made six changes to the team that came back for a 3-3 draw with the Portland Timbers at Jeld-Wen Field. Nick Rimando came in between the posts for Jeff Attinella, Carlos Salcedo started in central defense for Brandon McDonald, Luis Gil and Kyle Beckerman came into the midfield in place of Khari Stephenson and the suspended Yordany Alvarez, and Olmes Garcia and Devon Sandoval started up top for Robbie Findley and Joao Plata. REAL SALT LAKE (4-3-1-2): Nick Rimando - Tony Beltran, Carlos Salcedo, Nat Borchers, Chris Wingert - Luis Gil, Kyle Beckerman, Ned Grabavoy (Cole Grossman 87) - Javier Morales - Olmes Garcia (Robbie Findley 62), Devon Sandoval (Sebastian Velasquez 81). TEAM NEWS RSL scored a season-high four goals for a second time this season, also netting four in a 4-1 win against Chivas USA on May 19 in Carson. “I thought it was the most complete performance we’ve had in a match this year, and it comes at the right time because we’re at our most critical stretch,” said Real head coach Jason Kreis. “We have a lot to play for and a lot to look forward to. We needed to put some confidence behind our boot and that’s exactly what we got." Real have scored goals in 18 consecutive games, hitting for multiple goals in 14 of those. They’ve hit for three or more goals on seven occasions. “That same situation, where I think we made five or six changes from Wednesday to Saturday, and we get the right number of fresh players on the field, it’s how we can play a high intensity match like we played,” said Kreis. “Big credit to the guys that played three 90’s, but also credit to all of the fresh players who contributed.” Kyle Beckerman scored two goals in a game for just the second time in his 14-year MLS career. Beckerman also scored twice April 12, 2008, for RSL vs. D.C. United. “Goals are just fun. They’re fun to score. It’s a great feeling after it happens, and it’s always good to get on the stat line to help the team in that way,” Beckerman said. “We’re just going to continue to try and get better. I think that we can get even better than we were tonight and keep improving, keep our head down, keep working hard and get ready for the playoffs.” Luis Gil scored his first goal since July 3, adding to his single-season career-high with his fourth goal this season. “I feel like personally I have been more committed defensively, but my offense has been coming around. I think just lately I have been getting more into the attack and getting some chances to score besides with my head,” Gil said. “ … But now, I am more comfortable and starting to concentrate on going forward, putting myself in position to score goals.” Making his first start since June 29 in a league game, Devon Sandoval scored his second MLS goal. He had made just one appearance in the intervening eight MLS matches. “I’ve never been even close to coaching a team having five forwards I really believe in,” Kreis said. “I’m extremely happy with them.” PORTLAND TIMBERS The Portland Timbers suffered their second consecutive defeat on the road, dropping a 1-0 decision to archrival Seattle Sounders FC on Sunday evening at CenturyLink Field. The Timbers are in a tie for third place in the Western Conference with 39 points from 25 matches. LAST MATCH The game's only goal came right on the hour. Mauro Rosales whipped in a free kick from out on the left flank and Eddie Johnson sent a perfect glancing header into the back of the net. Michael Gspurning was called upon to make four saves, including a pair of crucial stops in the dying minutes of the game, for the shutout.
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Timbers head coach Caleb Porter made two changes to the team that reached a 3-3 tie with Real Salt Lake at Jeld-Wen Field. Jack Jewsbury and Kalif Alhassan came into the team in place of Diego Chara and Ben Zemanski. PORTLAND TIMBERS (4-1-4-1): Donovan Ricketts - Alvas Powell (Sal Zizzo 81), Pa Modou Kah, Andrew Jean-Baptiste, Michael Harrington - Jack Jewsbury (Ben Zemanski 86) - Darlington Nagbe, Kalif Alhassan, Diego Valeri, Rodney Wallace - Ryan Johnson (Jose Adolfo Valencia 61). TEAM NEWS The Timbers saw their road winless streak extended to six games in the loss at Seattle. The Timbers are undefeated in their last 10 games in Portland. “I thought at times we were the better team. But, in the end, we're going to keep suffering if we don't find goals and if we don't continue to sort out set pieces,” said Timbers head coach Caleb Porter. “This game will continue to be cruel and we'll continue to leave games feeling disappointed unless we find goals and unless we stop goals.” While Portland has the best record after allowing the first goal this season, with 10 points from 10 games where they’ve conceded the opener, all four of their losses have come in those matches. “Once they scored the first goal, to some extent, they had more time and space to operate, which is to be expected, because we're now pushing through to try and level it,” Porter said. “But up to that point, we really looked to be the team that was in control, the team that was pushing the game, the team that was going to be in a position to win the game.” The Timbers allowed a sixth goal this season from a free kick, second-most in MLS (behind the LA Galaxy’s 7). They’ve allowed eight goals from deadball situations, tied for third-most in the league. “With the way we play, with the way we built this team, with depth we have, with the mental toughness we have, with the fighting spirit we have in this locker room, we will go into every game, we will have the ball, we'll be tough to break down defensively and we'll be in positions to score goals,” said Porter. “And yet, we won't win unless we find goals and we won't win unless we stop teams from executing set pieces.” “I thought we were fantastic,” fullback Michael Harrington said. “They really didn’t have much at all. It’s one of the most talented, if not the most talented front lines in the league, and I don’t think they really had much at all.” With Will Johnson still sidelined, for a third consecutive match, with a shoulder injury, and Diego Chara suspended, Kalif Alhassan was inserted into the starting lineup for the first time since July 19. Jack Jewsbury also came back into the first team after not featuring in either of the last two matches, vs. FC Dallas and Real Salt Lake. “I haven’t talked about injuries all season long because that’s just not my style to make excuses,” Porter said. “I could make excuses going into every game because we’ve had injuries almost every single game. In the end, nobody cares if you have injuries; they want you to figure it out.”
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2013 REAL SALT LAKE STATISTICS (13-8-6, 45 pts.) UNF POS PLAYER 15 F Alvaro Saborio 11 M Javier Morales 10 F Robbie Findley 13 F Olmes Garcia 20 M Ned Grabavoy 5 M Kyle Beckerman 21 M Luis Gil 8 F Joao Plata 49 F Devon Sandoval 6 D Nat Borchers 23 M Khari Stephenson 14 M Yordany Alvarez 12 M Cole Grossman 26 M Sebastian Velasquez 2 D Tony Beltran 29 D Abdoulie Mansally 44 D Brandon McDonald (TOT) 44 D Brandon McDonald (RSL) 18 G Nick Rimando 24 G Jeff Attinella 4 D Aaron Maund 7 D Lovel Palmer 16 D Carlos Salcedo 45 G Josh Saunders 28 D Chris Schuler 27 M John Stertzer 3 D Kwame Watson-Siriboe 17 D Chris Wingert 25 D Rich Balchan 1 G Eduardo Fernandez 46 F Benji Lopez 19 M Enzo Martinez Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals
GP 12 23 19 20 25 20 23 23 14 22 17 14 3 17 20 12 14 2 21 4 3 13 10 3 12 2 7 15 0 0 0 0
GS 11 21 14 7 23 20 18 15 8 22 8 8 1 8 20 7 13 2 21 3 3 11 9 3 12 0 7 15 0 0 0 0
MIN 991 1885 1041 832 2130 1741 1552 1336 704 1980 718 747 88 784 1789 669 1145 180 1890 309 270 940 811 231 1080 33 630 1285 0 0 0 0
27 27
27 27
2430 2430
G 9 6 6 5 5 4 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 48 33
A 2 9 2 4 4 4 3 6 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 42 39 31 29 20 40 29 43 17 5 19 7 2 17 7 4 12 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 3 2 1 5 0 0 0 0
SOG 16 15 14 13 8 17 12 16 8 2 7 3 1 5 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
FC 18 19 5 22 35 21 15 12 6 10 15 19 1 14 13 23 14 3 0 0 5 13 12 0 9 1 10 19 0 0 0 0
FS 12 66 23 22 49 13 13 12 10 13 3 6 1 15 16 9 6 1 0 1 1 6 3 1 6 0 3 2 0 0 0 0
OFF 14 6 8 7 3 0 1 9 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CK 0 95 0 0 5 10 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 1 3 1 4 4 5 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 3 1 0 2 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
43 33
369 328
143 130
320 328
328 320
54 50
131 143
45 47
5 3
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Javier Morales 3, Alvaro Saborio 2, Luis Gil 2, Olmes Garcia 2 Kyle Beckerman 2, Joao Plata 1, Yordany Alvarez 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Joao Plata 2, Olmes Garcia 2, Kyle Beckerman 2, Sebastian Velasquez 1 Alvaro Saborio 1, Nick Rimando 1, Javier Morales 1, Ned Grabavoy 1 Tony Beltran 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Alvaro Saborio 3-4, Javier Morales 2-2 REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP 18 G Nick Rimando 21 45 G Josh Saunders 3 24 G Jeff Attinella 4 Team totals 27 Opponent totals 27
GS 21 3 3 27 27
MIN 1890 231 309 2430 2430
SHTS 89 18 23 130 143
SV 67 13 13 93 93
GA 20 4 9 33 48
GAA 0.95 1.56 2.62 1.22 1.78
PG 1 0 3 4 5
PA 3 0 3 6 6
W 12 1 0 13 8
* = Played with other teams in 2013. Only Real Salt Lake statistics listed here.
L 5 1 2 8 13
T 4 1 1 6 6
SO 8 0 0 9 4
2013 PORTLAND TIMBERS STATISTICS (9-4-12, 39 pts.) UNF POS PLAYER 9 F Ryan Johnson 6 F Darlington Nagbe 4 M Will Johnson 8 M Diego Valeri 22 F Rodney Wallace 10 F Frederic Piquionne 11 F Kalif Alhassan 14 D Ben Zemanski 35 D Andrew Jean-Baptiste 20 F Jose Adolfo Valencia 21 M Diego Chara 13 D Jack Jewsbury 30 G Milos Kocic 98 D Mamadou Danso 5 D Michael Harrington 12 D David Horst 44 D Pa Modou Kah 2 D Ryan Miller 17 M Michael Nanchoff 23 D Alvas Powell 1 G Donovan Ricketts 27 D Mikael Silvestre 7 F Sal Zizzo 19 F Bright Dike 15 M Steven Evans 90 G Jake Gleeson 31 D Rauwshan McKenzie 16 F Brent Richards 24 F Sebastian Rincon 25 D Dylan Tucker-Gangnes Own-goals received Team totals Opponent totals
GP 24 25 20 23 19 19 21 20 23 14 22 20 1 10 24 2 12 7 1 4 24 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GS 20 25 20 23 14 7 9 8 19 0 22 20 1 9 24 2 12 4 0 4 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIN 1642 2077 1800 1903 1333 755 799 900 1872 211 1927 1700 90 820 2141 108 1001 350 8 324 2160 688 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 25
25 25
2250 2250
G 8 7 6 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 37 26
A 4 3 3 11 5 5 3 2 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 37 47 41 62 32 28 19 8 14 9 7 12 0 6 3 0 5 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SOG 21 20 15 21 11 8 6 2 5 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FC 22 6 20 30 20 19 15 18 26 8 51 20 0 14 23 4 16 4 1 3 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FS 26 55 30 38 10 12 19 6 14 5 26 10 0 4 20 1 14 3 0 3 6 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OFF 24 4 1 6 7 12 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CK 0 1 25 91 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 2 1 3 2 2 0 0 5 3 1 5 0 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 19
334 327
119 106
331 333
333 331
70 39
132 128
36 30
2 3
GAME-WINNING GOALS: Rodney Wallace 3, Darlington Nagbe 2, Frederic Piquionne 1, Will Johnson 1 Ryan Johnson 1, Andrew Jean-Baptiste 1 GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: Diego Valeri 3, Diego Chara 2, Rodney Wallace 1, Frederic Piquionne 1 Will Johnson 1, Ryan Johnson 1, Jack Jewsbury 1, Kalif Alhassan 1 PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Will Johnson 2-2, Diego Valeri 1-1 PORTLAND TIMBERS INDIVIDUAL GOALKEEPING UNF POS GOALKEEPER GP GS 1 G Donovan Ricketts 24 24 30 G Milos Kocic 1 1 Team totals 25 25 Opponent totals 25 25
MIN 2160 90 2250 2250
SHTS 99 7 106 119
SV 73 5 78 81
GA 24 2 26 37
GAA 1.00 2.00 1.04 1.48
PG 4 0 4 3
PA 5 0 5 3
W 9 0 9 4
* = Played with other teams in 2013. Only Portland Timbers statistics listed here.
L 4 0 4 9
T 11 1 12 12
SO 9 0 9 5
REAL SALT LAKE 2013 SCHEDULE DAY Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat.
DATE Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May
3 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 8 11
OPPONENT at San Jose at D.C. United Colorado at FC Dallas Seattle at Colorado at Vancouver Chivas USA Los Angeles Vancouver at New England at Montreal
RESULT W 2-0 L 0-1 T 1-1 L 0-2 W 2-1 L 0-1 T 1-1 W 1-0 L 0-2 W 2-0 W 2-1 L 2-3
ATT. 10,525 17,072 20,370 11,181 20,359 15,226 18,612 14,900 17,655 17,480 8,040 14,578 8,125
Sun. May
19 at Chivas USA
W 4-1
Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sat. Sat. Sat.
25 1 8 22 29 3 13 20 27
T W W W W T W L L
May June June June June July July July July
Sat. Aug.
Chicago San Jose Los Angeles Seattle at Toronto FC Philadelphia at FC Dallas Sporting KC at New York
3 at Colorado
1-1 3-0 3-1 2-0 1-0 2-2 3-0 1-2 3-4
18,293 19,064 18,962 19,848 20,841 20,445 16,560 19,832 18,604
T 2-2
16,814
Sat. Aug. Sat. Aug.
10 Houston 17 at Los Angeles
W 1-0 L 2-4
19,402 24,237
Wed. Aug.
21 at Portland
T 3-3
20,674
Sat. Fri. Fri. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed.
24 30 13 21 28 5 19 23
W 4-0
18,398
Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct.
Columbus Portland at Seattle San Jose at Vancouver FC Dallas at Portland Chivas USA
W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: 1-0-0 T1 3 RSL: Saborio (71,85) 1-1-0 T2 3 DC: Pajoy (60) 1-1-1 T2 4 RSL: Saborio (80); COL: Brown (37) 1-2-1 T5 4 DAL: Castillo (70) Jackson (81) 2-2-1 T4 7 RSL: Findley (8) Gil (35); SEA: Evans (57) 2-3-1 T5 7 COL: Harris (5) 2-3-2 T3 8 RSL: Garcia (66); VAN: Sanvezzo (84) 3-3-2 T2 11 RSL: Morales (53) 3-4-2 T4 11 LA: Magee (6) Rugg (13) 4-4-2 T2 14 RSL: Gil (47) Morales (71) 5-4-2 2 17 RSL: Sandoval (77) Garcia (89); NE: Guy (51) 5-5-2 2 17 RSL: own goal (7) Beckerman (77); MTL: Martins (39) Di Vaio (80) Ferrari (93+) 6-5-2 2 20 RSL: Grabavoy (4,91+) Plata (48) Findley (78); CHV: Villafana (55) 6-5-3 3 21 RSL: Saborio (78); CHI: Amarikwa (84) 7-5-3 2 24 RSL: Morales (16) Grabavoy (33) Findley (38) 8-5-3 2 27 RSL: Stephenson (44) Garcia (84,92+); LA: Donovan (46+) 9-5-3 1 30 RSL: Beckerman (41) Findley (46) 10-5-3 3 33 RSL: Alvarez (45) 10-5-4 1 34 RSL: Gil (75) Morales (97+); PHI: Le Toux (13) Casey (76) 11-5-4 1 37 RSL: Morales (39) Grabavoy (79) Garcia (90) 11-6-4 1 37 RSL: Findley (56); KC: Saad (67) Opara (97+) 11-7-4 1 37 RSL: Saborio (45,80,82); NY: Cahill (11) Espindola (23,89) McCarty (94+) 11-7-5 1 38 RSL: Grabavoy (2) Saborio (21); COL: Brown (9) Castrillon (70) 12-7-5 1 41 RSL: Saborio (37) 12-8-5 1 41 RSL: Plata (53) Findley (95+); LA: Keane (56,67,86) Gonzalez (75) 12-8-6 1 42 RSL: Borchers (38) Morales (43) Grossman (93+); POR: Wallace (24) Valeri (57) Alhassan (86) 13-8-6 1 45 RSL: Beckerman (46+,89) Sandoval (51) Gil (83)
PORTLAND TIMBERS 2013 SCHEDULE DAY DATE Sun. Mar.
OPPONENT 3 New York
RESULT T 3-3
ATT. 20,674
Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sun. Sun. Sat.
Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr.
9 16 30 6 14 21 27
Montreal at Seattle at Colorado Houston San Jose at San Jose at Sporting KC
L T T W W T W
1-2 1-1 2-2 2-0 1-0 1-1 3-2
20,674 40,150 11,774 20,674 20,674 10,525 20,186
Thu. Wed. Sun. Sat.
May May May May
2 8 12 18
New England at FC Dallas Chivas USA at Vancouver
T T W T
0-0 1-1 3-0 2-2
20,674 10,112 20,674 19,823
Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed. Sun. Sun. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Sat. Wed.
May June June June June July July July July Aug. Aug. Aug.
25 8 15 19 23 7 13 20 27 3 17 21
at D.C. United at Chicago FC Dallas at Los Angeles Colorado at Columbus Los Angeles at Philadelphia at San Jose Vancouver FC Dallas Real Salt Lake
W T W T W L W T L T W T
2-0 2-2 1-0 0-0 3-0 0-1 2-1 0-0 1-2 1-1 2-1 3-3
14,131 15,349 20,674 23,675 20,674 15,051 20,674 18,740 10,525 20,674 20,674 20,674
Sun. Fri. Sat. Sat. Fri. Sun. Sun. Sun. Sat. Sat.
Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct.
25 30 7 14 20 29 6 13 19 26
at Seattle L 0-1 at Real Salt Lake Toronto FC at Chivas USA Colorado Los Angeles at Vancouver Seattle Real Salt Lake at Chivas USA
67,385
W-L-T POS. PTS NOTES: 0-0-1 5 1 POR: Valeri (14) Nagbe (56) own goal (83); NY: Espindola (9,24) Olave (28) 0-1-1 5 1 POR: R. Johnson (80); MTL: Camara (30) Martins (60) 0-1-2 7 2 POR: Wallace (91+); SEA: Johnson (13) 0-1-3 7 3 POR: W. Johnson (55,71); COL: Powers (18) Thomas (48) 1-1-3 7 6 POR: R. Johnson (55,73) 2-1-3 3 9 POR: W. Johnson (78) 2-1-4 T4 10 POR: Valeri (58); SJ: Jahn (92+) 3-1-4 3 13 POR: R. Johnson (24) Nagbe (33) Wallace (58); KC: Myers (1,29) 3-1-5 T2 14 3-1-6 3 15 POR: Nagbe (70); DAL: Cooper (77) 4-1-6 2 18 POR: Wallace (34) Valeri (70) W. Johnson (92+) 4-1-7 2 19 POR: W. Johnson (52) Valencia (84); VAN: Sanvezzo (24) Koffie (54) 5-1-7 0 22 POR: Wallace (21) Nagbe (57) 5-1-8 3 23 POR: Valeri (33) Zemanski (58); CHI: Magee (68) Paladini (82) 6-1-8 3 26 POR: Nagbe (52) 6-1-9 T2 27 7-1-9 T1 30 POR: Piquionne (12) W. Johnson (45) R. Johnson (84) 7-2-9 T3 30 CLB: Anor (5) 8-2-9 2 33 POR: R. Johnson (27) Jean-Baptiste (94+); LA: Sarvas (17) 8-2-10 2 34 8-3-10 T2 34 POR: Nagbe (83); SJ: Bernardez (55) Lenhart (58) 8-3-11 T2 35 POR: R. Johnson (49); VAN: Harvey (69) 9-3-11 3 38 POR: R. Johnson (26) Nagbe (33); DAL: Diaz (28) 9-3-12 T2 39 POR: Wallace (24) Valeri (57) Alhassan (86); RSL: Borchers (38) Morales (43) Grossman (93+) 9-4-12 T3 39 SEA: Johnson (60)
REAL SALT LAKE INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2013) Goals 3 Alvaro Saborio
07/27/2013
at
Assists 2 Joao Plata 2 Javier Morales 2 Nat Borchers
05/04/2013 06/08/2013 08/17/2013
vs. VAN vs. LA at LA
Shots 4 Alvaro Saborio
03/03/2013
at
NY
SJ
L 3-4
W 2-0 W 3-1 L 2-4
Fouls Suffered 6 Javier Morales Offside 3 Devon Sandoval
07/27/2013
at
NY
Goals 4 05/19/2013 4 08/24/2013
Shots 4 04/13/2013
at
VAN
T 1-1
Shots on Goal 2 03/09/2013 2 08/10/2013
at DC vs. HOU
L 0-1 W 1-0
Assists 4 05/04/2013 4 06/08/2013 4 07/13/2013 4 08/17/2013
07/20/2013
05/19/2013
vs. KC
at
CHV
W 4-1
VAN COL
T 1-1 T 2-2
Shots Faced 9 Nick Rimando
08/17/2013
at
LA
L 2-4
07/27/2013 08/17/2013
at at
NY LA
L 3-4 L 2-4
PORTLAND TIMBERS INDIVIDUAL HIGH GAMES (2013)
Shots 6 Diego Valeri 6 Diego Valeri 6 Diego Valeri
06/23/2013
03/03/2013 03/09/2013 08/21/2013
vs. COL
vs. NY vs. MTL vs. RSL
2-0 3-1 3-0 2-4
vs. SEA
W 2-1
Shots on Goal 10 03/30/2013
vs. SEA
W 2-1
T 2-2 W 2-0
W 3-0
T 3-3 L 1-2 T 3-3
Shots on Goal 3 6 times
NY
at at
Corner Kicks 8 04/20/2013 8 06/08/2013 8 06/22/2013 8 08/17/2013
vs. vs. vs. at
TOR NY
CHV LA SEA LA
W 1-0 L 3-4
W W W L
1-0 3-1 2-0 2-4
Offside 8 05/19/2013
at
CHV
W 4-1
Saves 6 04/13/2013 6 07/13/2013 6 08/03/2013
at at at
VAN DAL COL
T 1-1 W 3-0 T 2-2
at
at at
LA
NY LA
Shots 22 05/02/2013 Shots on Goal 10 03/03/2013
vs. NE
vs. NY
SEA
T 1-1
Corner Kicks 12 05/12/2013
vs. CHV
W 3-0
W 1-0
W 3-2
T 3-3 T 3-3
at
Saves 7 06/15/2013
vs. DAL
KC
Shots Faced 8 04/27/2013
at
Goals Allowed 3 03/03/2013 3 08/21/2013
vs. NY vs. RSL
KC
Fouls Committed 7 04/14/2013 vs. SJ
W 1-0
Fouls Suffered 9 05/02/2013 vs. NE
T 0-0
Corner Kicks 0 04/21/2013 0 06/08/2013
at at
SJ CHI
T 1-1 T 2-2
Offside 0 05/02/2013 0 07/20/2013 0 07/27/2013
vs. NE at PHI at SJ
T 0-0 T 0-0 L 1-2
Saves 1 03/30/2013 1 06/23/2013 1 07/27/2013
at COL vs. COL at SJ
T 2-2 W 3-0 L 1-2
Shots Faced 2 04/06/2013 2 05/25/2013 2 06/23/2013
vs. HOU at DC vs. COL
W 2-0 W 2-0 W 3-0
T 3-3
Fouls Committed 18 03/16/2013 at
Offside 8 04/27/2013
CLB
T 0-0
L 0-1
T 1-1 W 3-0 T 2-2
W 2-0 W 4-0
L 0-1
W 3-0 W 3-0
CLB
vs. NY vs. RSL
vs. SEA vs. CLB
at
vs. CHV vs. COL
at
03/03/2013 08/21/2013
Shots Faced 1 06/22/2013 1 08/24/2013
1-1 3-1 2-0 4-0
W 3-0
07/07/2013
Goals Allowed 3 Donovan Ricketts 3 Donovan Ricketts
T W W W
CHI LA SEA CLB
vs. COL
Fouls Suffered 6 Darlington Nagbe
KC
vs. vs. vs. vs.
Shots on Goal 1 07/07/2013
L 0-1
at
Saves 1 05/25/2013 1 06/08/2013 1 06/22/2013 1 08/24/2013
Assists 6 05/12/2013 6 06/23/2013
CLB
04/27/2013
W 2-0 W 2-0 W 2-1
Shots 6 06/23/2013
at
Shots Faced 8 Donovan Ricketts
at SJ vs. VAN at NE
Corner Kicks 2 03/03/2013 2 05/04/2013 2 05/08/2013
Goals 3 5 times
Fouls Suffered 20 07/07/2013
vs. DAL
L 2-3
TEAM LOW GAMES (2013)
T 1-1 T 2-2
06/15/2013
MTL
TEAM HIGH GAMES (2013)
DAL VAN
Saves 7 Donovan Ricketts
Fouls Suffered 7 05/11/2013 at
L 3-4 L 2-4
at at
at SEA vs. CHV at CHI
L 2-4
L 2-4
05/08/2013 05/18/2013
03/16/2013 05/12/2013 06/08/2013
LA
L 3-4
Fouls Committed 5 Andrew Jean-Baptiste 5 Diego Valeri
Offside 3 Ryan Johnson 3 Ryan Johnson 3 Frederic Piquionne
Fouls Committed 3 08/17/2013 at
Offside 0 5 times
Fouls Suffered 18 06/29/2013 18 07/27/2013
Goals Allowed 4 07/27/2013 4 08/17/2013
at COL vs. HOU
W W W L
Shots 25 03/30/2013
Shots Faced 11 08/17/2013
03/30/2013 04/06/2013
VAN LA DAL LA
W 4-1 W 4-0
L 1-2
at at
Assists 3 Rodney Wallace
vs. vs. at at
Fouls Committed 28 07/27/2013 at
04/13/2013 08/03/2013
Goals 2 Will Johnson 2 Ryan Johnson
at CHV vs. CLB
L 3-4
Saves 6 Nick Rimando 6 Nick Rimando
Goals Allowed 4 Jeff Attinella 4 Nick Rimando
TEAM LOW GAMES (2013)
W 2-0
Shots on Goal 3 5 times Fouls Committed 6 Abdoulie Mansally
TEAM HIGH GAMES (2013)
W 3-2
W 1-0
W 3-2
T 3-3 T 3-3
2013 REAL SALT LAKE VS. PORTLAND TIMBERS (0-0-1) UNF 6 12 11 14 24 2 10 13 21 20 44 8 23 17
POS PLAYER DEF Nat Borchers MID Cole Grossman MID Javier Morales MID Yordany Alvarez GK Jeff Attinella DEF Tony Beltran FWD Robbie Findley FWD Olmes Garcia MID Luis Gil MID Ned Grabavoy DEF*Brandon McDonald FWD Joao Plata MID Khari Stephenson DEF Chris Wingert ----------Team totals Opponent totals
GP 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GS 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
MIN 90 8 90 79 90 90 75 15 28 90 90 82 62 90
G 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
SOG 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FC 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 2 0 1 0
FS 1 0 5 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0
OFF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CK 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
E 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1
1 1
90 90
3 3
0 1
10 16
6 5
13 15
15 13
0 2
3 2
1 1
1 0
0 0
GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Javier Morales 1-1
UNF POS GOALKEEPER 24 GK Jeff Attinella ----------Team totals Opponent totals
GP 1
GS 1
MIN 90
SHTS 5
SV 2
GA 3
GAA 3.00
PG 1
PA 1
W 0
L 0
T 1
1 1
1 1
90 90
5 6
2 3
3 3
3.00 3.00
1 1
1 1
0 0
0 0
1 1
SO O'TIME 0 0-0-0 0 0
0-0-0 0-0-0
2013 PORTLAND TIMBERS VS. REAL SALT LAKE (0-0-1) UNF 8 11 22 21 5 35 9 44 2 6 23 1 20 14
POS MID FWD FWD MID DEF DEF FWD DEF DEF F/M DEF GK FWD DEF
PLAYER Diego Valeri Kalif Alhassan Rodney Wallace Diego Chara Michael Harrington Andrew Jean-Baptiste Ryan Johnson Pa Modou Kah Ryan Miller Darlington Nagbe Alvas Powell Donovan Ricketts Jose Adolfo Valencia Ben Zemanski ----------Team totals Opponent totals
GP 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
GS 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1
MIN 88 12 90 90 90 90 63 90 2 78 90 90 27 90
G 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SHT 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 1
SOG 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FC 0 0 2 5 2 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1
FS 1 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
OFF 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CK 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CP 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1
1 1
90 90
3 3
1 0
16 10
5 6
15 13
13 15
2 0
2 3
1 1
0 1
0 0
GAME-WINNING GOALS: None GAME-WINNING ASSISTS: None PENALTY KICK GOALS/ATTEMPTS: Diego Valeri 1-1
UNF POS GOALKEEPER 1 GK Donovan Ricketts ----------Team totals Opponent totals
GP 1
GS 1
MIN 90
SHTS 6
SV 3
GA 3
GAA 3.00
PG 1
PA 1
W 0
L 0
T 1
1 1
1 1
90 90
6 5
3 2
3 3
3.00 3.00
1 1
1 1
0 0
0 0
1 1
SO O'TIME 0 0-0-0 0 0
0-0-0 0-0-0
PORTLAND TIMBERS VS. REAL SALT LAKE ALL-TIME REGULAR-SEASON RESULTS Real 3 wins, 12 goals Timbers 1 win, 8 goals Ties 2 04/30/2011 10/22/2011
POR 1 vs RSL 0 RSL 1 vs POR 1
(PO) (RT)
03/31/2012 07/07/2012 09/22/2012
RSL 3 at POR 2 RSL 3 vs POR 0 RSL 2 vs POR 1
(PO) (RT) (RT)
08/21/2013
POR 3 vs RSL 3
(PO)
U.S. OPEN CUP 08/07/2013 RSL 2 vs POR 1
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Real Salt Lake 1 2 OT Tot. 6 6 0 12 41 39 0 80 17 15 0 32 35 30 0 65 4 4 0 8 12 18 0 30
Category Goals Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Offsides Corner Kicks
1 2 33 10 34 7 15
Timbers 2 OT Tot. 6 0 8 36 0 69 14 0 24 39 0 73 6 0 13 12 0 27
GOALS SCORED IN 15-MINUTE INTERVALS:
RSL POR
1-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 1 0 5 1 2 3 0 2 0 2 2 2
OT 0 0
Total 12 8
(SF, RT)
CAREER COACHING RECORDS: Jason Kreis vs. POR Caleb Porter vs. RSL
3-1-2 (1.83 pts./game) 0-0-1 (1.00 pts./game)
ALL-TIME SERIES LEADERS:
Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered
5 2 15 6 10 23
Real Salt Lake Alvaro Saborio Espindola/Morales Alvaro Saborio Morales/Saborio Chris Wingert Javier Morales
2 2 10 3 19 12
Timbers Darlington Nagbe Eric Alexander Rodney Wallace 4 players tied Diego Chara Darlington Nagbe
Wins Losses Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed
3 1 1 14 5
Nick Nick Nick Nick Nick
1 2 1 14 7
Troy Troy Troy Troy Troy
Rimando Rimando Rimando Rimando Rimando
Perkins Perkins Perkins Perkins Perkins
ALL-TIME SERIES GAME HIGHS: Real Salt Lake Alvaro Saborio (7/7/12) 8 players tied Alvaro Saborio (7/7/12) Fabian Espindola (9/22/12) Yordany Alvarez (10/22/11) Javier Morales (twice)
Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered
3 1 6 4 6 5
Saves Goals Allowed
6 Nick Rimando (3/31/12) 3 Jeff Attinella (8/21/13)
2 2 6 3 5 6
Timbers Darlington Nagbe (3/31/12) Eric Alexander (3/31/12) Diego Valeri (8/21/13) Darlington Nagbe (3/31/12) Diego Chara (twice) Darlington Nagbe (7/7/12)
6 Troy Perkins (7/7/12) 3 3 players tied
2013 W-L-T BREAKDOWNS:
At Halftime: Leading Tied Trailing First Goal: Scored Allowed Goals Scored: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 or more Goals Allowed: 0 goals 1 goals 2 goals 3 goals 4 goals
REAL SALT LAKE W-L-T Streak (started)
PORTLAND TIMBERS W-L-T Streak (started)
8-0-2 5-5-2 0-3-2
1 Ws (8/24/2013) 2 Ls (7/20/2013) 1 Ls (7/27/2013)
4-0-1 5-2-6 0-2-5
2 Ws (6/23/2013) 1 Ls (8/25/2013) 1 Ts (8/21/2013)
12-3-3 1-5-3
1 Ws (8/24/2013) 1 Ts (8/21/2013)
7-0-5 2-4-4
1 Ts (8/21/2013) 2 Ls (7/27/2013)
0-4-0 3-1-3 5-2-2 3-1-1 2-0-0
4 1 1 1 13
Ls Ws Ls Ts Ws
(3/9/2013) (8/10/2013) (8/17/2013) (8/21/2013) (8/9/2006)
0-2-3 2-2-4 4-0-3 3-0-2 0-0-0
1 1 2 1 1
Ls Ts Ws Ts Ws
(8/25/2013) (8/3/2013) (7/13/2013) (8/21/2013) (4/14/2011)
9-0-0 4-2-3 0-3-2 0-1-1 0-2-0
9 1 1 1 13
Ws Ws Ts Ts Ls
(3/3/2013) (6/8/2013) (8/3/2013) (8/21/2013) (7/9/2005)
6-0-3 2-2-4 1-2-3 0-0-2 0-0-0
1 1 1 2 3
Ts Ls Ls Ts Ls
(7/20/2013) (8/25/2013) (7/27/2013) (3/3/2013) (6/25/2011)
REAL SALT LAKE CAREER STATISTICS VS. PORTLAND TIMBERS (3-1-2) PLAYER Alvaro Saborio Javier Morales Fabian Espindola Kyle Beckerman Nat Borchers Cole Grossman Jonny Steele Luis Gil Will Johnson Chris Wingert Jean-Marc Alexandre Arturo Alvarez Yordany Alvarez Paulo Junior Jeff Attinella Tony Beltran Emiliano Bonfigli Robbie Findley Olmes Garcia Ned Grabavoy Brandon McDonald Jamison Olave Joao Plata Nick Rimando Robbie Russell Chris Schuler Khari Stephenson Collen Warner Kwame Watson-Siriboe Andy Williams Team totals Opponent totals
GOALKEEPER Nick Rimando Jeff Attinella ----------Team totals Opponent totals
GP 4 6 3 4 6 1 1 4 5 6 1 2 3 3 1 5 2 1 1 5 1 4 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 2 6 6
GS 4 6 2 4 6 0 0 1 3 6 1 1 2 3 1 5 0 1 0 4 1 4 1 5 1 1 1 1 0 1 6 6
CURRENT REAL SALT LAKE PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. PORTLAND TIMBERS (3-1-2) MIN 360 539 193 360 540 8 12 154 346 540 45 96 176 191 90 418 59 75 15 314 90 352 82 450 90 90 62 45 8 129 540 540
G 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 8
A 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 7
SHT 15 10 7 9 4 1 1 0 7 3 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 3 0 4 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 80 69
GP 5 1
MIN 450 90
SHTS 19 5
SV 14 2
GAA 1.00 3.00
PG 0 1
6 6
540 540
24 32
16 20
1.33 2.00
1 3
PLAYER Alvaro Saborio Javier Morales Kyle Beckerman Nat Borchers Cole Grossman Khari Stephenson Luis Gil Joao Plata Chris Wingert Yordany Alvarez Jeff Attinella Rich Balchan Tony Beltran Robbie Findley Olmes Garcia Ned Grabavoy Abdoulie Mansally Aaron Maund Brandon McDonald Nick Rimando Josh Saunders Chris Schuler Kwame Watson-Siriboe Team totals Opponent totals
GP 4 6 4 6 2 5 4 2 6 3 1 1 5 1 1 5 2 1 4 5 4 1 1 6 6
GS 4 6 4 6 0 3 1 2 6 2 1 1 5 1 0 4 0 1 4 5 4 1 0 6 6
MIN 360 539 360 540 19 264 154 172 540 176 90 90 418 75 15 314 51 90 360 450 360 90 8 540 540
G 5 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 8
A 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 7
SHT 15 10 9 4 1 9 0 5 3 1 0 0 2 3 0 4 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 80 69
GOALKEEPER Nick Rimando Josh Saunders Jeff Attinella ----------Team totals Opponent totals
GP 5 4 1
MIN 450 360 90
SHTS 19 23 5
SV 14 16 2
GAA 1.00 1.75 3.00
PG 0 0 1
6 6
540 540
24 32
16 20
1.33 2.00
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PORTLAND TIMBERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. REAL SALT LAKE (1-3-2)
CURRENT PORTLAND TIMBERS PLAYERS CAREER STATISTICS VS. REAL SALT LAKE (1-3-2)
PLAYER Darlington Nagbe Kalif Alhassan Diego Valeri Kenny Cooper Mamadou Danso Bright Dike Rodney Wallace Eric Alexander Jack Jewsbury Brian Umony Sal Zizzo Joseph Bendik Kris Boyd Eric Brunner Diego Chara Mike Fucito Jeremy Hall Michael Harrington David Horst Andrew Jean-Baptiste Ryan Johnson Pa Modou Kah Kosuke Kimura James Marcelin Ryan Miller Hanyer Mosquera Danny Mwanga Lovel Palmer Troy Perkins Jorge Perlaza Ryan Pore Alvas Powell Donovan Ricketts Steven Smith Franck Songo'o Jose Adolfo Valencia Ben Zemanski Team totals Opponent totals
GP 5 4 1 2 3 2 5 4 5 1 2 1 2 3 5 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 3 1 2 2 3 4 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 6 6
GS 5 2 1 2 3 0 5 3 5 0 1 1 1 3 5 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 6 6
MIN 430 190 88 155 270 69 450 278 450 10 98 90 112 270 419 22 90 90 198 180 63 90 157 120 2 105 158 230 360 138 1 90 90 135 108 27 90 540 540
G 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 12
A 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 8
SHT 7 5 6 4 2 3 10 6 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 1 0 0 4 2 1 69 80
GOALKEEPER Troy Perkins Joseph Bendik Donovan Ricketts ----------Team totals Opponent totals
GP 4 1 1
MIN 360 90 90
SHTS 21 5 6
SV 14 3 3
GAA 1.75 2.00 3.00
PG 2 0 1
6 6
540 540
32 24
20 16
2.00 1.33
3 1
PLAYER Darlington Nagbe Kalif Alhassan Diego Valeri Mamadou Danso Bright Dike Rodney Wallace Jack Jewsbury Michael Harrington Ryan Johnson Sal Zizzo Diego Chara David Horst Andrew Jean-Baptiste Pa Modou Kah Milos Kocic Rauwshan McKenzie Ryan Miller Michael Nanchoff Alvas Powell Donovan Ricketts Jose Adolfo Valencia Ben Zemanski Team totals Opponent totals
GP 5 4 1 3 2 8 16 12 10 2 5 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 6 1 7 6 6
GS 5 2 1 3 0 7 13 9 9 1 5 2 2 1 2 2 0 0 1 6 0 4 6 6
GOALKEEPER Milos Kocic Donovan Ricketts ----------Team totals Opponent totals
GP 2 6
MIN 180 540
6 6
540 540
MIN 430 190 88 270 69 585 1199 865 790 98 419 198 180 90 180 180 2 16 90 540 27 445 540 540
G 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 12
A 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 8
SHT 7 5 6 2 3 11 16 2 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 4 69 80
SHTS 9 27
SV 7 15
GAA 1.50 1.67
PG 0 3
32 24
20 16
2.00 1.33
3 1
REAL SALT LAKE v PORTLAND TIMBERS FRIDAY AUGUST 30 2013
8:00 PM MT
RIO TINTO STADIUM
SANDY, UT
REAL SALT LAKE v PORTLAND TIMBERS FRIDAY AUGUST 30 2013
8:00 PM MT
RSL v PORTLAND BROADCAST INFO
TV: NBC SPORTS NET w/ JP Dellacamera & Brian Dunseth
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RSL PROBABLE STARTERS v PORTLAND 17
RADIO: ESPN700 w/Bill Riley (@espn700bill) (ENG) & Brian Kamler (@espn700kam) (Pre-Game show at 7:30p MT) (Post-Game show at 10:30p MT) RADIO: La Gran D 102.3 FM (SPN) w/ Nelson Moran & Fernando Hortal OUT:
RSL INJURY REPORT
DF Rich Balchan (L shoulder surgery) MF John Stertzer (R shoulder surgery) DF Kwame Watson-Siriboe (R knee ACL) GK Josh Saunders (L knee ACL)
PROBABLE: DF Chris Schuler (L foot pain) FW Alvaro Saborio (R calf strain)
THIRD TIME IN 24 DAYS FOR RSL v PDX:
Friday’s nationally-televised match - only the 2nd of the year for the MLS Supporters Shield leading RSL - marks the third time these teams have met in August, with RSL winning 2-1 at Rio Tinto Stadium in a U.S. Open Cup Semifinal at Rio Tinto Stadium ... On August 7, RSL advanced to the 100th Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final by riding a 7’ header from FW Alvaro Saborio - his 2nd ever goal in Open Cup play - and a 78’ curling blast from FW Joao Plata that proved to be the difference, after Timbers MF Diego Valeri headed home the rebound of his own saved shot in the 90’ to create a tense final 4’ of stoppage ... Just last week, RSL earned a wild 3-3 draw at Portland in a game with lead changes, two PKs, a red card and a stoppage-time equalizer from an unlikely hero ... MF Cole Grossman - making just his 2nd appearance of the season, 141 days after a March concussion in Dallas - one-timed a saved Luis Gil shot in the 93+’ to salvage a 3-3 draw ... Grossman’s first-ever RSL goal brought RSL back to overcome a 78’ Yordany Alvarez red card and the absences of GK Nick Rimando (illness), Capt Kyle Beckerman (suspension) and FW Alvaro Saborio (injury) ...
CLUB SCORING RECORD SHATTERED:
By virtue of last week’s 4-0 dismantling of Columbus, RSL now has 48 goals scored on the season, two more than last year’s previous club mark ... With 7 games remaining, RSL owns a +15 goal differential, 10 shy of the league and club mark set back in 2010 (+25) ... RSL has scored in 22 consecutive games across all competitions (18 in MLS), also a club record for avoiding the shutout ...
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WINGERT
21 GIL
6
8
BORCHERS
PLATA
18
5
11
RIMANDO
BECKERMAN
MORALES
16 SALCEDO
15 SABORIO
20
2
GRABAVOY
BELTRAN
RAREFIED AIR OF SUSTAINED SUCCESS:
A win Friday would put RSL on the precipice of both the 15-win and 50-point plateaus for the fourth consecutive season, something no MLS club has accomplished in the post-shootout era ... D.C. United’s 2005/06/07 teams, as well as Los Angeles Galaxy 2010/11/12 join RSL 2010-12 as the only others to have also accomplished both feats ...
RIO TINTO REGAINING FORTRESS STATUS?:
RSL’s 4-0 win over CLB Saturday was the club’s 12th at home of the season in all competitions, improving Jason Kreis’ team to 12-2-3 (36/15 GF/GA), now 72-14-22 in its last 108 home games dating back to the beginning of 2008, Kreis’ first full season ... In that span, RSL has outscored opponents by 130 goals (206-76), with a 57-11-24 reg. season mark (168/61), 6-1-1 CCL record (17/5), 3-1-1 playoffs (5/2), 5-1-0 Open Cup (16/8) and 2-0-1 int’l exhibition (5/2) ... All-time, RSL is now 72-30-37 in MLS regular-season play during 8+ seasons at home, outscoring opponents 228-133 ... Despite 6 home losses last year and 11 in the last three seasons, as well as the Oct. 23 eliminatory draw in CCL play, it appears the #RioT magic is regained ...
LONGEST ACTIVE POSTSEASON STREAK:
RSL’s current streak of 5 consecutive MLS Cup Playoff berths is the longest active run of postseason competition ... RSL’s 5-year run ties LA, CHI, DC & KC for the 3rd-longest streak in the post-shootout MLS era, while NE had 8 consecutive years and NY 6 since 2000 ... Only the triumvirate of Western elite RSL, Seattle and Los Angeles have advanced to Playoffs each of the last four seasons ...
REAL SALT LAKE v PORTLAND TIMBERS FRIDAY AUGUST 30 2013
8:00 PM MT
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HOW DOES 2013 COMPARE?:
MLS COACHING ELITE, ALL-TIME:
Year W-L-T Pts PPG Pct GF GA +/- Finish
All-time, Kreis is 7th in points & wins but 5th in winning %, with last week’s win over Warzycha giving Jason his 87th MLS win, surpassing Bob Gansler ... The list, through games of 8/24/13:
A year ago, RSL set a new club record for wins in a season (with 17) and saw Jason Kreis’ team capture a franchisehigh 57 points, surpassing the 56 captured during the 2010 30-game season ... The team’s record points-pergame average of 1.87 set in 2010 was unassailable, while 2012’s record-setting goal haul has been shattered ... This season’s key numbers as season enters final 7 games: 2013 13-8-6 45 1.67 .593 48 33 15 2012 17-11-6 57 1.70 .566 46 35 11 2011 15-11-8 53 1.56 .520 44 36 8 2010 15-4-11 56 1.87 .622 45 20 25 2009 11-12-7 40 1.33 .444 43 35 8 2008 10-10-10 40 1.33 .444 40 39 1
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KREIS PUTS PUZZLE TOGETHER:
While much has been made of RSL’s depth - 27 players seeing first-team minutes in MLS play this season, including a club-record 26 with at least one start - a deeper look explains why RSL has been so dependent on its bench: the team has seen 27 games lost so far this year to international duty, with 58 games lost due to injury and another 10 due to suspension ... By missing six players to international duty (World Cup Qualifying, Gold Cup, U-20 World Championship), RSL has seen more players lost than any club in North America (including Santo Laguna of Mexico, that country’s main contributor to WCQ) ... The list: 6 - FW Alvaro Saborio - Costa Rica WCQ / Gold Cup 5 - GK Nick Rimando - USA WCQ / Gold Cup 5- MF Kyle Beckerman - USA WCQ / Gold Cup 5 - MF Luis Gil - US Under-20 World Cup 4 - DF Tony Beltran - USA Gold Cup 2 - DF Abdoulie Mansally - The Gambia INJURY ABSENCES: 58 games (and counting*): WatsonSiriboe 13*, Schuler 11, Wingert 9, Saborio 8, Morales 4, Borchers 3, Saunders 8*, Salcedo 2 (DF Rich Balchan & MF John Stertzer not included here) SUSPENSIONS: 10 games: Alvarez 5 (2 red/3 disc comm), Wingert 2 (2 disc comm), Beltran 1 (red), Palmer 1 (red), Beckerman 1 (caution accumulation) Only MF Enzo Martinez (currently on loan at Carolina), MF John Stertzer (who did make 2 appearances), MF David Viana (waived on June 28) and DF Rich Balchan have not yet started a 2013 MLS game ... RSL has the fortune of no games in the upcoming Sept. & Oct. FIFA windows, so while Kyle Beckerman, Nick Rimando (USA) and Alvaro Saborio (Costa Rica) might see extra travel, they will not miss any MLS contests ...
RSL boss Jason Kreis and HOU mgr Dominic Kinnear are the two young American coaches most often discussed for future USMNT and other high-profile jobs ... The duo rank 3-4 in terms of active MLS coaches in wins, winning % and points - behind SEA coach Sigi Schmid and LA coach Bruce Arena ...
COACH Sigi Schmid Bruce Arena Dominic Kinnear Frank Yallop Bob Bradley Steve Nicol Jason Kreis Bob Gansler
TM SEA* LA* HOU* SJ* CHV* NE RSL KC
W L T PCT PTS 183 126 98 .571 645 156 95 50 .604 494 124 83 98 .567 470 117 107 84 .516 435 124 94 54 .555 416 112 108 81 .507 415 87 69 55 .543 316 86 85 51 .502 305
BALANCED SLATE DOWN THE STRETCH:
Jason Kreis’ team clings to the MLS Supporters Shield lead with 45 points and a 4-point margin over Montreal - which has a better PPG - with a remaining split of 4 home / 3 away games in MLS play, with all 7 of the remaining games against Western Conference foes ... RSL will also host D.C. United in the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final at Rio Tinto Stadium on Oct. 1 ... 4 of the club’s final 7 games are against Cascadia teams, with RSL traveling to both Seattle and Vancouver in Sept., and hosting Portland on August 30 prior to traveling to PDX on Oct. 19 ... RSL’s remaining home games after Friday against the TImbers see the club host SJ, DAL and CHV ...
VARIETY IS THE SPICE OF LIFE (GOALS):
Including four Open Cup matches, the 52 RSL goals in the last 21 games have been scored from 17 different sources - by 16 different players - surpassing the club’s total number of goalscorers for the entirety of 2012 ... The latest man to newly contribute to the RSL attack was MF Cole Grossman, whose equalizer at Portland 10 days ago was the former Duke standout’s second-ever MLS goal - and his first for RSL ... RSL DF Nat Borchers also scored Aug. 7 in Portland to add his name to the list of 2013 scorers - now 16 across all competitions - as only 10 players scored for RSL in MLS, U.S. Open Cup and CONCACAF Champions League play a year ago during the 2012 season ... The most remarkable contribution could be from DF Tony Beltran and his partner at outside back Chris Wingert, as the pair each scored their 2nd career professional goals in the June 26 3-0 Open Cup win ... The pair have combined for more than 30,000 MLS minutes all-time, as Beltran also scored in a 2011 RSL Open Cup win at home (v Wilmington Hammerheads), while Wingert found the back of the net in a May 2010 win at Chivas ... During its best-ever regular-season in 2010, RSL saw goals that year from a franchise-high 16 different players ...
REAL SALT LAKE v PORTLAND TIMBERS FRIDAY AUGUST 30 2013
8:00 PM MT
FAMILIAR FACES ON THE WASATCH:
Back on August 7, prior to the Open Cup Semifinal, the return of former RSL culture-changer Will Johnson (2008-12) garnered all headlines, but another trio of Timbers once called Utah their MLS home ... FW Ryan Johnson (2006), DF David Horst (2008-10) and DF Rauwshan McKenzie (2010-11) now represent the Rose City ... Ryan Johnson was drafted by RSL back in 2006 out of Oregon State before being traded to Chicago Fire in exchange for DF Jack Stewart, while McKenzie was waived prior to the 2012 season and spent most of the last 18 months with Chivas USA ... Horst was claimed by Portland in the 2011 expansion draft by Portland, which also selected Robbie Findley before trading his rights back to RSL prior to this season ...
2012 REWIND: 3-GAME RSL SWEEP of PDX:
A year ago, RSL swept the MLS season series between the clubs, wrapping a pair of one-goal wins over Portland around a dominant 3-0 home win - courtesy of an Alvaro Saborio hat trick, at the time just the 3rd in club history ... That sweep and the Open Cup semi puts RSL at 4-1-2 all-time against PDX across all comps ... Only one other time in its 279-game MLS history has RSL gone unbeaten in three games against the same opponent in the same season, posting a 2-0-1 mark against San Jose back in 2008 ... RSL also earned 7 points in 2007 against Colorado, but also saw a loss in the clubs’ 4 total meetings that year ... This year, RSL has won both games against SEA, SJ and CHV, with an opportunity for 3-game sweeps coming in Sept/Oct ...
MORE HISTORY vs TIMBERS:
Back in 2011, RSL failed to defeat the Timbers in either meeting, dropping an 0-1 decision in its first-ever visit to Oregon, a Kenny Cooper header just before halftime dooming RSL 72 hours following the CCL Final loss to Monterrey ... On the final day of 2011, just 72 hours after Portland was eliminated from postseason contention at DC, an 89’ Futty Danso goal salvaged a 1-1 draw for the Timbers at Rio Tinto Stadium ...
DOMINANT HOME WIN A WEEK AGO:
RSL’s 4-0 home win over Columbus - featuring a brace from Captain Kyle Beckerman, and goals from both rookie FW Devon Sandoval and MF Luis Gil - was the club’s first 4-goal win at home since July 2011 (4-0 over SJ), and RSL’s first since last Sept. at Chivas (also 4-0) ... Beckerman’s brace was only the 2nd of his RSL career, last scoring twice in 2008 in a home victory over D.C. United ... Sandoval now has 5 goals in 7 starts across all comps (2 MLS / 3 Open Cup scores), while Gil and Beckerman each have 4 goals on the season, part of the 7-man group with 4+ goals so far ...
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TAKING THE SHOW ON THE ROAD:
RSL now owns 18 of its league-leading 45 points from a 5-6-3 road record through 14 road matches, still on pace to surpass the club’s 6-7-4 (22 point) mark on the road in MLS play last year, setting a new club record for road points for the historically road-weary side ... The Aug. 7 draw at POR moved RSL’s all-time MLS reg. season road mark to 30-76-34 (.322; 144 GF / 224 GA) through 140 all-time road contests in League play … Since Jason Kreis took over in May, 2007, RSL’s MLS road mark is slowly rising at 26-52-29, meaning that RSL earns a road point in over 50% of the time under Jason’s guidance ... RSL’s 5-win total on the road so far this season equals the 2011 mark and bests every year except 2012, while the 17-point total is better than any of the 2005-09 campaigns and just one win shy of the 2010/11 records of 19 points ... The new team mark of 6 road wins last year was one better than in 2011, exceeding the four achieved in 2010, and more than doubling the two earned in each of the 2007-09 seasons …
HISTORIC ROAD WINS IN 2013:
Back on July 13, Jason Kreis’ team weathered the early storm at Dallas to record a 3-0 road win, breaking its “Texas Hex” to win on Lone Star soil for the first time ever in 23 attempts, courtesy of a Javier Morales game-winning goal, heroics from Josh Saunders and Jeff Attinella in the net and insurance strikes from Ned Grabavoy & Olmes Garcia ... RSL has won 4 of its last 8 away from home (at TOR, at CHV, at NE and at DAL, with only stoppage-time stunners at MTL and at NY shocking RSL), also snapping its Canadian “donut” during the stretch, winning on June 29 in Toronto ... RSL has still never won in Washington, D.C. (9 MLS or Open Cup attempts), Philadelphia (3 draws) or Houston (0-8-1 all-time) ...
GALACTIC LOSS FOR RSL DEFENDERS:
The August 17 road loss at LA for outside backs Tony Beltran and Chris Wingert was the first of the year for RSL, the club now posting an 11-1-1 mark in MLS and USOC play when both are on the field together this season ... While 19-year old centerback Carlos Salcedo saw first-hand the genius of Robbie Keane, he is now 7-1-2 as a starter with the first team ... The lone previous blemish for both the Beltran/Wingert mark as well as Salcedo’s record came in the home May 25 1-1 decision against Chicago, when an 84’ Quincy Amerikwa goal erased Alvaro Saborio’s 80’ header ...
REAL SALT LAKE v PORTLAND TIMBERS FRIDAY AUGUST 30 2013
8:00 PM MT
RIO TINTO STADIUM
SANDY, UT
DIAMOND DEPARTURES FORTUITOUS:
CENTERBACK DIVERSITY AS WELL:
In the midfield, Javier Morales was flanked by both Luis Gil and Sebastian Velasquez ahead of D-mids Ned Grabavoy & Yordany Alvarez, with Robbie Findley deployed as a lone striker up top ...
CB COMBINATION Record Borchers / Salcedo 7-1-2 Borchers / Schuler 3-2-1 Borchers / Kwame 2-1-0 Borchers / Maund 2-2-0 Borchers / McDonald 0-0-2 Schuler / Kwame 1-2-1 Schuler / Salcedo 1-0-0 Salcedo / Kwame 1-0-0 17-8-6
For the 2nd time in 3 games back on July 13 in Dallas, RSL boss Jason Kreis rolled out an alternative to his preferred 4-4-2 diamond formation, RSL employing a 4-2-3-1 ...
Two weeks earlier, on June 29 in Toronto, choosing to put a pair of D-mids - Captain Kyle Beckerman and understudy Alvarez - behind playmaker Morales, with two speedy wingers - Joao Plata & Olmes Garcia - on either side of target man Devon Sandoval ... These departures from the 4-4-2 diamond that has become Kreis’ RSL signature are the club’s first different looks to start a game since July, 2011, in an 0-1 loss at Dallas ... With MF Yordany Alvarez suspended Aug. 17 v HOU, the idea of pairing a D-mid next to a well-traveled and potentially exhausted Beckerman becomes more difficult ... In a 4-2-1-3 rollout at home, Kreis did place Grabavoy next to Beckerman and put Plata & Garcia on either side up high next to Alvaro Saborio, the Costa Rican converting a 38’ PK for the game’s only goal, improving RSL to a perfect 3-0-0 when Kreis departs from the diamond ...
FORWARD-THINKING FORTITUDE:
By deploying that new-look 4-3-3 at home v HOU 2 weeks ago, the formation marked Jason Kreis’ 12th different strike tandem in 31 MLS/Open Cup games: 3/3 Saborio, Findley W, 2-0 (Saborio 2g) 3/9 Saborio, Findley L, 0-1 3/16 Saborio, Findley T, 1-1 (Saborio 1g) 3/23 Plata, Findley L, 0-2 3/30 Sandoval, Findley W, 2-1 (Findley 1g) 4/6 Sandoval, Saborio L, 0-1 4/13 Saborio, Plata T, 1-1 (Garcia 1g) 4/20 Saborio, Garcia W, 1-0 (Saborio GWA) 4/27 Plata, Garcia L, 0-2 5/4 Sandoval, Plata W, 2-0 (Plata 2a) 5/8 Sandoval, Plata W, 2-1 (Sandoval 1g) 5/11 Sandoval, Garcia L, 2-3 5/19 Sandoval, Plata W, 4-1 (Plata 1g) 5/25 Findley, Plata T, 1-1 5/28 Sandoval, Findley W, 3-2 (Sandoval 1g) 6/1 Findley, Plata W, 3-0 (Findley 1g / 1a) 6/8 Findley, Plata W, 3-1 (Findley 1a) 6/12 Sandoval, Garcia W, 5-2 (Sandoval 2g) 6/22 Saborio, Findley W, 2-0 (Findley 1g, Saborio 1a) 6/26 Saborio, Findley W, 3-0 (Saborio 1g) 6/29 Plata, Sandoval, Garcia W, 1-0 (Garcia 1a) 7/3 Findley, Plata T, 2-2 7/13 Findley W, 3-0 (Garcia 1g) 7/20 Findley, Plata L, 1-2 (Findley 1g) 7/27 Saborio, Garcia L, 3-4 (Saborio 3g) 8/3 Saborio, Findley T, 2-2 (Saborio 1g) 8/7 Saborio, Findley W, 2-1 (Saborio 1g) 8/10 Plata, Saborio, Garcia W, 1-0 (Saborio 1g) 8/17 Saborio, Plata L, 2-4 (Plata 1g / Findley 1g) 8/21 Findley, Plata T, 3-3 8/24 Sandoval, Garcia W, 4-0 (Sandoval 1g, Garcia 1a)
RSL has also used EIGHT different centerback pairings during its 31 MLS & Open Cup games this season, an astounding total considering the club’s 1.08 goals against average in MLS play this season ... Form Guide WTWWTWWWLW WLTWLW LWW WWLL TT WLTL W W
SPATE OF RED CARDS ONCE AGAIN:
While the club finished full strength 3 weeks ago at NY, RSL suffered its second disciplinary committee suspension in as many weeks, as MF Yordany Alvarez was suspended for his 4’ tackle on Tim Cahill ... Alvarez received a straight red in the 78’ at Portland on August 7, the club’s 5th red of the season ... RSL had seen its outside backs ejected in three of its four games prior to 7/27 @NY, with veteran DF Chris Wingert tossed in the 66’ v KC, on the heels of USMNT DF Tony Beltran seeing red in Toronto on June 29 and replacement Lovel Palmer incredulously sent to the showers on July 3 ... The Wingert ejection was the 5th of the 25-game campaign across all comps this season, as MF Yordany Alvarez was ejected after a 2nd yellow card for diving back on March 23 at Dallas ... DF Carlos Salcedo was sent off for a 2nd yellow in stoppage time on May 8 at NE, but that card was rescinded due to mistaken identity ... The Alvarez red on March 23 was RSL’s first in 18 MLS regular-season and playoff games ... RSL went through a period last season where it saw a total of 5 reds in 21 games (MLS and CCL), with 3 of those ejections coming in games at San Jose ... The club suffered an RSL-record 7 ejections in 2011, after a team-best ZERO during the 2010 campaign until Javier Morales received two yellow cards at Dallas in Leg #1 of that year’s West Semis ... All-time, RSL now has been victim of 50 MLS red cards, succumbing to a -19 goal difference in a total of 1177 minutes playing a man down … With the ejections of FW Fabian Espindola and DF Jamison Olave last April 21 at SJ, RSL was reduced to nine men for the only time in the nine-year organization’s now 274game MLS history, and just the second in 324 games overall (including MLS postseason matches, CONCACAF Champions League games and Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup matches) ...
REAL SALT LAKE v PORTLAND TIMBERS FRIDAY AUGUST 30 2013
8:00 PM MT
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RSL (USUALLY) CELEBRATES IF SABO SCORES:
LATE-GAME HEROICS MAKE RSL “BELIEVE”:
Despite the heartbreak of the 3-4 loss at NY, RSL still owns a dominating 34-6-8 all-time record in all comps when Sabo scores ... The 4th-year MLS player joins Kreis (2005 Open Cup) and Robbie Findley (2009 MLS) as the lone “hat trick heroes” in RSL’s nine-year, 328-game history across all competitions ... In all comps, Sabo now owns a team-record 64 goals in 109 games, w/ 21 gamewinning goals and 15 multi-goal matches (17 and 20 in 92 MLS games) ...
RSL
GAME-WINNERS AFTER 75’ (22 total) 93+..................... Saborio, 09/18/12 @ TAU* (1-0 W) 93+............... Borchers, 05/26/12 v DAL (3-2 W) 93+.................... Steele, 04/28/12 v TOR (3-2 W) 93+.......... Beckerman, 03/31/12 @ POR (3-2 W) 93+............ Espíndola, 04/13/11 v COL (1-0 W) 92+.......... Saborío (PK), 8/18/10 v DAU* (2-1 W) 92+ ........ Cunningham (PK), 7/29/06 v DC (2-1 W) 90’................... Talley, 8/16/06 @ CLB (2-1 W) 89’ .......................... Garcia, 5/8/13 @ NE (2-1 W) 89’............... Espíndola, 05/22/10 @ CHV (2-1 W) 88’............. Torres (OG), 7/24/09 v DAL (4-2 W) 87’.................. Johnson, 5/7/11 v CHV (1-0 W) 87’................. Findley, 7/28/08 v TOR (2-1 W) 87’................. Findley, 10/20/07 @ COL (1-0 W) 84’ .......................... Garcia, 6/8/13 v LA (3-1 W) 84’................... Saborío, 10/2/10 @ NE (2-1 W) 84’................. Findley, 8/04/07 v HOU (1-0 W) 81’................. Dunseth, 4/16/05 v COL (1-0 W) 80’.................. Morales, 6/09/10 v LA (1-0 W) 80’................ Williams, 10/14/09 v NY (1-0 W) 80’ ................. Morales, 4/11/09 v DC (2-1 W) 80’............... Cunningham, 5/20/06 v KC (2-1 W)
RSL
EQUALIZERS AFTER 75’ (24 total) 97+ ................. Morales, 07/03/13 v PHI (2-2 T) 95+ ................ Saborío, 10/23/10 @ COL (1-1 T) 94+ ............... Saborío, 04/10/10 v. SEA (2-2 T) 93+ ................. Grossman, 08/21/13 @ POR (3-3 T) 93+ .............. Borchers, 09/25/10 v. COL (1-1 T) 92+ ................ Johnson, 8/25/10 @ CAZ* (4-5 L) 92+................. C. Brown, 5/05/07 v. NY (3-3 T) 91+ ............ Leitch (OG), 7/03/09 v. SJ (1-1 T) 90’ .............. Movsisyan, 10/15/08 @ COL (1-1 T) 90’.................. Cunningham, 7/29/06 v. DC (2-1 W) 90’......................... Kreis (PK), 7/4/05 v. NY (2-2 T) 89’..................... Steele, 03/31/12 @ POR (3-2 W) 89’.................. Morales, 04/20/11 @ MTY* (2-2 T) 89’................................ Soto, 10/15/06 @ CHV (1-1 T) 89’.................................... Kreis, 4/15/06 v. NY (1-1 T) 88’............................... Kreis, 5/27/06 v. COL (2-2 T) 86’.............................. Morales, 9/19/07 v. LA (2-2 T) 83’............................ Espindola, 7/4/11 v. NE (3-3 T) 81’.................................. Kreis, 9/30/06 @ KC (3-3 T) 80’......................... Saborio, 3/16/13 v. COL (1-1 T) 78’....................... Ballouchy, 5/20/06 v. KC (2-1 W) 77’........................ Sandoval, 5/8/13 @ NE (2-1 W) 75’ ...................................... Gil, 7/3/13 v PHI (2-2 T) 75’................................ Klein, 8/16/06 @ CLB (2-1 W)
RSL’s all-time leading scorer, Costa Rican int’l FW Alvaro Saborio, returned 5 games ago and has notched 6 goals in that span, now tied for 5th in the MLS Golden Boot race after only 12 MLS appearances of the season ... After the hat trick @NY, Sabo earned MLS Player of the Week accolades after missing extended periods of time due to World Cup Qualifying, Gold Cup and injuries ...
Prior to last year’s Aug. 18 1-2 L v DAL, the two most recent losses when Sabo finds the back of the net were against LA, June 20 of last year and also in the 2011 West Final at LA ... The only loss prior to 9/24/11 at DC was the rain-soaked 4-5 loss at Cruz Azul in Aug. 2011 ... RSL is only 19-27-17 when Sabo plays and does not score, but 17-8-6 when he is unavailable due to suspension, injury or national team duty since his arrival in 2010 …
TICO SABO NO LONGER PERFECT ON PKS ...
On April 6 @COL, RSL’s all-time leading scorer & Costa Rican international Alvaro Saborio saw his 8’ PK attempt saved by Rapids GK Clint Irwin, snapping Sabo’s 12-for-12 streak of perfection from the spot ... In an RSL uniform, Sabo is now 11-for-12 in MLS games after beating Dynamo GK Tally Hall on Saturday, with a 4-for-4 mark in CONCACAF Champions League ... RSL’s last PK miss was 12 attempts earlier than that April 6 miss @COL, as FW Robbie Findley saw his spot kick on Sept. 9, 2010, saved @SEA by GK Kasey Keller in an eventual 0-0 draw ... All-time, RSL is now 33-for-38 from the 12-yd spot ... In addition to Saborio (2013) and Findley (2010), other RSL players to fail to convert are Javier Morales (2008), Alecko Eskandarian (2007) and Andy Williams (2006) ...
... BUT OPEN CUP HISTORY FROM SPOT IS:
With both Joao Plata and Javier Morales converting from the spot in the June 12 5-2 win over Charleston, RSL continues its perfect 6-for-6 penalty kick conversion rate in Open Cup play ... Joining the active duo are Will Johnson (1-for-1), Jason Kreis (1-for-1) and Jeff Cunningham (2-for-2) ...
For the 2nd time in 2 months, RSL scored a short-handed goal at the death to earn a point, this time watching MF Cole Grossman slot a one-timer inside the near post to silence the Timbers Army on August 7 ... Back in July, it was a late-game PK for Javier Morales that gave 10man RSL a comeback draw ... All-time lists for equalizers and GWG:
REAL SALT LAKE v PORTLAND TIMBERS FRIDAY AUGUST 30 2013
8:00 PM MT
CAPTAIN BECKERMAN 20th TO 300:
“KB5” is the seventh player in MLS history with RSL ties to hit 300+ appearances, joining the following as former/ current Claret-and-Cobalt players in the exclusive club (active members of the club in red): FW Jeff Cunningham (365) GK Nick Rimando (340) - RSL GK MF Chris Klein (333) MF Andy Williams (332) - RSL Head Scout MF Kyle Beckerman (319) - RSL Captain MF Carey Talley (315) FW Jason Kreis (305) - RSL Head Coach
OTHER CRITICAL MILESTONES ON HORIZON:
In addition to the recent Kreis/RSL century mark milestones, GK Nick Rimando recently became the 4th player (3rd GK) in MLS history to surpass 30,000 minutes played and has now made 340 MLS appearances (passing former RSL MF Andy Williams) ... Only Kevin Hartman (37,260) and Steve Ralston (33,142) have played more minutes than Rimando’s 30,753 ... Rimando’s next win gives him 150 in his career, extending his hold on 2nd overall (Hartman, 180), while he is now at #3 overall in saves (1,216, 148 behind 2nd-place Cannon) ... Beckerman is now #1 all-time in fouls committed with 494, surpassing former Fire/Chivas MF Jesse Marsch ... KB5 also owns sole possession of #2 in yellow cards alltime (71, 9 behind Pablo Mastroeni) ...
MORE RIMANDO MILESTONES:
The June 22 2-0 W v SEA and the 1-0 W at TOR saw Rimando become RSL’s all-time appearance leader with 191 GP in MLS reg. season, surpassing 17,000 minutes, while Saturday’s clean sheet victory v CLB gives everyone’s “homeboy” 83 RSL wins and 71 clean sheets for the Utah side ...
WALL OF THE WASATCH NICKY RIMANDO:
RSL GK Nick Rimando preserved the 3 points on May 8 by denying a Saer Sene PK during stoppage time @NE, with a yellow card accompanying an apparent handball in the box inadvertently given to the wrong player (DF Carlos Salcedo), resulting in a sending off for the 19-year old Academy product, who was cautioned for a high boot in the first half ... The saved PK was the 2nd in a span of 4 games for Rimando - he stopped Mejia in the first half of the April 20 1-0 win over Chivas ... Rimando, who extended his alltime MLS PK “denial” record to 19 career stops, has held opposing PK takers to just 41-for-60 against the former DC/MIA and current RSL netminder ... Overall, RSL ‘keepers have allowed opponents to convert only 26-of-37 attempts, with GK Nick Rimando - Major League Soccer’s most successful PK stopper - making 10 of the 11 all-time RSL stonings ... Former RSL GK Scott Garlick denied one attempt in 2006 (of the 2 he faced that season) ...
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RIMANDO 2nd-EVER TO CENTURY MARK:
In this year’s 2013 regular-season opener, RSL GK Nick Rimando became just the 2nd player in MLS history (Kevin Hartman) to reach 100 career clean sheets, as the veteran recorded shutout #100 March 3 in San Jose and #105 June 29 at Toronto, 70 of which have now come in the RSL Claret-and-Cobalt ... Rimando – now in his 14th year as an MLS standout who has started in every career appearance in goal, and who won MLS Cup in 2004 with United and in 2009 with RSL – came into MLS with the Miami Fusion ... A comparison of Rimando’s various MLS stints:
GK NICK RIMANDO Year Team Min. Games Starts Wins Losses G.A.A. Shots Saves SO SV %
00-01 02-06 MIA DC 4,302 8,956 47 98 47 98 25 41 16 36 1.55 1.22 305 476 218 355 7 29 71.5 72.2
07-13 RSL 17,495 195 195 83 51 1.05 854 643 71 73.5
MLS CAREER Playoff Reg. Season 2,477 30,753 27 340 27 340 10 149 9 103 1.20 1.21 142 1636 102 1216 11 107 70.2 72.1
RIMANDO CLEAN SHEET / ASSIST COMBO:
In that home match v VAN on May 4, RSL took the early 2nd-half lead when GK Nick Rimando watched a Nigel Reo-Coker free kick sail over his goal and quickly restarted play with a pinpoint goal kick, finding FW Joao Plata wide right 60 yards upfield ... Plata took a few touches and sent a cross onto the head of MF Luis Gil for the U.S. U-20 star’s second tally of the season ... The game-winning assist was Rimando’s 4th of his career and the 7th all-time helper in his 14th season ... However, May 4 v VAN marked only the second time the veteran combined a shutout - the 102nd of his career with a game-winning assist (8/8/09, 1-0 v SEA) ...
ALL-TIME GOAL +/- TRENDS POSITIVELY:
It took 265 all-time regular-season matches, but the May 19 4-1 victory @CHV put RSL’s all-time aggregate goal differential in MLS play deep into positive territory at the conclusion of a game, the club scoring 341 goals all-time while conceding 338 ... The May 8 loss @MTL by 2-3 score returned the club’s all-time ledger back to even, after the first-ever foray into +1 territory 3 days prior with the 2-1 win @NE ... Back on Sept. 21, 2011 in a 3-1 win at Red Bull Arena in New York, RSL briefly got its goal +/- head above water, but a late Joel Lindpere goal dropped the side to even, three days before a 1-4 road loss at D.C. United ... When Jason Kreis took over RSL four games into the club’s third season in 2007, the differential was minus-43, eventually dropping as low as minus-57 after a loss at Dallas in May, 2008 ... It took 160 regular-season matches, but RSL finally made up the difference ... Saturday’s 4-0 win in all-time game #279 puts the club at a new all-time high-water mark of +15 ...
REAL SALT LAKE v PORTLAND TIMBERS FRIDAY AUGUST 30 2013
8:00 PM MT
BECKS BRACES FOR MULTI-GOAL MADNESS:
Kyle Beckerman’s two-goal effort Saturday allowed RSL to see its 45th multi-goal individual game in RSL history, across 326 games in all competitions [MLS (279), Playoff (14), CCL (16) & Open Cup (17)], with 17 of those 45 multigoal games coming on the road … The list: G 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2
Player Kyle Beckerman Álvaro Saborío Olmes Garcia Ned Grabavoy Álvaro Saborío Álvaro Saborío Fabian Espindola Álvaro Saborío Álvaro Saborío Fabian Espindola Álvaro Saborío Álvaro Saborío Álvaro Saborío Fabian Espindola Álvaro Saborío Álvaro Saborío Javier Morales Javier Morales Álvaro Saborío Paulo Junior Will Johnson Álvaro Saborío Álvaro Saborío Javier Morales Álvaro Saborío Álvaro Saborío Javier Morales Robbie Findley Yura Movsisyan Robbie Findley Robbie Findley Yura Movsisyan Fabian Espindola Kyle Beckerman Robbie Findley Chris Brown Jeff Cunningham Atiba Harris Jeff Cunningham Jeff Cunningham Jeff Cunningham Jeff Cunningham Jason Kreis Jason Kreis
* CONCACAF Champions League
Date 08/24/2013 07/27/2013 06/08/2013 05/19/2013 03/03/2013 09/29/2012 10/06/2012 07/27/2012 07/07/2012 06/16/2012 05/26/2012 05/05/2012 10/29/2011 09/21/2011 07/23/2011 06/25/2011 03/26/2011 03/01/2011 10/23/2010 10/18/2010 09/25/2010 08/25/2010 08/18/2010 08/14/2010 07/02/2010 05/13/2010 03/27/2010 04/02/2009 07/24/2009 08/26/2009 10/24/2009 09/27/2008 08/29/2008 04/12/2008 06/23/2007 06/17/2007 04/07/2007 09/30/2006 08/09/2006 07/29/2006 06/03/2006 05/13/2006 07/13/2005 04/30/2005
& U.S. Open Cup
Opponent v CLB @ NY v LA @ CHV @ SJ @ CHV @ LA v VAN v POR @ CHV v DAL v NE v SEA @ NY v SJ v TOR v LA v CLB @ COL v CAZ @ AUO @ CAZ v AUO v CLB v NE v HOU @ SJ v CLB v DAL v CHV v COL @ SJ v COL v DC v DC @ LA v DAL @ KC @ COL v DC v CHI @ LA @ MIN v SJ
% Playoffs
Result W 4-0 L 3-4 W 3-1 W 4-1 W 2-0 W 4-0 W 2-1 W 2-1 W 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-2 W 2-1 W 3-0% W 3-1 W 4-0 W 3-1 W 4-1 W 4-1* T 2-2 W 3-1* W 3-2* L 4-5* W 2-1* W 2-0 W 5-0 W 3-1 W 3-0 W 4-1 W 4-2 W 4-0 W 3-0 W 3-2 W 2-0 W 4-0 W 2-1 L 2-3 T 2-2 T 3-3 W 4-1 W 2-1 W 3-1 W 3-0 L 4-6& T 2-2
When an RSL player scores 2 or more, the team is now 37-4-4 all-time … The loss 7/27 @NY was only the 2nd in RSL’s MLS history when a multi-goal game did not result in points for the team; besides the 4-5 loss at Cruz Azul in CCL (2010) and the 4-6 loss at Minn. in Open Cup (2005), the lone prior MLS loss came June 17, 2007, when Chris Brown’s brace @LA was wasted in a 2-3 setback ...
MORE MULTI-GOAL MADNESS:
In 109 MLS/CCL/Open Cup/Playoff games, Saborio’s total of 15 multi-goal matches more than doubles the total of #2 Jeff Cunningham (5) and Javier Morales/ Robbie Findley/Fabian Espoindola with 4 “braces” each, while “Sabo” owns the club’s lone postseason multi-goal match, coming Fall 2011 against SEA in the West Semis ... Other RSL players to score 2+ goals: Movsisyan and Kreis (2x each), along with Paulo Junior, Will Johnson, Kyle Beckerman, Atiba Harris, Chris Brown and now Ned Grabavoy and Olmes Garcia, who have each also scored 2x in a game …
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THE MYTHICAL “FIRST-CHOICE XI”:
While Kreis started the same XI in back-to-back games to open 2013, it hadn’t happened in 13 consecutive games until home games against SJ & LA in early June ... RSL rolled out the same XI just 4 times out of 41 games across all competitions last season ... How rare are back-to-back lineup duplicates for RSL? It happened only once in 45 games in 2011 (Aug 6/13) and just twice in 41 games in 2010 (June 25/July 2; July 31/Aug 7) ... Due to injuries, cards, suspensions and national-team duty a year ago, RSL boss Jason Kreis fielded his “firstchoice” starting XI for only 59 minutes last season back on May 5, a 2-1 home win over New England, a victory marred by the Will Johnson red card in the 59’ ... That occasion - the first of the year and only time in 34 MLS games in 2012, besides the July 31 CCL match at Herediano - came on nearly the one-year anniversary of the last regular-season occurance, May 7, 2011, when RSL saw Javier Morales chopped down from behind and lost until late Sept. with a horrifically broken ankle ...
ALL-TIME RSL OPEN CUP HISTORY:
With the Aug. 7 Open Cup Semifinal 2-1 home win over Portland, RSL is now 8-8-1 (PK win = draw) all-time in Open Cup-related play,, scoring 34 goals and conceding 32 … Against lower-division teams, RSL is 5-2-0 in Open Cup action after the Charleston win, losing 4-6 at Minnesota in 2005 (despite a Jason Kreis hat trick) before defeating the USL Virginia Beach Mariners 2-1 at home in 2006 and the Wilmington Hammerheads 2-0 in 2011, prior to last year’s 1-3 loss to the Minnesota Stars FC … Each of the 2005, 2006 and 2013 games against USL/NASL clubs went 120 minutes after being tied in regulation … 2013 marks the third occasion - joining 2006 and 2011 that RSL has advanced to the Quarterfinal Stage or later of the tournament, with the June 26 win over Carolina marking the first time in 100 years that a Utah side has progressed to the Semifinal stage ... In prior iterations, RSL was eliminated by MLS Western Conference rivals Colorado Rapids (2006, 0-2 at Rice-Eccles Stadium) and FC Dallas (2011, 0-2 at Pizza Hut Park) ...
THE COIN IS THE STAR:
The Oct. 1 US Open Cup Final will mark RSL’s 5th consecutive home match in this tourney, the club earning the right to host by a series of fortuitous coin flips at US Soccer HQ ... Prior to the Semifinal win over Portland, RSL had defeated a series of visiting minor-league elite en route to the semi v PDX, defeating Atlanta (3-2 aet), Charleston (5-2 aet) and Carolina (3-0 in regulation) ...
REAL SALT LAKE v PORTLAND TIMBERS FRIDAY AUGUST 30 2013
8:00 PM MT
THE RING IS THE THING:
While Real Salt Lake might not have seen much success during its first 8 runs in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, the “RSL Family” has lifted the coveted Dewar Trophy 12 times before … A trio of RSL Technical Staff members – GM Garth Lagerwey, Head Coach Jason Kreis & Asst. Coach Jeff Cassar – were all members of the 1997 U.S. Open Cupwinning Dallas Burn … RSL Assistant Coach C.J. Brown won an incredible four U.S. Open Cup titles during his 13-year career with the Chicago Fire, in 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2006 … One of his teammates in 2003 – MF Andy Williams – is now the team’s Head Scout after retiring after 2011 as the last remaining “RSL Original” from the team’s 2005 expansion year … Williams won a ring in 2003 with the Fire, as did MF Ned Grabavoy during his rookie season in LA in 2005 … Outside back Abdoulie “Kenny” Mansally won in 2007 with the New England Revolution, and actually started his RSL trial last year the day after the Minnesota loss ... MF Khari Stephenson - who has scored OT goals in each game for RSL against Atlanta and Charleston - won the LHUSOC in 2004 as a member of Kansas City ... RSL Captain Kyle Beckerman and GK Nick Rimando each played for the ring with the 2000 Miami Fusion, which lost in the final to Brown and Chicago … RSL President Bill Manning won the Open Cup trophy as a player with the 1991 Brooklyn Italians, despite a 29’ red card in the final match ...
Current RSL Open Cup finalists:
MF Khari Stephenson: 2004 (KC)* MF Ned Grabavoy: 2005 (LA)* DF Abdoulie Mansally: 2007 (NE)* MF Kyle Beckerman: 2000 (MIA) GK Nick Rimando: 2000 (MIA)
(*won title)
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ALL YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE OPEN CUP, BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK:
Dating back to 1914, the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is the oldest cup competition in United States soccer and is among the oldest in the world … Open to all affiliated amateur and professional teams in the United States, the annual U.S. Open Cup is a 100-year-old single-elimination tournament … The U.S. Open Cup is similar to domestic cup competitions popular throughout Europe, South America and the rest of the world … Cup competitions, which usually run concurrent with a country’s league season, are open in the early stages to any club that can qualify, giving local amateur teams a chance to compete against the best teams a country has to offer …
This year again guarantees the “David vs. Goliath” match-ups tournament fans have desired, as all 16 U.S.based MLS teams enter the 64-team tournament proper in the 3rd round and will take on survivors from the USL and amateur ranks … Since its inception in 1996, Major League Soccer teams have won 16 of the last 17 U.S. Open Cup titles, with Seattle Sounders FC falling just short a year ago of becoming the first-ever team to win FOUR consecutive titles, as Sporting Kansas City hosted and won in extra time over Seattle in 2012 …
MLS TEAMS IN THE “PRO ERA” OPEN CUP: Year Champion 2012 Sporting Kansas City (MLS) 2011 Seattle Sounders FC (MLS) 2010 Seattle Sounders FC (MLS) 2009 Seattle Sounders FC (MLS) 2008 D.C. United (MLS) 2007 N.E. Revolution (MLS) 2006 Chicago Fire (MLS) 2005 L.A. Galaxy (MLS) 2004 K.C. Wizards (MLS) 2003 Chicago Fire (MLS) 2002 Columbus Crew (MLS) 2001 L.A. Galaxy (MLS) 2000 Chicago Fire (MLS) 1999 Rochester Rhinos (A) 1998 Chicago Fire (MLS) 1997 Dallas Burn (MLS) 1996 D.C. United (MLS)
Score Runner-Up 2 : 1 Seattle Sounders (MLS) (aet) 2 : 0 Chicago Fire (MLS) 2 : 1 Columbus Crew (MLS) 2 : 1 D.C. United (MLS) 2 : 1 Charleston (USL-1) 3 : 2 FC Dallas (MLS) 3 : 1 L.A. Galaxy (MLS) 1 : 0 FC Dallas (MLS) 1 : 0 Chicago Fire (MLS) (asdet) 1 : 0 MetroStars (MLS) 1 : 0 L.A. Galaxy (MLS) 2 : 1 N.E. Revolution (MLS) (asdet) 2 : 1 Miami Fusion (MLS) 2 : 0 Colorado Rapids (MLS) 2 : 1 Columbus Crew (MLS) (asdet) 0 : 0 D.C. United (MLS) (5 : 4 PKs) 3 : 0 Rochester Rhinos (A)
The four 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinal Round games were played on June 26, followed by a pair of Semifinal Round games on August 7 and the Centennial edition of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final on October 1 ... For only the second time since 2006, RSL participates in the official Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup tourney, after failing to emerge from MLS qualifying rounds in 2007-10 … As has been the case in recent years, the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Champion receives entry into the 2014/15 edition of CONCACAF Champions League … Five wins to enter CCL marks path of least resistance ...
REAL SALT LAKE v PORTLAND TIMBERS FRIDAY AUGUST 30 2013
8:00 PM MT
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2013 REAL SALT LAKE MISCELLANEOUS STATS:
2013 MLS CATEGORICAL W-L-T (GF/GA):
Quickest Goals Scored:
MLS Reg. Season:
Home Road
Overall
One-Goal Games:
3-1-0
2-4-0
4-5-0
In In In In In In
1-0-1 (3/2) 1-1-0 (1/2) 1-0-1 (3/1) 3-0-0 (8/1) 0-1-1 (2/2) 2-0-0 (5/0)
1-2-0 (2/3) 0-1-1 (1/2) 2-1-0 (8/5) 1-0-0 (1/0) 1-1-0 (6/4) 0-1-2 (7/9)
2-2-1 (5/5) 1-2-1 (2/4) 3-1-1 (11/6) 4-0-0 (9/1) 1-2-1 (9/8) 2-1-2 (13/9)
vs. East: vs. West:
2-1-2 (9/5) 6-1-1 (14/5)
2-3-0 (8/9) 3-3-3 (17/14)
4-4-2 (17/14) 9-3-4 (31/19)
First 17 games: Second 17 games:
6-1-2 (15/6) 2-1-1 (8/4)
3-4-1 (11/10) 2-2-2 (14/13)
9-5-3 (26/16) 4-3-3 (22/17)
Before All-Star: Since All-Star:
6-2-3 (18/10) 5-5-1 (18/14) 2-0-0 (5/0) 0-1-2 (7/9)
11-7-4 (33/20) 2-1-2 (12/9)
2’ - Grabavoy; 8/3 @ COL 4’ - Grabavoy; 5/19 @ CHV 7’ - Ferrari (OG); 5/11 @ MTL 8’ - Findley; 3/30 v SEA
Quickest Goals Allowed:
5’ - Harris; 4/6 @ COL 6’ - Magee; 4/27 v LA 11’ - Cahill; 7/27 @ NY 11’ - Brown; 8/3 @ COL 12’ - LeToux; 7/3 v PHI 13’ - Rugg; 4/27 v LA
77’ - Sandoval; 5/8 @ NE 80’ – Saborio; 3/30 v COL 80’ - Saborio; 7/27 @ NY 93+’ - Grossman; 8/21 @ CLB 97+’ - Morales; 7/3 v PHI
RSL Equalizers after 75’:
March: April: May: June: July: August:
8-2-3 (23/10) 5-6-3 (25/23)
13-8-6 (48/33)
Scoring First: 8-1-1 Opp. Scoring First: 0-1-2
4-2-2 1-4-1
12-3-3 1-5-3
Leading at Half: Tied at Half: Trailing at Half:
5-0-0 3-1-1 0-1-2
3-0-2 2-4-1 0-2-0
8-0-2 5-5-2 0-3-2
Leading at 75’: Tied at 75’: Trailing at 75’:
7-0-1 1-1-1 0-1-1
3-0-1 1-1-2 1-5-0
10-0-2 2-2-3 1-6-1
Day Games: Night Games:
0-0-1 (1/1) 8-2-2 (22/9)
1-1-1 (4/4) 4-5-2 (21/19)
1-1-2 (5/5) 12-7-4 (43/28)
On Grass: On Turf:
8-2-3 (23/10) 4-6-1 (16/18) n/a 1-0-2 (6/5)
12-8-4 (40/28) 1-0-2 (6/5)
RSL Multi-Goal Games:
In Red: In White:
8-2-3 (23/10) 2-2-2 (12/10) n/a 3-4-1 (13/13)
10-4-5 (35/17) 3-4-1 (13/13)
3-0-1 (9/2) 5-2-2 (14/8) n/a
3-4-3 (17/16) 10-3-3 (31/16) 0-1-0 (0/1)
Opp. Multi-Goal Games:
On ABC4: On CW30: On NBC Sports: On ESPN2: On Telefutura: Opp. Local TV:
7-2-3 (22/10) 4-4-3 (21/20)
11-7-6 (43/30)
MLS Reg. Season: MLS Reserves: U.S. Open Cup: EXH Reserves: TOTALS
8-2-3 (23/10) 5-6-3 (25/23) 3-1-1 (7/5) 1-2-2 (3/5) 4-0-0 (13/5) 1-0-0 (1/0) 16-3-4 (44/19) 6-8-5 (28/28)
13-8-6 (48/33) 4-3-3 (10/10) 4-0-0 (13/5) 1-0-0 (1/0) 22-11-9(72/51)
Opp. Equalizers after 75’:
80’ 83’ 84’ 89’
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DiVaio; 5/11 @ MTL Camilo (PK); 4/13 @ VAN Amerikwa; 5/25 v CHI Espindola; 7/27 @ NY
78’ – Saborio; 3/3 @ SJ 84’ - Garcia; 6/8 v LA 89’ - Garcia; 5/8 @NE
93+ - Ferrari; 5/11 @ MTL 95+ - McCarty; 7/27 @ NY 97+ - Opara; 7/20 v KC
RSL Game-Winners after 75’:
Opposition GWG after 75’:
Saborio (3); 7/27 @ NY Saborio (2); 3/3 @ SJ Grabavoy (2); 5/19 @ CHV Garcia (2); 6/8 v LA Beckerman (2); 8/24 v CLB Espindola (2); 7/27 @ NY
RSL Multi-Assist Games:
Plata (2); 5/4 v VAN Morales (2); 5/19 @ CHV Morales (2); 6/8 v LA Borchers (2); 8/17 @ LA
Juninho (2); 8/17 @ LA Franklin (2); 8/17 @ LA
0-4-2 (8/14) 5-1-1 (17/8) 0-1-0 (0/1)
Opp. Multi-Assist Games: RSL Hat Tricks:
Saborio (3); 7/27 @ NY
Keane (3); 8/17 @ LA
Opp. Hat Tricks:
Own Goals for RSL:
5/11 @ MTL (Ferrari)
RSL Red Cards Received:
83’ - Alvarez, 3/23 @ DAL 91+’ - Salcedo, 5/8 @ NE (rescinded) 78’ - Beltran, 6/29 @ TOR 59’ - Palmer, 7/3 v PHI 66’ - Wingert, 7/20 v KC 78’ - Alvarez, 8/21 @ POR
Opp. Red Cards Received:
78’ - Silva, 6/29 @ TOR
2013 RSL AWARD WINNERS MLS Player of the Week
Week 15 - FW Olmes Garcia (2g v LA) Week 22 - FW Alvaro Saborio (3g @ NY)
MLS Goal of the Week Week Week Week Week Week
11 - MF Luis Gil (47’ v VAN) 14 - FW Robbie Findley (38’ v SJ) 18 - MF Yordany Alvarez (45’ @ TOR) 20 - MF Javier Morales (39’ @ DAL) 22 - FW Alvaro Saborio (82’ @ NY)
MLS Save of the Week Week Week Week Week Week Week Week Week
4 - DF Nat Borchers (38’ @ DAL v Castillo) 7 - GK Nick RImando (23’ @ VAN v Kobayashi) 12 - GK Nick Rimando (53’ @ CHV v Correa) 14 - GK Nick Rimando (51’ v SJ v Chavez) 18 - GK Nick Rimando (89’ @ TOR v Brockie) 20 - GK Jeff Attinella (87’ @ DAL v Nunez) 23 - GK Nick Rimando (23’ @COL v Buddle) 25 - DF Chris Wingert (67’ @LA v Donovan)
REAL SALT LAKE v PORTLAND TIMBERS FRIDAY AUGUST 30 2013
8:00 PM MT
RIO TINTO STADIUM
SANDY, UT
RSL INDIVIDUAL LEADERS (ALL-TIME) INCLUDES GAMES OF August 24, 2013 (active players in claret) GAMES PLAY / START Nick Rimando Andy Williams Kyle Beckerman Chris Wingert Nat Borchers Javier Morales Tony Beltran Fabian Espindola Jamison Olave Will Johnson
GP 195 189 171 168 167 150 130 125 120 114
GS 195 122 166 157 167 136 119 104 119 104
MINUTES PLAYED Nick Rimando Kyle Beckerman Nat Borchers Chris Wingert Andy Williams Javier Morales Jamison Olave Tony Beltran Will Johnson Fabian Espindola
MIN 17495 14792 14829 13952 11536 11767 10320 10666 9445 8658
GOALS Alvaro Saborio Robbie Findley Fabian Espindola Javier Morales Kyle Beckerman Jeff Cunningham Jason Kreis Yura Movsisyan Andy Williams Jamison Olave
GP GOALS 93 49 115 35 125 35 150 26 171 21 38 19 58 17 53 15 189 14 120 10
GAME-WINNING GOALS Alvaro Saborio Javier Morales Fabian Espindola Robbie Findley Kyle Beckerman Jeff Cunningham Andy Williams Nat Borchers Will Johnson Jason Kreis
GP 93 150 125 115 171 38 189 167 114 58
GWG 17 13 11 9 7 4 4 3 3 3
MULTI-GOAL GAMES Alvaro Saborio Jeff Cunningham Fabian Espindola Robbie Findley Javier Morales Yura Movsisyan Kyle Beckerman Olmes Garcia Chris Brown Atiba Harris Jason Kreis Ned Grabavoy
GP 93 38 125 115 150 53 171 20 60 43 58 119
2+ G GM 12 5 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
HAT TRICKS Alvaro Saborio Robbie Findley
GP 93 115
HATS 3 1
PENALTY-KICK GOALS Alvaro Saborio Jeff Cunningham Jason Kreis Javier Morales Robbie Findley Carey Talley Freddy Adu Alecko Eskandarian Fabian Espindola Will Johnson Dema Kovalenko Andy Williams Paulo Junior
GP 93 38 58 150 115 60 11 17 125 114 22 189 38
PKG 11 5 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ASSISTS Javier Morales Andy Williams Kyle Beckerman Fabian Espindola Robbie Findley Jeff Cunningham Clint Mathis Alvaro Saborio Chris Wingert 4 players tied with 9
GP ASTS 150 52 189 29 171 25 125 17 115 15 38 11 66 11 93 11 168 11
GAME-WINNING ASSISTS GP Kyle Beckerman 171 Javier Morales 150 Fabian Espindola 125 Robbie Findley 115 Andy Williams 189 Clint Mathis 66 Robbie Russell 78 Tony Beltran 130 Jeff Cunningham 38 Ned Grabavoy 119 4 players tied with 2
GWA 15 13 7 5 5 4 4 4 3 3
SHOTS / SOG Fabian Espindola Alvaro Saborio Javier Morales Kyle Beckerman Andy Williams Will Johnson Robbie Findley Yura Movsisyan Jason Kreis Jeff Cunningham
SHT 253 238 210 233 232 180 184 143 132 94
GP 125 93 150 171 189 114 115 53 58 38
PKA 12 5 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
SOG 121 99 94 89 83 77 81 65 57 52
REAL SALT LAKE v PORTLAND TIMBERS FRIDAY AUGUST 30 2013
8:00 PM MT
RIO TINTO STADIUM
SANDY, UT
RSL INDIVIDUAL LEADERS (ALL-TIME) INCLUDES GAMES OF August 24, 2013 (active players in claret) FOULS COMMITTED Kyle Beckerman Andy Williams Javier Morales Chris Wingert Fabian Espindola Jamison Olave Alvaro Saborio Nat Borchers Will Johnson Tony Beltran
GP 171 189 150 168 125 120 93 167 114 130
FC 232 198 190 179 166 154 120 111 103 104
FOULS SUFFERED Javier Morales Andy Williams Kyle Beckerman Ned Grabavoy Fabian Espindola Will Johnson Alvaro Saborio Robbie Findley Tony Beltran Carey Talley
GP 150 189 171 119 125 114 93 115 130 60
FS 345 269 159 144 135 123 116 103 97 91
CAUTIONS (YELLOWS) Kyle Beckerman Jamison Olave Chris Wingert Fabian Espindola Javier Morales Will Johnson Andy Williams Tony Beltran Nat Borchers Clint Mathis Carey Talley
GP 171 120 168 125 150 114 189 130 167 66 60
CAUT 40 31 31 25 24 23 21 16 14 14 14
EJECTIONS (RED CARDS) Jamison Olave Fabian Espindola Andy Williams Will Johnson Nat Borchers Kyle Beckerman Clint Mathis Tony Beltran Chris Wingert 18 players tied with 1
GP 120 125 189 114 167 171 66 130 168
EJECT 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
CORNER KICKS Javier Morales Andy Williams Kyle Beckerman Chris Klein Clint Mathis
GP 150 189 171 43 66
CK 525 225 100 76 52
OFFSIDES Fabian Espindola Alvaro Saborio Robbie Findley Jeff Cunningham Jason Kreis
GP 125 93 115 38 58
OFF 117 104 65 45 44
GAMES PLAYED IN GOAL GP Nick Rimando 195 Scott Garlick 31 D.J. Countess 27 Kyle Reynish 8 Chris Seitz 7 Jay Nolly 7 Jeff Attinella 4 Josh Saunders 3 Brian Kamler 1 MIN PLAYED IN GOAL Nick Rimando Scott Garlick D.J. Countess Kyle Reynish Chris Seitz Jay Nolly Jeff Attinella Josh Saunders Brian Kamler
GS 195 31 27 7 7 6 3 3 0
MIN 17495 2745 2422 685 630 585 309 231 8
GOALS AGAINST AVG.
PLAYER GP MIN SHT SVS GA GAA W-L-T SHO Nick Rimando 195 17495 848 638 212 1.10 83-64-48 71
WINNING PCT Nick Rimando
GP WON LOST TIED PCT 195 83 64 48 .542
WINS Nick Rimando Scott Garlick D.J. Countess Kyle Reynish Jay Nolly Chris Seitz Josh Saunders
GP WON 195 83 31 10 27 4 8 2 7 1 7 1 3 1
LOSSES Nick Rimando D.J. Countess Scott Garlick Jay Nolly Chris Seitz Jeff Attinella Josh Saunders
GP LOST 195 64 27 19 31 12 7 4 7 4 4 2 3 1
SAVES Nick Rimando D.J. Countess Scott Garlick Jay Nolly Kyle Reynish Chris Seitz Jeff Attinella Josh Saunders
GP 195 27 31 7 8 7 4 3
SHUTOUTS Nick Rimando Kyle Reynish D.J. Countess Scott Garlick Chris Seitz
GP SHO 195 71 8 4 27 4 31 4 7 1
SAVE PERCENTAGE Nick Rimando
GP 195
SVS 638 112 108 41 20 19 15 13
SAVES SOG PCT 638 870 74.33
REAL SALT LAKE v PORTLAND TIMBERS FRIDAY AUGUST 30 2013
1
LALO FERNANDEZ
8:00 PM MT
GOALKEEPER
RIO TINTO STADIUM
2
SANDY, UT
TONY BELTRAN
DEFENDER
HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 170 DOB: 12/16/92 HOMETOWN: El Paso, TX ACQUIRED: Signed as Home Grown Player, 1/11/12 LAST CLUB: C.A. Penarol (Uruguay) PRONOUNCIATION: LAW-lo LAST GAME: yet to appear in an RSL league match
HEIGHT: 5-8 WEIGHT: 150 DOB: 10/11/87 HOMETOWN: Claremont, CA ACQUIRED: 2008 MLS SuperDraft (1st round pick) PRONOUNCIATION: BELL - trann
Real Salt Lake’s eye towards the future was bolstered a year ago with the signing of promising goalkeeper Lalo Fernandez as the club’s third-ever Homegrown Player. The addition of Fernandez marks the second dip into the Homegrown Player well by Real Salt Lake in less than a year, following on the heels of fellow RSL-Arizona Academy product Nico Muñiz (Sept. 2011) and Donny Toia (May 2011).
After playing the second-most minutes of his career in 2011, Tony Beltran again showed why he belongs in the discussion with the best outside backs in Major League Soccer. For the second time in his career the 24-year-old made more than 20 starts and helped solidify a back line that was depleted by injuries all season long – until he unfortunately suffered one of his own, limiting his minutes in the final two months of the season.
The 20-year-old Fernandez has kept busy over the last year-and-a-half, helping the RSL-Arizona Under-18 squad begin its first season in U.S. Soccer Development Academy in
While his staunch 1-v-1 defending continued to be rock solid, the cerebral and supremely fit Beltran has also provided more consistency when jumping into the attack, his flying runs up either flank ending with dangerous service into the area more often than during his previous two seasons of play. It can’t be long until Beltran sheds the status of one of the most underrated outside defenders in Major League Soccer, but, until then, the RSL braintrust will be more than happy to unleash the mature-beyond-his-years winger upon opponents that may underestimate the UCLA product’s considerable talent and tenacity.
October 2010 and going 5-3-3 (1.00 GAA, 4 shutouts) in 11 appearances through the spring of 2011. After initially agreeing to play collegiately at the University of Wisconsin, Fernandez tacked course and tested the international waters, first spending a training stint with Mexican first division side Atlas – based in his birthplace of Guadalajara – before signing with Uruguayan power C.A. Peñarol last August. The 6-foot-3, 165-pound Fernandez has been involved in the Youth National Team set-ups of both the United States and Mexico, playing for the Mexican Under-17s and training with the U.S. Under-20s last November. The El Paso, Texas, native’s goalkeeping skills run in the family, as his father, enjoyed a career as a professional netminder in Mexico.
3
KWAME WATSON-SIRIBOE
DEFENDER
December 2012 saw Beltran re-up with RSL for four more years, while January saw the young DF rewarded with an invite to “Camp Klinsmann” and his first-ever US cap, starting and playing 45 minutes against Canada in a 0-0 draw. Beltran followed that up with a Gold Cup invitation, starting and playing 90 minutes in front of a home crowd in the 4-1 win over Cuba at the RioT. Beltran then earned his 1st-ever MLS All-Star selection 48 hours later.
4
AARON MAUND
DEFENDER
HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 197 DOB: HOMETOWN: Chino Hills, CA ACQUIRED: June 2012 PRONOUNCIATION: SEAR - uh - bow
WEIGHT: 195 DOB: 9/19/90 HEIGHT: 6-1 HOMETOWN: Dorchester, MA ACQUIRED: December, 2012 PRONOUNCIATION:
After spending the better part of three years languishing on the bench in Chicago, Watson-Siriboe received a much-needed career reboot in June 2012 when RSL acquired him via trade with the Fire. RSL assistant coach C.J. Brown was the driving force behind the acquisition, having seen firsthand Watson-Siriboe’s physical talent and strong work ethic when the two played together in Chicago in 2010.
It’s not often that a first-round draft pick plays 15 league games in his rookie year and then gets traded in his first offseason, but that’s exactly what happened to defender Aaron Maund, who started nine MLS matches for Toronto last year before being traded to RSL for Justin Braun on Dec. 3.
Acquiring Watson-Siriboe paid off handsomely for RSL in 2012, as the UConn product played well in 12 league games and started 10 in fill-in duty for injured center backs. Watson-Siriboe – who played in more games and tallied more minutes in one half-season with RSL than he did in 2 ½ years in Chicago – was expected to get many more opportunities to shine in 2013, beginning the season as a starter with regular center back Nat Borchers out until mid-April while recovering from offseason surgery on his left quad.
Maund was a casualty of a season – and offseason – full of change in Toronto, getting shipped off shortly before his second head coach at TFC lost his job. He’ll undoubtedly have much more stability at Real Salt Lake, where he’ll learn from Head Coach Jason Kreis and Assistant/Defensive Specialist C.J. Brown as he competes for time at center back.
Unfortunately for Kwame, a mid-June reserve match on the road in Phoenix saw him suffer a torn ACL and force him out for the remainder of the 2013 season ...
Maund struggled in his first Open Cup start against Atlanta, but has rebounded to offer an excellent MLS outing against his former Toronto mates back on June 29 at BMO FIeld - a 1-0 RSL win - and battled in his 2nd RSL start, a 1-2 home loss to Kansas City . Maund will compete with both Carlos Salcedo and Brandon McDonald for minutes next to Borchers throughout August, Sept. and October, while Chris Schuler could return in late August as well.
REAL SALT LAKE v PORTLAND TIMBERS FRIDAY AUGUST 30 2013
5
KYLE BECKERMAN
8:00 PM MT
MIDFIELDER MF / CAPTAIN
HEIGHT: 5-11 WEIGHT: 165 DOB: 4/23/82 HOMETOWN: Crofton, MD ACQUIRED: Trade with Colorado for Mehdi Ballouchy on 6/17/07
The 30-year-old Beckerman has continued to excel in 2013, a year in which he made his 300th career MLS regular season appearance, earned his 7th consecutive MLS AllStar selection and has continue to play a vital #6 role for the USMNT in both World Cup Qualifying and the Gold Cup. Hungry as ever for hardware and a return to CONCACAF, Beckerman readily leads RSL night in / night out during his 14th season in MLS.
LOVEL PALMER
6
SANDY, UT
NAT BORCHERS
DEFENDER
WEIGHT: 175 DOB: 4/13/81 HEIGHT: 6-2 HOMETOWN: Pueblo, CO ACQUIRED: Feb. 2008 PRONOUNCIATION: NATT
Most players begin to think about the next stage of their careers after 13 seasons in the pros, the portion involving final contracts, farewell tours and the like. However, most players aren’t like Kyle Beckerman, who continued to improve and reach new heights for both club and country in 2012. The Claret-and-Cobalt captain led the Utah side to all-time highs in points and wins while appearing in two World Cup Qualifiers, captaining the U.S. in its January 2013 friendly against Canada and playing the full 90 in the Stars-and-Stripes’ historic August 2012 1-0 win against Mexico at the famed Estadio Azteca.
7
RIO TINTO STADIUM
D/M FORWARD
Despite dealing with several injuries during the 2012 season, Borchers remained a rock for RSL, starting all 26 league matches that he appeared in and finishing the year sixth on the team in minutes played. Always a calming influence in the center of the Claret-and-Cobalt’s backline, the “White Rhino” brought unparalleled organization, tactical awareness and consistent play to the field last season as he helped RSL remain defensively strong. Borchers’ stabilizing presence has been even more important in 2013 as RSL began life without center back Jamison Olave, who was traded to New York along with forward Fabian Espindola in December. Unfortunately, the Pueblo, Colo. native wasn’t able to guide the backline from the jump in 2013, as he dealt with a quad injury that caused him to miss the first six games. Since then, however, Borchers has brought leadership and stabilization to a whirlwind of young centerbacks and outside backs that have seen time for RSL during the first half of the season, helping the club to one of the top two goals against averages in MLS.
8
JOAO PLATA
FORWARD MIDFIELDER
HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 160 DOB: 8/30/84 HOMETOWN: Mandeville, Jamaica ACQUIRED: 12/12 PRONOUNCIATION: luh - VELL LAST SEASON: Played 19 games (15 starts) for Portland in MLS play
HEIGHT: 5-2 WEIGHT: 135 DOB: 3/1/92 HOMETOWN: Guyaquil, Ecuador ACQUIRED: January, 2013 PRONOUNCIATION: ZHOW LAST SEASON: Played 10 games (7 starts) in MLS play for Toronto
RSL long had its eye on Lovel Palmer, nearly trading for the Jamaican international while he was in Portland during the 2012 season. The Claret-and-Cobalt got its man in Stage 2 of the MLS Re-Entry Draft on Dec. 14, 2012, agreeing to a deal with the 28-year-old defender/ midfielder less than a week later.
Acquired in a trade with Toronto on Jan. 30, 2013, it looks like the 20-year-old Plata could become the latest discarded MLS player to have a re-birth at Real Salt Lake. Much like RSL defender Aaron Maund, the talented Plata was a victim of some turbulence at TFC, which sent him on a loan to Ecuadorian side LDU Quito halfway through 2012 before trading him to RSL this offseason.
A former Jamaican national team teammate of RSL Head Scout Andy Williams, Palmer has primarily played right back for the Claret-and-Cobalt, backing up starter Tony Beltran and providing added depth along the left side of the backline. The arrival of Palmer and midfielder Khari Stephenson this offseason give RSL its first Jamaican players since Williams retired following the 2011 season. Palmer created the go-ahead goal back on May 11 at Montreal, his shot deflected home by Ferrari for an Own Goal to give RSL the lead. Palmer has also shown well in both MLS and Open Cup play during Beltran’s 2013 international duty and Chris Wingert’s early-season injuries that kept him out of the first 10 games.
The tiny Ecuadorian – Plata stands just 5-foot-2 and weighs in at 135 lbs. – showed very well for the Claret-and-Cobalt during preseason, giving defenders fits with his quickness, agility, skill and finishing. The Ecuadorian international is a significant addition to RSL’s revamped forward corps – look for him to provide a spark off the bench as a third forward and get an occasional spot start for lead forwards Robbie Findley and Alvaro Saborio. Plata has grown into a role of constant contribution for RSL, either as a starter or off the bench. He has seen significant minutes alongside either Findley, Olmes Garcia or Devon Sandoval, while he and Saborio formed an instant friendship in the preseason that has carried over to the field, at least when Sabo is available.
REAL SALT LAKE v PORTLAND TIMBERS FRIDAY AUGUST 30 2013
10
ROBBIE FINDLEY
HEIGHT: 5-0 WEIGHT: 175 HOMETOWN: Phoenix, AZ ACQUIRED: January, 2013 PRONOUNCIATION:
8:00 PM MT
MIDFIELDER FORWARD
DOB: 4/4/85
RIO TINTO STADIUM
11
JAVIER MORALES
HEIGHT: 5-9 WEIGHT: 165 HOMETOWN: Buenos Aires, Argentina PRONOUNCIATION: HAW-vee-err
Real Salt Lake brought Findley back for a second stint in Utah on Jan. 16, 2013, sending the Portland Timbers allocation money for the rights to the speedy striker, who had already signed with MLS at the time of the trade. Findley played for RSL from mid-2007 through 2010, when he left the Claret-and-Cobalt after the MLS season to join English Championship side Nottingham Forest. Portland selected the Arizona native in the expansion draft in November 2010, thereby acquiring his rights and forcing RSL to trade for them in order to bring him back to Salt Lake. Findley scored 29 goals during his first stint with the Claret-and-Cobalt, leading the team and setting a career high with 12 goals in the 2009 MLS Cup Championship season. RSL is hoping that the 2010 World Cup veteran will be able to bring that type of production back to the Wasatch Front in the 2013 season, when he’ll lead RSL’s line alongside striker Alvaro Saborio. Findley has 5 goals through the first half of the season with RSL, tied with two others for the team lead on a balanced side. Clearly a better soccer player than he was upon his departure, Findley has rarely displayed the blinding speed he was once known for, rather choosing guile and skill to demoralize opponents and create for teammates.
SANDY, UT
MIDFIELDER MIDFIELDER
DOB: 1/10/80 ACQUIRED: 8/07
Perhaps no player in Major League Soccer was poised to have a better 2011 than Javier Morales. From the get-go, the Argentine midfield maestro was pulling the strings for a Real Salt Lake side on the cusp of international glory, his infectious attitude, quiet leadership and abundant skill helping a pioneering club earn plaudits from every corner of America’s soccer landscape. So while RSL’s disappointment at the end of its CONCACAF Champions League run in late April was a tough blow for the squad, it’s quite telling that the result’s effect on the team’s season paled in comparison to the loss of Morales to an ankle injury just 10 days after the stinging defeat. It is also telling that, during a stretch of two weeks when clumsy challenges like the one Morales suffered from felled some of MLS’ other brightest attacking talents, RSL’s playmaker vowed to come back before season’s end. Anyone who saw the incident must have thought Morales’ thoughts were wishful thinking at best, but they also weren’t witness to the hard work he put in day after day. While the air was sucked out of the building that day, Morales knew it wasn’t sucked out of the season, and he wanted to make sure he could help the squad finish the challenge it had laid down at the start of the year – add hardware to the trophy case. While that goal wouldn’t come to fruition, the comeback of Morales inspired not only his teammates, but the RSL faithful as well, who could not get enough updates on the status of “Javi” and when – not if – he would return to the field. While Morales was never back to 100% during the final six weeks of the season, he showed plenty enough to make it clear that he was closer than anyone, save himself, might have thought. But, perhaps more than anything, his comeback allowed everyone the opportunity to remember a different image of #11 at Rio Tinto Stadium in 2011 – the thunderous standing ovation he received upon entering the Sept. 28 match against Chicago in front of the largest crowd in the stadium’s history. 20,762 fans, all there to pay tribute to the heart-and-soul of RSL, to see the maestro pick up his baton once again. The start of the 2012 campaign sees Morales continuing to overcome injury, an offseason procedure to clean out bone spurs in his left foot and a right quad strain suffered during the preseason limiting him during the squad’s preparations for the upcoming season. But if 2011 proved anything, it’s that Morales will be able to overcome any challenge thrown at him … and likely sooner than anyone could imagine.
12
COLE GROSSMAN
HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 180 HOMETOWN: St. Louis, MO ACQUIRED: Dec., 2012 via Re-entry Draft PRONOUNCIATION:
MIDFIELDER MIDFIELDER
DOB: 4/10/89
After not getting much playing time with Columbus in his first two years as a pro, Grossman is ready for a new lease on life with Real Salt Lake, which picked up the Duke University product in the November 2013 MLS Waiver Draft. The big, hard-working and aggressive midfielder will take some time to adjust from his old position in the center of the midfield to his new spot at the outside of RSL’s diamond, but he is expected to challenge for minutes once he gets settled in. The St. Louis native’s tenacious style is sure to play well with Claret-and-Cobalt fans, who never fail to appreciate a little on-field intensity. Grossman suffered a concussion in a late March match at Dallas in which he started, knocking the promising MF out of action of any kind for nearly two months. His late-summer return to health has seen Grossman contribute to the reserve side and push for minutes with the first team.
13
OLMES GARCIA
MIDFIELDER FORWARD
HEIGHT: 6-2 WEIGHT: 175 DOB: 10/21/92 HOMETOWN: Istmina, Colombia ACQUIRED: Feb., 2013 via discovery PRONOUNCIATION: prefers to be called “GARCIA”
Blessed with good size and incredible speed, 20-year-old Colombian forward Olmes Garcia comes to RSL as a relatively unknown quantity. A talented but raw prospect, Garcia did well at Colombian First Division side Deportes Quindio, scoring seven goals in 47 total appearances after signing with the team as an 18-year-old in January 2011. He’ll need some time to adjust to a new country, a new team, a new language, a new culture and new tactics, but Garcia is a significant part of the Claret-and-Cobalt’s long term plan. He’ll have plenty of time to grow into a large role; he signed a five-year contract with RSL on a transfer from Quindio. On April 1 against BYU in a reserve exhibition at Rio Tinto Stadium (att: 6,335), Garcia was the star of the show, displaying speed and one-on-one ability to wow the fans. Will need to harness that raw talent and effectively utilize his skills in the framework of the team philosophy, but his MLS debut at DAL on 3/23 saw his header off a corner kick smack the left post on his first touch in the North American league.
REAL SALT LAKE v PORTLAND TIMBERS FRIDAY AUGUST 30 2013
14
YORDANY ALVAREZ
HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 165 HOMETOWN: Cienfuegos, Cuba ACQUIRED: Sept. 2011 PRONOUNCIATION: jor-DONN-ee
8:00 PM MT
MIDFIELDER FORWARD
DOB: 5/24/85
RIO TINTO STADIUM
15
SANDY, UT
ALVARO SABORIO
FORWARD
HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 170 DOB: 3/25/82 HOMETOWN: San Carlos, Costa Rica ACQUIRED: March 2010 PRONOUNCIATION: AL-vuh-ro sabb-oh-REE-oh
When it came to taking advantage of an opportunity in 2011, nobody did it better than midfielder Yordany Alvarez, who parlayed his USL PRO League MVP performance for Orlando City S.C. into a quasi-starting gig that September shortly after joining Real Salt Lake on loan at the roster freeze deadline. The one-time Cuban international provided quality cover for Kyle Beckerman, whose suspensions and U.S. MNT call-ups across the last quarter of the season forced Alvarez onto the field for five contests.
As a forward there’s always pressure to perform, and in 2011 the pressure seemed to be both a blessing and a curse for Álvaro Saborío, who began the year with a new contract that heaped on the added weight of becoming Real Salt Lake’s first-ever “Designated Player” (though the title was more a technicality thanks to the transfer fees involved in obtaining his full rights). The roller-coaster season saw Saborío bag goals in bunches and in some critical moments, but also included some droughts and mountains of adversity on the national team front for his native Costa Rica.
Alvarez performed well in a limited role during the 2012 season, providing able cover at defensive mid when Claret-and-Cobalt captain Beckerman was out of the lineup. The 27-year-old Cuban made 15 league appearances in 2012, starting five times and playing a total of 500 MLS minutes. Alvarez’s role has increased in 2013, when the 2011 USL Pro League MVP has had an opportunity to play on the outside of RSL’s midfield diamond and will slot in for Beckerman when he’s away on international duty. His game-winning goal on June 29 at Toronto was MLS’ Goal of the Week, and the Cuban emigre has thrived throughout Kreis’ tactical departures from the 4-4-2 diamond.
16
CARLOS SALCEDO
HEIGHT: 6-1 WEIGHT: 170 HOMETOWN: Guadalajara, Mexico ACQUIRED: January 1, 2013 PRONOUNCIATION:
DEFENDER
DOB: 9/29/83
After spending the second half of 2012 training with the Claret-and-Cobalt while not officially a member of the first-team, RSL-Arizona Academy product Carlos Salcedo will finally get his chance to step on the field in a MLS match this year. The 19-year-old center back still has a long way to go, but has the physical tools necessary to be successful on the professional level. Expected to log plenty of time in the expanded 2013 Reserve League as he continues to hone his technique and develop tactically, the young man stepped up big in early May at NE, starting the 2-1 win and earning Kreis’ praise for his ability to fight for every ball and be physicall as needed.
A part of that ebb - Saborio had the best season of his three-year RSL career in 2012, lighting up the league to the tune of 17 goals, five multi-goal games and three assists in 31 appearances. Super “Sabo” led RSL in scoring, was third in the league in goals behind Chris Wondolowski and Kenny Cooper and – most notably – set the new Claret-and-Cobalt record for goals in a year, breaking the mark of 16 set by Jeff Cunningham in 2006. Whether or not Sabo can do it all again in 2013 remains to be seen, but things seem to be working in his favor. The Costa Rican international enters the MLS regular season on a tear for his country and is surrounded by a greatly improved forward corps featuring Robbie Findley, Joao Plata, Olmes Garcia an Devon Sandoval. Those four newcomers should help take some of the defensive attention off of Saborio, opening up space – and hopefully creating more chances – for the skilled striker.
17
CHRIS WINGERT
HEIGHT: 5-11 WEIGHT: 170 HOMETOWN: Babylon, NY ACQUIRED: Trade with COL, 6/14/07
DEFENDER
DOB: 6/16/82
The outside back position in RSL’s 4-4-2 system is perhaps one of the most challenging spots in Major League Soccer – to call them “defenders” is simply not doing them justice. The role requires players to have the physicality to defend one-on-one, the speed and stamina to make run after run up and down the flank to provide width in attack and the technical acumen to make things happen with the ball, be it by providing crosses into the area or quick combinations with the midfield. You have to be smart, disciplined and in ridiculously good shape … in other words, you almost have to be Chris Wingert. RSL’s longest-tenured field player, Chris Wingert had one of the best seasons of his 10-year MLS career in 2012, setting career highs and finishing second amongst RSL field players with 31 league games played, 30 league games started and 2,603 minutes played. The always steady Babylon, N.Y. native was consistent as ever last season, playing rock solid defense along the left side and getting forward to help out in the attack well, registering two assists on the season. Wingert will be hard-pressed to replicate those numbers in 2013, with the 30-year-oldleft back scheduled to miss the first six weeks of the season due to a broken right metatarsal suffered during offseason training. Expect him to be his usual self – smart, disciplined and in ridiculously good shape – when he returns.
REAL SALT LAKE v PORTLAND TIMBERS FRIDAY AUGUST 30 2013
18
NICK RIMANDO
8:00 PM MT
GOALKEEPER
RIO TINTO STADIUM
19
SANDY, UT
ENZO MARTINEZ
MIDFIELDER
HEIGHT: 5-9 WEIGHT: 185 DOB: 6/17/79 HOMETOWN: Montclair, CA ACQUIRED: Trade with NY, March, 2007 LAST GAME: 03/03/13 - start/90’ in 2-0 W @ SJ
HEIGHT: 5-7 WEIGHT: 160 DOB: 9/29/90 HOMETOWN: Rock Hill, SC ACQUIRED: 2011 MLS SuperDraft, 17th overall pick, 1/15/12 PRONOUNCIATION: ENN-zoh
RSL’s longest-tenured player, Nick Rimando showed in 2012 why he’s considered one of the best goalkeepers in the league, turning in another stellar year in between the pipes for the Claret-and-Cobalt. The 33-year-old ‘keeper once again finished at or near the top of Major League Soccer in goals against average, wins and shutouts last season, finishing fourth in 2012 Allstate MLS Goalkeeper of the Year voting.
Some things are just meant to be, and that seemed to be the general consensus when highly-touted midfielder Enzo Martinez fell right into the lap of Real Salt Lake late in the first round of January’s MLS SuperDraft in Kansas City. Why the key cog for North Carolina’s College Cup-winning side slid to the 17th overall pick will never be known, but what is for certain is that the motivated midfielder’s savvy on the ball, mature decision-making and industrious workrate will make the native Uruguayan a perfect fit in the diamond midfield RSL has perfected under Jason Kreis. While the RSL Technical Staff gushed about the Generation adidas product’s production and ability, it was even more impressed with his maturity off the field, forcing many of the pundits who questioned where the 21-year-old might fit on the field for many teams to also admit that the Claret-and-Cobalt might just have come away with the steal of draft day.
The Claret-and-Cobalt will expect more of the same in 2013 from Rimando, who is more motivated than ever to keep performing well as he looks to lead RSL to league glory while cementing his role for the U.S. Men’s National Team.
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NED GRABAVOY
MIDFIELDER
HEIGHT: 5-7 WEIGHT: 150 DOB: 7/1/83 HOMETOWN: New Lenox, IL ACQUIRED: Waivers from SJ Earthquakes, March, 2009
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LUIS GIL
HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 155 HOMETOWN: Garden Grove, CA ACQUIRED: Trade with KC, 3/10 PRONOUNCIATION: GILL
MIDFIELDER DOB: 11/14/93
Capable of playing any of the four spots in RSL’s midfield diamond, the versatile Grabavoy recorded the most games played, games started, minutes played and assists of his RSL career in 2012. Primarily deployed on the outside of the midfield, the incredibly technical Grabavoy became one of the Claret-and-Cobalt’s more important players last season, playing well on the field and helping to set the tone in the locker room.
Gil continued to develop in 2012, building on his solid 2011 by setting career highs in games played, games started, minutes played and assists last season. Playing at both the top and side of Real Salt Lake’s midfield diamond, the 19-year-old was more consistent than ever last year, turning in an increased amount of even performances as RSL Head Coach Jason Kreis began to rely on him more and more.
Entering the second year of a three-year contract signed before the 2012 season, Grabavoy will be counted on to play a major role again in 2013. The 28-year-old New Lenox, Ill. native looked better than ever in the 2013 preseason, exhibiting tactical awareness and on-theball calmness while excelling in nearly every preseason game he featured in.
Gil will have an even larger role in 2013, with the club’s December trade of midfielder Will Johnson to Portland opening up a more permanent spot in the first XI for the California native. Gil will have to balance his RSL duties with a busy schedule with the U.S. U-20 national team, which will play in the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Turkey in June and July. Thankfully, Gil seems up to the challenge, saying early this preseason that he wants to “step up and prove something” in 2013.
REAL SALT LAKE v PORTLAND TIMBERS FRIDAY AUGUST 30 2013
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DAVID VIANA
8:00 PM MT
MIDFIELDER
HEIGHT: 5-8 WEIGHT: 160 DOB: 1/22/92 HOMETOWN: Strausborg, France ACQUIRED: via discovery option in August., 2012 PRONOUNCIATION: vee - AH - nuh
RIO TINTO STADIUM
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KHARI STEPHENSON MIDFIELDER
HEIGHT: 6-2 WEIGHT: 185 HOMETOWN: Kingston, Jamaica ACQUIRED: via discovery in Feb., 2013 PRONOUNCIATION:
The 20-year-old Portuguese-French MF was added to the RSL roster last Sept. 15, primarily an attacking MF who can also play on either the left or right of Kreis’ midfield diamond, Viana began a successful trial period with RSL nearly 6 weeks earlier ... “We’re excited to add a talented young player like David to the team,” said Lagerwey. “We believe he’ll be a valuable addition to our roster long-term and think he can give us an attacking boost down the stretch.” Viana comes to RSL after spending nearly a year with Atletico Madrid C, the La Liga club’s second reserve team ... The 5-foot-8 player impressed while in the Spanish capital, regularly getting called up to train with the first team and earning a contract offer to return to the Europa League champions earlier this summer ...
SANDY, UT
DOB: 1/18/91
An experienced midfielder at both the MLS and international levels, Stephenson will add some veteran depth to a Real Salt Lake midfield stocked with younger reserves. The former San Jose Earthquake is very versatile, capable of playing on the outside or on top of RSL’s midfield diamond as well as at forward. The 6-foot-4 Stephenson isn’t afraid to let it fly, often shooting from distance – and occasionally scoring the fantastic goal – during his 2 ½ seasons in San Jose. Expect Stephenson – who, along with RSL defender Lovel Palmer, played with RSL Head Scout Andy Williams on the Jamaican National Team – to get solid minutes off the bench as well as the occasional spot start for Claret-and-Cobalt Head Coach Jason Kreis in 2013.
The former Portuguese U-17, U-18 and U-19 national teamer was a part of French club RC Strasbourg’s youth setup before transferring to Atletico after Strasbourg was relegated from Ligue 1 following 2010-2011 ...
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JEFF ATTINELLA
HEIGHT: 6-2 WEIGHT: 190 HOMETOWN: Clearwater, FL ACQUIRED: December, 2012
GOALKEEPER
DOB: 9/29/88
Drafted by Real Salt Lake in the first round (14th overall) of the 2011 MLS Supplemental Draft but not signed to a contract, Attinella returned to the Claret-and-Cobalt when he signed with the team in December 2012. The Clearwater, Fla. native is far more experienced than most goalkeepers his age, having made 52 total appearances for the NASL Tampa Bay Rowdies in 2011 and 2012. Attinella had a huge 2012, leading the Rowdies to the NASL title, finishing second in NASL MVP voting and earning a spot on the league Best XI. Attinella will likely be RSL’s third-string goalkeeper behind starter Nick Rimando and probable backup Josh Saunders in 2013.
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RICH BALCHAN
HEIGHT: 6-0 WEIGHT: 165 HOMETOWN: Carmel, IN ACQUIRED: March 1, 2013
DOB: 1/18/89
DEFENDER
REAL SALT LAKE v PORTLAND TIMBERS FRIDAY AUGUST 30 2013
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SEBASTIAN VELASQUEZ
HEIGHT: 5-7 WEIGHT: 140 HOMETOWN: Greenville, SC ACQUIRED: 2012 MLS SuperDraft
8:00 PM MT
MIDFIELDER
CHRIS SCHULER
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DEFENDER
HEIGHT: 6-4 WEIGHT: 185 DOB: 9/6/87 HOMETOWN: Aurora, IL ACQUIRED: 2010 MLS SuperDraft (37th) PRONOUNCIATION: SHOO-ler
After taking a huge leap forward in 2011, when he made 20 league appearances and 16 MLS starts, Schuler took a step back in 2012, playing in just 13 games in an injury-riddled campaign. The Chicagoland native showed well at the beginning of the season, starting RSL’s first three matches and seven of its first 12 to help the team to a fantastic 7-3-2 record. Unfortunately, the Claret-and-Cobalt’s 13th match proved unlucky for Schuler, who suffered a bone stress response in his left foot in that game, a 1-0 win at Seattle on May 12. It’d be over three months until Schuler made his return to the first-team in RSL’s tough 0-1 loss at Houston on Sept. 6. RSL can’t afford another injury to Schuler in 2013, as the Utah side will be counting on the 6-foot-4 defender to be a game-in, game-out starter at center back following the offseason trade of defender Jamison Olave to New York. Whether he’s paired with Nat Borchers or third-center back Kwame Watson-Siriboe, Schuler is expected to show well in 2013, with Head Coach Jason Kreis expecting the fourth-year defender to breakout and earn the attention of U.S. Men’s National Team Manager Jurgen Klinsmann.
SANDY, UT
JOHN STERTZER
HEIGHT: 6-1 WEIGHT: 170 HOMETOWN: Oaktown, VA ACQUIRED: 2013 MLS SuperDraft
DOB: 2/11/91
If you were not aware of Sebastian Velasquez when Real Salt Lake selected him towards the end of the 2012 MLS SuperDraft, well, you weren’t alone … the plucky playmaker was the first Junior College player to be selected on draft day since Kansas City took another member of the RSL family, Yura Movsisyan, six years earlier. The Wasatch Front is a long way from Spartanburg Methodist College in South Carolina, but when word from collegiate scouting contacts about the “diamond-in-the-Upstate” came across RSL’s attention, due diligence by assistant coach Miles Joseph paid off for the now-21-year-old midfielder via an invite to the club’s December combine in Arizona. Velasquez impressed enough there to earn the nod to the next level, where he will be allowed plenty of time to learn how pull the strings on the top of RSL’s midfield diamond behind Javier Morales and Luis Gil.
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RIO TINTO STADIUM
MIDFIELDER
DOB: 10/4/90
Dubbed by some as the “most pro-ready player” in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft, Stertzer put his polish on display in the 2013 preseason, earning some rare (for a rookie) public praise from RSL Head Coach Jason Kreis at the FC Tucson Desert Diamond Cup. A big, box-to-box midfielder capable of playing on the outside or at the top of RSL’s midfield diamond, it will be interesting to see just how much the 12th overall pick from January’s MLS SuperDraft contributes during his rookie year. Expect him to challenge for minutes at outside midfield throughout the season.
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ABDOULIE MANSALLY
HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 170 HOMETOWN: Banjul, The Gambia ACQUIRED: via Discovery, 6/20/12 PRONOUNCIATION: ab - do - LYE
DEFENDER
DOB: 1/27/89
RSL pounced on Mansally after he was released by New England in May 2012, bringing in the Gambian international for a trial starting on May 30 and signing him to a full contract three weeks later. The 24-year-old did well in his first season with the Claret-and-Cobalt, appearing in five league games and starting a playoff match after moving from forward – where he played in New England – to left back. The blazing fast defender will need to carry over his solid play into 2013, as he’ll begin the year in the starting lineup with regular left back Chris Wingert out until mid-April with a broken metatarsal. Known as “Kenny” throughout his MLS career, has recently requested to be called by his given name, Abdoulie.
REAL SALT LAKE v PORTLAND TIMBERS FRIDAY AUGUST 30 2013
45 JOSH SAUNDERS HEIGHT: 6-4 WEIGHT: 210 HOMETOWN: Grants Pass, OR ACQUIRED: February, 2013 via Discovery PRONOUNCIATION:
8:00 PM MT
GOALKEEPER
DOB: 3/2/81
The former L.A. goalie should prove to be an incredibly valuable pickup, providing solid competition for RSL starting goalkeeper Nick Rimando and filling in for him should he receive probable call ins to the U.S. National Team for World Cup Qualifiers and/or this summer’s CONCACAF Gold Cup. His addition instantly gives RSL one of the top goalkeeping corps in the league and he’ll be a solid mentor for young Claret-and-Cobalt ‘keepers Jeff Attinella and Lalo Fernandez.
JASON KREIS
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SANDY, UT
DEVON SANDOVAL
FORWARD
HEIGHT: 6-1 WEIGHT: 190 DOB: 6/16/91 HOMETOWN: Albuquerque, NM ACQUIRED: 2013 MLS SuperDraft, 29th overall (2nd Rd) PRONOUNCIATION:
Real Salt Lake gladly pounced on 2011 and 2012 MLS Cup winning goalkeeper Josh Saunders when he became available this offseason, bringing the veteran ‘keeper in for an extended trial before agreeing to a deal on Feb. 22, 2013.
HC
RIO TINTO STADIUM
HEAD COACH
ALL-TIME RECORD: 87-68-53 (MLS); 105-84-64 (all comps) COLLEGE: Duke ‘94 HOMETOWN: Omaha, NE APPOINTED: May 3, 2007 PRONOUNCIATION: KRYSE
RSL coaches really liked what they saw out of Sandoval when he trained with the Claretand-Cobalt for a week last summer, going as far as to trade up two spots in January’s MLS SuperDraft to nab the University of New Mexico product with the team’s second round pick (29th overall). Sandoval has repaid the club’s faith this preseason, playing well enough to earn himself a full contract with the team. The Albuquerque native brings a different element to Real Salt Lake’s five-man forward corps, playing the pure hold-up role that was missing at times in years past. Expect him to get some MLS time during his rookie season when Real Salt Lake Head Coach Jason Kreis wants to run a true bruiser at opposing defenses.
AC
JEFF CASSAR
ASST. COACH
COLLEGE: Florida International University ‘97 HOMETOWN: Livonia, MI APPOINTED: May 2007 PRONOUNCIATION: cuss-SARR AS A PLAYER: Played 11 seasons as a goalkeeper for Dallas, Miami and New York from 1996-2006 ...
AS A PLAYER: scored 108 career goals w/ Dallas (1996-2004) & RSL (2005-07)
Real Salt Lake Head Coach Jason Kreis traded in his record-setting boots and captain’s armband on May 3, 2007 to become the organization’s second head coach, overhauling a previously moribund locker room to become just two seasons later the youngest Cupwinning coach in MLS history, guiding RSL to the title in 2009. Under his watch, RSL has also advanced to three of the last four Conference Finals, become the first American side to win a CONCACAF Champions League group and the first U.S. team to advance to the CCL Finals. With back-to-back-to-back 15-win MLS seasons in 2010, 2011 and 2012, Kreis’ teams have earned points in two out of every three matches they play, as the intense, demanding leader now owns an all-time 105-84-64 mark as a head coach, breaking down as follows: MLS regular-season (87-68-53), CONCACAF Champions League (8-4-4), MLS Cup Playoff (4-5-5), Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup (6-5-1) and international friendlies (3-2-1). At the time of his hire, Mr. Kreis became the youngest active head coach in MLS at 34 years and 127 days of age. Kreis works closely with former Blue Devil and Dallas Burn teammate and current RSL General Manager Garth Lagerwey regarding player acquisitions, scouting, the MLS Draft and all player personnel-related matters. The Kreis-Lagerwey partnership has resulted in the implementation of a culture where players, staff and fans work as one for the RSL shield, epitomizing a “Team is the Star” attitude. Kreis, Lagerwey and the team’s coaching staff – Jeff Cassar, Miles Joseph and C.J. Brown – compose the lone technical staff among MLS’ 18 teams comprised entirely of ex-MLS players. This distinction means that the RSL braintrust now boasts cumulative MLS experience of 74,811 total minutes, covering 923 games and including 128 goals and 22 shutouts (the equivalent of nearly 30 complete seasons of service). The RSL staff has the unparalleled ability to tap into personal experience as it guides, assists and develops RSL players.
AC
MILES JOSEPH
ASST. COACH
COLLEGE: Clemson ‘98 HOMETOWN: Clifton Park, NY APPOINTED: February, 2010 PRONOUNCIATION: AS A PLAYER: Played in six MLS seasons from 1996-2001 for New York and Dallas, scoring 12 career goals in 125 games ...
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C.J. BROWN
ASST. COACH
COLLEGE: Cal-State Hayward ‘96 HOMETOWN: Hayward, CA APPOINTED: January, 2011 PRONOUNCIATION: AS A PLAYER: Won 4 U.S. Open Cups and one MLS Cup during 13year MLS career with Chicago Fire ... Will be inducted into Chicago’s “Ring of Fire” as part of RSL visit to Toyota Park on May 9 ...
8/29/2013 7:02:41 AM REAL SALT LAKE – MLS REGULAR SEASON HISTORY ----- OVERALL ------- HOME GAMES --v. GP W- L-T GF GA +/GP W- L-T GF GA +/COL 28 9-10-9 29 27 +2 14 7- 3-4 17 9 +8 CHV 25 11-10-4 34 31 +3 11 5- 3-3 16 10 +6 DAL 25 9-13-3 34 37 -3 13 8- 4-1 25 16 +9 LA 25 10-10-5 43 40 +3 12 5- 3-4 22 18 +4 SJ 18 7- 6-5 27 24 +3 9 3- 2-4 14 7 +7 HOU 18 4- 9-5 23 26 -3 9 4- 1-4 9 4 +5 NE 16 8- 4-4 32 20 +12 8 4- 2-2 19 8 +11 NY 16 5- 4-7 24 24 = 8 4- 0-4 15 7 +8 KC 16 5- 8-3 20 23 -3 8 4- 3-1 13 11 +2 DC 16 6- 6-4 21 24 -3 8 6- 1-1 16 7 +9 CHI 16 3- 6-7 10 18 -8 8 2- 3-3 7 12 -5 CLB 16 5-10-1 17 22 -5 8 4- 3-1 13 6 +7 TOR 12 6- 4-2 15 10 +5 6 5- 1-0 14 7 +7 SEA 11 5- 2-4 11 8 +3 6 3- 1-2 8 5 +3 VAN 7 3- 2-2 8 7 +1 4 3- 0-1 6 1 +5 POR 6 3- 1-2 12 8 +4 3 2- 0-1 6 2 +4 PHI 6 2- 0-4 9 5 +4 3 2- 0-1 7 3 +4 MTL 2 1- 1-0 3 3 = 1 1- 0-0 1 0 +1 279 102-106-71 372 357 +15 139 72-30-37 228 133 +95
--- ROAD GAMES --GP W- L-T GF GA 14 2- 7-5 12 18 14 6- 7-1 18 21 12 1- 9-2 9 21 13 5- 7-1 21 22 9 4- 4-1 13 17 9 0- 8-1 14 22 8 4- 2-2 13 12 8 1- 4-3 9 17 8 1- 5-2 7 12 8 0- 5-3 5 17 8 1- 3-4 3 6 8 1- 7-0 4 16 6 1- 3-2 1 3 5 2- 1-2 3 3 3 0- 2-1 2 6 3 1- 1-1 6 6 3 0- 0-3 2 2 1 0- 1-0 2 3 140 30-76-34 144 224
+/-6 -3 -12 -1 -4 -8 +1 -8 -5 -12 -3 -12 -2 = -4 = = -1 -80
------- FORM GUIDE (reverse 2013 12 11 10 09 08 TLT LWW TW TT WTL TWL WW WWL WW TW WL LWL WL LWT WT WL LW WLW LWL WLW LW WL WT TT WW LLL WW TW TL WTW W L LT WL LTT LT W W TW WW LW TW L W WW TW WL TL L L WL TW WL LT L W LT WT TW LW T T LT WW TL TT W L LL WL LW LW W W LW TW LW WL WW TTW WL TT WL WT TLW LW T WWW TL T T WT TW L W
order) ------07 06 05 WWTL LWLT LLLW LLL TTTL WLWL LLT LWLL LWLL TWL WLWL TLWL TLLT LLW TWLL LT WT LL TT LT TT WL TW LL LW TW LL LT LW LL LT WL LL TL
REAL SALT LAKE – U.S. OPEN CUP HISTORY vs. Team Minnesota Thunder (USL) Virginia Beach (USL) Kansas City Wizards Colorado Rapids Columbus Crew Seattle Sounders FC San Jose Earthquakes D.C. United Wilmington (USL) FC Dallas Minnesota Stars FC (NASL) Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL) Charleston Battery (USL PRO) Carolina Railhawks (NASL) Portland Timbers D.C. United TOTALS
GP 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 17
W-L-T 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-2 0-1 0-1 1-0-1 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-0 1-0
OT 0-1-0 1-0-0
ShO
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GA 6 1 1 3 2 4 3 2 0 2 3 2 2 0 1
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34
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ShO
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GA 2 1 2 0 1 3 2 3 1 15
1-0 0-1-0
1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0
1-0 8-8-1
4-2-0
Mtg. 2005 2006 2007 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011 2012 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013
Round Rd of 16 Rd of 16 Play-in Quarterfinal Play-in Play-in Play-in Play-in Rd of 16 Quarterfinal Rd of 32 Rd of 32 Rd of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal FINAL
Series Result
Mtg. 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2010 2011 2011 2012
Round West Semis West Final East Semis East Final MLS Cup '09 West Semis West Semis West Final West Semis
Series Result Won 3-2 on aggregate Lost 0-1 in West Final Won 4-2 on aggregate Won PK shootout in East Final Won PK shootout in MLS Cup '09 Lost 2-3 on aggregate Won 3-2 on aggregate Lost 1-3 in West Final Lost 0-1 on aggregate
REAL SALT LAKE – MLS CUP PLAYOFF HISTORY vs. Team Series Chivas USA 1 New York 1 Columbus Crew 1 Chicago Fire 1 Los Angeles 1 FC Dallas 1 Seattle Sounders FC 1 Los Angeles 1 Seattle Sounders FC 1 TOTALS 9
W-L 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-1 5-4
GP 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 14
W-L-T 1-0-1 0-1-0 2-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-1 0-1-1 1-1-0 0-1-0 0-1-1 4-5-5
YEAR-BY-YEAR MLS REGULAR-SEASON RECORD Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 TOT.
------ OVERALL ------W- L- T PTS GF GA 5-22- 5 20 30 65 10-13- 9 39 45 49 6-15- 9 27 31 45 10-10-10 40 40 39 11-12- 7 40 43 35 15- 4-11 56 45 20 15-11- 8 53 44 36 17-11- 6 57 46 35 13- 8- 6 45 48 33 102-106-71 377 372 357
-- HOME GAMES -W- L- T GF GA 5- 8- 3 19 24 6- 4- 6 23 19 4- 7- 4 18 22 8- 1- 6 24 10 9- 1- 5 34 11 11- 0- 4 31 7 10- 3- 4 29 15 11- 4- 2 27 15 8- 2- 3 23 10 72-30-37 228 133
COACHING HISTORY --- Regular Season --Year 2005 2006 2007 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Coach W L John Ellinger 5 22 John Ellinger 10 13 John Ellinger 0 2 TOTAL 15 37 Jason Kreis 6 13 Jason Kreis 10 10 Jason Kreis 11 12 Jason Kreis 15 4 Jason Kreis 15 11 Jason Kreis 17 11 Jason Kreis 13 8 TOTAL 87 69 ALL-TIME 102 106
T 5 9 2 16 7 10 7 11 8 6 6 55 71
PCT .234 .453 .250 .338 .365 .500 .483 .683 .556 .614 .586 .539 .494
PTS 20 39 2 61 25 40 40 56 53 57 45 316 386
-- ROAD GAMES -W- L- T GF GA 0-14- 2 11 41 4- 9- 3 22 30 2- 8- 5 13 23 2- 9- 4 16 29 2-11- 2 9 24 4- 4- 7 14 13 5- 8- 4 15 21 6- 7- 4 19 20 5- 6- 3 25 23 30-76-34 144 224
----- MLS Cup Playoffs ----W L T PCT OT ShO
1 2 0 1 0
1 0 1 2 1
1 2 1 0 1
.500 .750 .250 .333 .250
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Conf. Finish West 5 West 5 West 6 West 3 West 5 West 2 West 3 West 2
Supporters Shield 11th of 12 9th of 12 12th of 13 7th of 14 8th of 15 2nd of 16 3rd of 18 5th of 19
Result DNQ DNQ DNQ West Finalist MLS Cup Champion Quarterfinals West Finalist Quarterfinals
--------- USOC --------W L T PCT OT ShO 0 1 0 .000 0-1-0 1 1 0 .500 1-0-0 1 0 0 1.000 2 2 0 .500 1-1-0 0 1 0 .000 1 1 0 .500 0 1 0 .000 0 1 1 .250 1-0 1 1 0 .500 0 1 0 .000 4 0 0 1.000 6 6 1 .500 1-0 8 8 1 .500
------ CCL -----W L T PCT PTS
4 2 2
1 2 1
1 2 1
.750 .500 .600
13 8 7
8 8
4 4
4 4
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Eduardo Fernandez Tony Beltran Kwame Watson-Siriboe Aaron Maund Kyle Beckerman Nat Borchers Lovel Palmer Joao Plata Robbie Findley Javier Morales Cole Grossman Olmes Garcia Yordany Alvarez Alvaro Saborio Carlos Salcedo Chris Wingert Nick Rimando Enzo Martinez Ned Grabavoy Luis Gil David Viana Khari Stephenson Jeff Attinella Rich Balchan Sebastian Velasquez John Stertzer Chris Schuler Abdoulie Mansally Brandon McDonald Josh Saunders Benji Lopez Devon Sandoval 90G 17
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90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 79D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 83F 90F 79F 62M 62F 75F 61F 67F 21 90M 90M 90M 89M 90M 24 79D 25 25 23 65F 65F 67F
6 87F 90F 90F
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90M 90M 90M 90M 45M 16 17 36 31 69M 9 24 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 66D 81D 84D 7
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90M 90M 31M 90M 90M 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 9 90D 90D 62D 73F 76 56F 63F 89F 90F 14F 27 28 45 79M 89M 90M 90M 77M 13 45 34 63F 90F 83M 59 90M 27 90F 90F 90F 1 90D 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G
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W L T L W L T W L W W L W T W W W W T W L L T W L T W
71; Saborio 2 (Beckerman 1) 80
85
8; Gil 1 (Grabavoy 1, Velasquez 1)
53
35
Gil 2 (Plata 3, Rimando 1) 47; Morales 2 (Plata 4, Velasquez 2) 71 Sandoval 1 (unassisted) 77; Garcia 2 (unassisted) 89 own goal (Ferrari) 7; Beckerman 1 (unassisted) 77 Grabavoy 1 (Morales 2) 4; Plata 1 (Beckerman 2) 48; Findley 2 (unassisted) 78; Grabavoy 2 (Stephenson 1) 91+ Saborio 4 (Grabavoy 2, Velasquez 3) 78 Morales 3 (unassisted) 16; Grabavoy 3 (Morales 3, Findley 1) 33; Findley 3 (unassisted) 38 Stephenson 1 (Findley 2) 44; Garcia 3 (Morales 4, Beckerman 3) 84; Garcia 4 (Morales 5) 92+ Beckerman 2 (unassisted) 41; Findley 4 (Saborio 2) 46 Alvarez 1 (Garcia 2, Beltran 1) 45 Gil 3 (Morales 6) 75; Morales 4 (penalty kick) 97+ Morales 5 (unassisted) 39; Grabavoy 4 (Mansally 1, Morales 7) 79; Garcia 5 (Plata 5, Gil 2) 90 Findley 5 (unassisted) 56 Saborio 5 (penalty kick) 45; Saborio 6 (Garcia 3) 80; Saborio 7 (Plata 6) 82 Grabavoy 5 (Beckerman 4, Gil 3) 2; Saborio 8 (penalty kick) 21 Saborio 9 (penalty kick) 37 Plata 2 (Grabavoy 3, Borchers 1) 53; Findley 6 (Borchers 2, Morales 8) 95+ Borchers 1 (unassisted) 38; Morales 6 (penalty kick) 43; Grossman 1 (unassisted) 93+ Beckerman 3 (unassisted) 46+; Sandoval 2 (Garcia 4, Morales 9) 51; Gil 4 (Grabavoy 4) 83; Beckerman 4 (unassisted) 89
Garcia 1 (Morales 1) 66 Morales 1 (Saborio 1, Garcia 1)
Findley 1 (unassisted)
Saborio 3 (Plata 2, Gil 1)
Saborio 1 (Plata 1)
REAL SALT LAKE 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 4 1 3 3 2 1 2 3 1 3 2 1 2 3 4
#
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 45 49
Player
RSL RSL RSL RSL
Eduardo Fernandez Tony Beltran Kwame Watson-Siriboe Aaron Maund Kyle Beckerman Nat Borchers Lovel Palmer Joao Plata Robbie Findley Javier Morales Cole Grossman Olmes Garcia Yordany Alvarez Alvaro Saborio Carlos Salcedo Chris Wingert Nick Rimando Enzo Martinez Ned Grabavoy Luis Gil David Viana Khari Stephenson Jeff Attinella Rich Balchan Sebastian Velasquez John Stertzer Chris Schuler Kenny Mansally Josh Saunders Devon Sandoval
U.S. OPEN CUP 3R 05/28/2013 4R 06/12/2013 QF 06/26/2013 SF 08/07/2013 3 5 3 2
120D
75F
57 45 120M
63D 120M 120D
120D
90M
12 12 90F 90D 90D
27 63F 78M
90M 90D
90D
U.S. OPEN CUP 4R QF CHAS CARO 5-2 3-0
80M
90M 88M
29 61F 10
90M 90D
90D
SF POR 2-1
120M 120D 47 73F 120M
84M
Sandoval (Plata) 98; Stephenson (unassisted) 101 Plata (pen) 79; Sandoval (Plata) 97; Stephenson (Morales) 105; Morales (pen) 108+ Wingert (unassisted) 51; Saborio (Garcia) 85 Plata (Saborio) 78
REAL SALT LAKE
120D 120D
120M
78M
3R ATLA 3-2
63
57
120D
36
63M
Beckerman (Morales) 3; Sandoval (Beltran) 66; Beltran (Saborio) 36; Saborio (Beckerman) 7;
2 90F 90D 90D 90G
57M
W (OT) W (OT) W W
90G
120G 120F
ATLNTA CHASTN CAROLN POR
2 2 0 1
120G 120F
at vs vs vs
PORTLAND TIMBERS AT REAL SALT LAKE FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013, 7 P.M. (PT) VP Communications: Chris Metz - (503) 553-5433, cmetz@portlandtimbers.com Manager, Media Relations: Marc Kostic - (503) 553-5415, mkostic@portlandtimbers.com Coordinator, Media Relations: Mark Nelson - (503) 553-5529, mnelson@portlandtimbers.com
TIMBERS
REAL SALT LAKE
2013 SCHEDULE 2013 MLS RECORD: 9-4-12 (Home: 7-1-4 Away: 2-3-8) 2013 ALL-COMPETITIONS RECORD: 14-5-12 (Home: 11-1-4 Away: 3-4-8)
VS.
13-8-6 (45pts)
9-4-12 (39pts)
MATCH INFORMATION Date: Friday, August 30, 2013 Kickoff: 7 p.m. (Pacific) Location: Rio Tinto Stadium (Sandy, Utah) Forecast: 93 degrees, chance of thunderstorms Referee: Baldomero Toledo Assistant Referees: Corey Rockwell, CJ Morgante Fourth Official: Robert Sibiga Local TV: NBC Sports Network Talent: JP Dellacamera (play-by-play), Brian Dunseth (analyst) English Radio: 750 The Game (KXTG 750AM) Talent: Keith Bleyer (play-by-play), Brett Jacobs (analyst) Spanish Radio: La Pantera (KWBY 940AM) Talent: Fernando Sobrevilla (play-by-play), Edgar Palacios (analyst)
MLS WEEK 27 SCHEDULE Friday, August 30
TIME (PT)
New England at Toronto FC Portland at Real Salt Lake
4 p.m. 7 p.m.
NATIONAL TV
NBC Sports Network
Saturday, August 31
TIME (PT)
NATIONAL TV
Seattle at Columbus Montreal at Philadelphia D.C. United at New York Colorado at Sporting Kansas City San Jose at LA Galaxy
4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 5 p.m. NBC Sports Network 5:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, September 1
TIME (PT)
NATIONAL TV
Houston at Chicago Chivas USA at Vancouver
12 p.m. 4 p.m.
UniMás
TIMBERS INJURY REPORT QUESTIONABLE: FW Brent Richards (ACL surgery), DF Mikael Silvestre (ACL surgery), DF Dylan Tucker-Gangnes (concussion) OUT: FW Bright Dike (ACL surgery), DF David Horst (R tibia plateau surgery), MF Jack Jewsbury (ankle), Will Johnson (scapula), Frederic Piquionne (L ankle sprain), MF Ben Zemanski (R hamstring strain) * - as of Aug. 30, 2013
DATE Sun., March 3 Sat., March 9 Sat., March 16 Sat., March 30 Sat., April 6 Sun., April 14 Sun., April 21 Sat., April 27 Thurs., May 2 Wed., May 8 Sun., May 12 Sat., May 18 Sat., May 25 Sat., June 8 Sat., June 15 Wed., June 19 Sun., June 23 Sun., July 7 Sat., July 13 Sat., July 20 Sat., July 27 Sat., Aug. 3 Sat., Aug. 17 Wed., Aug. 21 Sun., Aug. 25 Fri., Aug. 30 Sat., Sept. 7 Sat., Sept. 14 Fri., Sept. 20 Sun., Sept. 29 Sun., Oct. 6 Sun., Oct. 13 Sat., Oct. 19 Sat., Oct. 26
OPPONENT NEW YORK MONTREAL at Seattle at Colorado HOUSTON SAN JOSE at San Jose at Sporting KC NEW ENGLAND at FC Dallas CHIVAS USA at Vancouver at D.C. United at Chicago FC DALLAS at LA Galaxy COLORADO at Columbus LA GALAXY at Philadelphia at San Jose VANCOUVER FC DALLAS REAL SALT LAKE at Seattle at Real Salt Lake TORONTO at Chivas USA COLORADO LA GALAXY at Vancouver SEATTLE REAL SALT LAKE at Chivas USA
TIME/RESULT TV/ATTENDANCE T 3-3 20,674 L 1-2 20,674 T 1-1 40,150 T 2-2 11,774 W 2-0 20,674 W 1-0 20,674 T 1-1 10,525 W 3-2 20,186 T 0-0 20,674 T 1-1 10,112 W 3-0 20,674 T 2-2 19,823 W 2-0 14,131 T 2-2 15,349 W 1-0 20,674 T 0-0 23,675 W 3-0 20,674 L 0-1 15,051 W 2-1 20,674 T 0-0 18,740 L 1-2 10,525 T 1-1 20,674 W 2-1 20,674 T 3-3 20,674 L 0-1 67,385 7 p.m. NBC Sports Network 8 p.m. KPTV 12/estrellaTV 7:30 p.m. ROOT SPORTS 7 p.m. NBC Sports Network 12:30 p.m. NBC 5 p.m. ROOT SPORTS 6 p.m. ESPN/ESPN Deportes 7:30 p.m. ROOT SPORTS 7:30 p.m. ROOT SPORTS
*dates and times subject to change
NO PLACE LIKE HOME The newly renovated JELD-WEN Field 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 34 consecutive regular season home games in the team’s first two MLS seasons, even after raising the 86-year-old downtown venue’s capacity from 18,627 to 20,438 after the first season. In 2013, the club holds a 7-1-4 overall regular-season home record as of Aug. 25.
CONSECUTIVE REGULAR-SEASON HOME SELLOUTS:
46
PORTLAND TIMBERS AT REAL SALT LAKE FRIDAY, AUG. 30, 2013 CATEGORICAL WON-LOST-TIED Overall: vs. Eastern: vs. Western: Day Games: Night Games: On Grass: On Turf: Pre-All-Star: Post-All-Star: Scoring First: Opponent Scoring First: One-Goal Games: Leading at Half: Trailing at Half: Tied at Half: Leading at 75’: Trailing at 75’: Tied at 75’: Outshooting Opponent: Outshot by Opponent: Shots Even: When Scoring 0 Goals: When Scoring 1 Goal: When Scoring 2 Goals: When Scoring 3 Goals: When Scoring 4+ Goals: When Allowing 0 Goals: When Allowing 1 Goal: When Allowing 2 Goals: When Allowing 3 Goals: When Allowing 4+ Goals: Pacific Time Zone: Mountain Time Zone: Central Time Zone: Eastern Time Zone: Green-Green-Green Unis: Green-White-Green Unis: Red-Red-White: Red-White-White: Retro-Inspired Unis: On ESPN/ESPN2: On NBC Sports Network: On NBC: On ROOT SPORTS: On FOX 12: On KPDX TV: On UniMás: Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: Saturday: Sunday: March: April: May: June: July: August: September: October:
HOME 7-1-4 1-1-2 6-0-2 2-0-0 5-1-4 0-0-0 7-1-3 6-1-2 1-0-2 6-0-2 1-1-1 4-1-0 3-0-0 0-1-2 4-0-2 4-0-0 1-1-1 2-0-3 3-1-4 4-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-1 2-1-1 3-0-0 2-0-2 0-0-0 5-0-1 1-0-1 1-1-0 0-0-2 0-0-0 7-1-4 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 5-1-4 1-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 3-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-3 0-1-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-1 0-0-1 0-0-0 4-1-1 3-0-1 0-1-1 2-0-0 1-0-1 2-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-2 0-0-0 0-0-0
ROAD 2-3-8 2-1-2 0-2-6 0-0-1 2-3-7 2-2-6 0-1-2 2-2-8 0-1-0 1-0-3 1-3-3 1-3-0 1-0-1 0-1-3 1-2-3 2-0-3 0-3-2 0-0-3 0-1-2 2-2-5 0-0-1 0-2-2 0-1-3 1-0-3 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-2 0-2-3 1-1-3 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-2-4 0-0-1 1-0-2 1-1-1 0-0-0 0-1-2 0-0-3 1-2-1 1-0-2 0-1-0 0-0-1 0-0-0 1-2-4 0-0-1 1-0-1 0-0-1 0-0-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-1-5 0-2-1 0-0-2 1-0-1 1-0-2 0-0-2 0-2-1 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0
OVERALL 9-4-12 3-2-4 6-2-8 2-0-1 7-4-11 2-2-6 7-2-5 8-3-10 1-1-2 7-0-5 2-4-4 5-4-0 4-0-1 0-2-5 5-2-5 6-0-3 1-4-3 2-0-6 3-2-6 6-2-5 0-0-1 0-2-3 2-2-4 4-0-3 3-0-2 0-0-0 6-0-3 1-2-4 2-2-3 0-0-2 0-0-0 7-3-8 0-0-1 1-0-2 1-1-1 0-0-0 5-2-6 1-0-3 2-2-1 1-0-2 1-1-1 3-0-1 0-0-0 3-2-7 0-1-1 2-0-1 0-0-1 0-0-3 0-0-1 0-0-0 6-2-6 3-2-2 0-1-3 3-0-1 2-0-3 2-0-2 1-2-1 1-1-2 0-0-0 0-0-0
HEAD COACH CALEB PORTER One of the most successful coaches in NCAA history, Caleb Porter was named the Timbers head coach on Aug. 29, 2012, and joins the club following seven seasons as the head coach at the University of Akron from 2006-12. He finished his time at Akron with a career mark of 123-18-17 and owned the highest winning percentage (0.832) among all active Division I coaches. Porter has helped lead the Timbers to a positive result in 21 of the team’s 25 matches in the 2013 MLS season, setting a club-record, 15-game unbeaten stretch from March 16-June 23. Porter has been named the MLSsoccer.com Coach of the Week twice this year (Week 6, Week 9) and set the MLS record for a first-year head coach with 15 straight undefeated games. Porter built Akron men’s soccer into a perennial national championship contender, leading the Zips to five consecutive trips to the NCAA tournament’s Round of 16 (2008-12), back-to-back NCAA College Cup appearances in 2009 and 2010, and the school’s first national title in any sport in 2010. In all, he guided Akron to seven Mid-American Conference (MAC) regular-season championships and five MAC Tournament titles. Porter set multiple NCAA records at Akron, including a 48-match, home unbeaten streak (44-0-4) from 2008-11 and a 47-match unbeaten streak (44-0-3) in conference play from 2006-12. From Kalamazoo, Mich., Porter garnered numerous honors while at Akron, including NSCAA National Coach of the Year in 2009. He was a three-time NSCAA All-Ohio Coach of the Year (2008-09, 2011) and received MAC Coach of the Year honors six straight years from 2007-12. Porter became the fastest coach in program history to reach 100 career wins, accomplishing the feat in just 126 matches. He is also among the fastest all-time in NCAA history to the century mark, reaching the milestone in fewer games than collegiate Hall of Fame and current MLS coaches Bruce Arena (140; Virginia) and Sigi Schmid (136; UCLA). While at Akron, Porter recruited and developed more than a dozen Zips players who have gone on to professional careers, many plying their trade in Major League Soccer. He had an MLS-record five former players selected in the first round of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft and seven selected overall that year. Under Porter’s guidance, Portland’s Darlington Nagbe and former Akron standout Teal Bunbury were recipients of the MAC Hermann Trophy, awarded to the nation’s top collegiate player. Porter also served as the head coach of the U.S. U-23 Men’s National Team during 2012 CONCACAF Olympic qualifying and spent three years as an assistant coach on the U.S. U-18 National Team from 2009-11. Prior to joining Akron, Porter was an assistant coach for six years (2000-05) at Indiana University, helping the school make six NCAA tournament appearances, win back-to-back national championships in 2003 and 2004 and claim five Big Ten Conference titles. As a player, Porter was the 27th overall pick by the San Jose Clash in the 1998 MLS College Draft. He spent time with San Jose and the Tampa Bay Mutiny before a knee injury ended his playing career in 2000. Porter also played for the U.S. National B Team from 1996-97, winning a bronze medal at the 1997 World University Games. He had a successful collegiate playing career at Indiana, where he was a three-year captain, a threetime All-Big Ten honoree and a four-year letter winner. Porter led the Hoosiers to four conference titles, four NCAA tournament appearances – twice advancing to the College Cup. As a senior, Porter captained IU to 23 consecutive wins before losing to eventual national champion UCLA in the national semifinals and was the runner-up for the 1997 Hermann Trophy. Porter graduated from Indiana in 1998 with a degree in sports management. He and his wife, Andrea, have three children – two sons, Colin and Jake, and a daughter, Stella Jane.
MATCH DAY PREVIEW Friday’s match will mark Portland’s third game in 10 days and the second time the club has squared off against league-leading Real Salt Lake inside that same 10-day span. The Timbers are coming off a hard-fought, 1-0 loss at Cascadia-rival Seattle Sounders FC on Sunday. Before that clash, head coach Caleb Porter’s squad faced off against Real Salt Lake at JELD-WEN Field and earned a 3-3 draw, coming back from a goal down to take a 3-2 lead late in the match. Real Salt Lake recorded the equalizer in the third minute of second-half stoppage time on a strike from substitute Cole Grossman. Real Salt Lake comes into Friday’s game following a 4-0 win over the Columbus Crew on Saturday. Midfielder Kyle Beckerman, who missed the match against Portland, recorded a brace while Devon Sandoval and Luis Gil added goals for Real Salt Lake. Head coach Jason Kreis’s squad is currently five points clear of the second-place LA Galaxy at the top of the Western Conference standings.
PORTLAND TIMBERS AT REAL SALT LAKE FRIDAY, AUG. 30, 2013 ALL-TIME SERIES NOTES The Timbers and Real Salt Lake have met six times in the MLS series dating back to the 2011 season. Portland has earned a 1-3-2 overall record against the 2009 MLS Cup champions in the MLS series, along with a 0-1-0 mark in U.S. Open Cup play. At home, Portland is 1-1-1, earning a win over Real Salt Lake on April 30, 2011, in the first match between the two teams. As part of the Timbers season-opening, five-game home winning streak in 2011, forward Kenny Cooper netted the game-winning goal in the 22nd minute off assists from Kalif Alhassan and Jack Jewsbury. Portland’s defense held Real Salt Lake to just three shots on goal in winning their third straight game at home to kick off the 2011 MLS campaign. The Timbers are winless in four straight league games against Real Salt Lake, although two of those three losses have come by just one goal. Most recently in MLS play, Portland conceded the game-tying goal in the third minute of secondhalf stoppage time for a 3-3 draw at JELD-WEN Field on Aug. 21. Portland also faced the Real Salt Lake this year on Aug. 7 in the semifinals of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. After conceding two goals, Timbers midfielder Diego Valeri pulled one back with a header in the 90th minute, but time ran out on the comeback attempt as Real Salt Lake earned a 2-1 win and advanced to the U.S. Open Cup final. The two clubs meet for the second time in regularseason play on Friday at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah. Real Salt Lake visits JELD-WEN Field for a second time in the penultimate match of the 2013 regular season on Oct. 19.
LAST TIME VS. REAL SALT LAKE Midfielder Diego Valeri recorded an assist and scored a goal, and forward Rodney Wallace and midfielder Kalif Alhassan each scored as the Timbers played Real Salt Lake to a 3-3 draw before a sellout crowd of 20,674 at JELDWEN Field on Aug. 21. The Timbers extended their home unbeaten streak to 10 matches. Wallace staked the Timbers to a lead in the 24th minute, but Real Salt Lake scored twice six minutes apart, including the go-ahead goal on a penalty kick by midfielder Javier Morales, to take a 2-1 lead into halftime. Valeri converted a penalty kick in the second half to pull the Timbers level, 2-2, in the 57th minute. Following a red card issued to Real Salt Lake’s Yordany Alvarez, Portland re-gained the lead four minutes from time as midfielder Kalif Alhassan struck from inside the area. Real Salt Lake found the late equalizer late with just 10 players as substitute Cole Grossman tallied his first goal of the season three minutes into second-half stoppage time.
SCORING POR - Wallace (Valeri) 24, Valeri (penalty kick) 57, Alhassan 86 RSL - Borchers 38, Morales (penalty kick) 43, Grossman 90+3 Shots 10 16
Saves Fouls 2 13 3 15
Offsides 0 2
Goals Assists Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Fouls Suffered
PORTLAND 2 Darlington Nagbe 2 Eric Alexander 10 Rodney Wallace 3 Four players tied 19 Diego Chara 12 Darlington Nagbe
REAL SALT LAKE 5 Álvaro Saborío 2 Espindola/Morales 15 Álvaro Saborío 6 Morales/Saborío 10 Chris Wingert 23 Javier Morales
Wins Shutouts Saves Goals Allowed
1 Troy Perkins 1 Troy Perkins 14 Troy Perkins 7 Troy Perkins
3 Nick Rimando 1 Nick Rimando 14 Nick Rimando 5 Nick Rimando
Cautions Ejections
2 Chara/Wallace 1 Diego Chara
1 Seven players tied 1 Alvarez
LONGEST INDIVIDUAL STREAKS PLAYERS Consecutive Games with Goal: .................................... 3, Nagbe, Aug. 15-25, 2012 Consecutive Games with Assist: ....................... 4, 2x (last: Valeri, July 27-Aug. 21) Consecutive Games with Point: ...................... 5, Jewsbury, April 30-May 29, 2011 Consecutive Games with Shot: .......................... 17, Cooper, July 16-Oct. 22, 2011 Consecutive Games with SOG:............................... 6, Cooper, Aug. 24-Oct. 2, 2011 Consecutive Games with Corner Kick: .......22, Jewsbury, March 19-Aug. 17, 2011 Consecutive Games with Offside: .......... 8, 2x (last: R. Johnson, March 3-April 27) Consecutive Games with Foul Com.: ..........18, Chara, Oct. 7, 2012-June 19, 2013 Consecutive Games with Foul Suff.: ...............11, Cooper, March 19-May 29, 2011 Consecutive Games with Caution: ..................3, 4x (last: Songo’o, July 21-Aug. 5) Chara, June 17-30, 2012 Boyd, April 14-28, 2012 Marcelin, July 10-30, 2011 Consecutive Games with Ejection:............................ 1, 6x (last: Kah, July 7, 2013) Chara, July 7, 2012 Palmer, June 24, 2012 Alhassan, Sept. 24, 2011 Brunner, July 10, 2011 Hall (two cautions), Aug. 6, 2011 Consecutive Starts:............................................ 39, Nagbe, July 28, 2012-present Consecutive Minutes: ............................ 1800, Jewsbury, March 19-July 30, 2011
Portland Timbers 3, Real Salt Lake 3 Aug. 21, 2013 at JELD-WEN Field (Portland, Ore.) Att: 20,674
RSL POR
SERIES LEADERS
Corners 3 2
LINEUPS POR: GK Ricketts ©, D Powell, D Jean-Baptiste, D Kah, D Harrington, M Chara, M Valeri (Miller, 88), M Zemanski, F Nagbe (Alhassan, 78), F Johnson, R. (Valencia, 63), F Wallace RSL: GK Attinella, D Beltran, D McDonald, D Borchers, D Wingert, M Grabavoy, M Alvarez, M Stephenson (Gil, 62), M Morales ©, F Plata (Grossman, 82), F Findley (García, 75)
GOALKEEPERS Scoreless Streak (minutes):................. 401, Ricketts (May 18-25; June 15-July 7) Consecutive Shutouts: ..........................................4, Ricketts, May 25; June 15-23 Consecutive Starts:................................... 51, Perkins, April 23, 2011-Aug.5, 2012 Consecutive Minutes in Goal:.............3307, Perkins, April 23, 2011-April 28, 2012
UPCOMING MILESTONES Timbers goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts is one shutout shy of tying the Timbers MLS career record of 12 shutouts and two wins short of tying the Timbers MLS career record of 14 wins. Forward Ryan Johnson’s next goal will set a new Timbers MLS single-season record. Johnson tied Kenny Cooper’s mark of eight goals with a tally on Aug. 17 in a 2-1 win over FC Dallas. Midfielder Diego Valeri is two assists shy of tying the club’s all-time MLS record of 13 career assists, currently held by midfielder Jack Jewsbury.
PORTLAND TIMBERS AT REAL SALT LAKE FRIDAY, AUG. 30, 2013 MLS CAREER LEADERS
INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-GAME HIGHS
PLAYERS Games played ...................................................................... Darlington Nagbe - 86 Games started .........................................................................Jack Jewsbury - 82 Minutes played ...................................................................Jack Jewsbury - 7,264 Goals .................................................................................... Darlington Nagbe - 15 Assists .....................................................................................Jack Jewsbury - 13 Game-winning goals..................................................................Jack Jewsbury - 3 Game-winning assists ................................................................ Kalif Alhassan - 5 Shots.................................................................................. Darlington Nagbe - 127 Shots on goal ....................................................................... Darlington Nagbe - 46 Corner kicks ..........................................................................Jack Jewsbury - 171 Offsides......................................................................................Jorge Perlaza - 48 Fouls suffered .................................................................... Darlington Nagbe - 143 Fouls committed ........................................................................ Diego Chara - 182 Cautions....................................................................................... Diego Chara - 23 Ejections ........................... Alhassan, Brunner, Chara, Danso, Hall, Kah, Palmer - 1
PLAYERS Goals: .............................................2, 6x (R. Johnson 4/6/13 vs. Houston (55’, 73’) W. Johnson, 3/30/13 at Colorado (55’, 71’) Mwanga, 9/19/12 at San Jose (45’, 62’) Boyd, 7/14/12 vs. LA Galaxy (3’, 70’) Nagbe, 3/31/12 vs. Real Salt Lake (48’, 65’) Perlaza, 4/14/11 vs. Chicago (29’, 47’)
GOALKEEPERS Games played in goal .................................................................. Troy Perkins - 51 Games started in goal.................................................................. Troy Perkins - 51 Minutes played in goal ........................................................... Troy Perkins - 4,567 Wins ............................................................................................. Troy Perkins - 14 Saves ......................................................................................... Troy Perkins - 157 Shutouts ...................................................................................... Troy Perkins - 12 * - all stats MLS play only/ as of Aug. 30, 2013
Shots:....................................................................7, Songo’o, 8/5/12 vs. FC Dallas
TRACKING PROGRESS The Timbers find themselves at their highest point in the league standings through 25 games in the club’s MLS history. Following a hard-fought 1-0 loss at Seattle on Aug. 25, the Timbers are currently tied for third place in the Western Conference with 39 points. The Timbers have set team highs in points (39), goals (37) and ties (12) through 25 games while conceding a record-low 26 goals.
Assists: ................................................................ 3, Wallace, 6/23/13 vs. Colorado Points: ....................... 4, 7x (last: Valeri, 5/12/13 vs. Chivas USA (1 goal, 2 assists) R. Johnson, 4/6/13 vs. Houston (2 goals) W. Johnson, 3/30/13 at Colorado (2 goals) Mwanga, 9/19/12 at San Jose (2 goals) Boyd, 7/14/12 vs. LA Galaxy (2 goals) Nagbe, 3/31/12 vs. Real Salt Lake, (2 goals) Perlaza, 4/14/11 vs. Chicago (2 goals)
Shots on Goal:..................................... 3, 14x (last: Valeri, 5/12/13 vs. Chivas USA) Nagbe, 5/2/13 vs. New England Wallace, 4/27/13 at Sporting KC Valeri, 4/21/13 vs. San Jose Valeri, 3/3/13 vs. New York Songo’o, 10/7/12 at Seattle Boyd, 7/28/12 vs. Chivas USA Jewsbury, 7/14/12 vs. LA Galaxy Wallace, 5/05/12 vs. Columbus Boyd, 4/14/12 at LA Galaxy Nagbe, 3/31/12 vs. Real Salt Lake Boyd, 3/12/12 vs. Philadelphia Cooper, 10/02/11 at Vancouver Alhassan, 9/21/11 vs. San Jose Corner Kicks: .....................................................11, Valeri, 5/12/13 vs. Chivas USA Offsides:.................................................. 4, 7x (last: Perlaza, 4/28/12 at Montreal)
YEAR
W
L
T
Pts.
GF
GA
Diff.
POS.
2011
8
12
5
29
32
41
-9
7th
2012
6
13
6
24
26
43
-17
9th
2013
9
4
12
39
37
26
11
T-3rd
TIMBERS MEDIA SOURCES TALK TIMBERS The Timbers’ weekly radio talk show, presented by JELD-WEN Windows & Doors airs regularly Tuesday at 6 p.m. PT on 750 AM The Game. Hosted by Fletcher Johnson, “Talk Timbers” features interviews with club officials, coaches, players and special guests. The show provides team news and the latest information from around the league. Tune in to the show live on 750 AM The Game or listen online at www.750thegame.com. Available podcasts can be downloaded at www.portlandtimbers.com/timbers-podcast-network.
TIMBERS IN 30 The Timbers’ weekly television show features exclusive, inside access to the club and airs each Friday at 6:30 p.m. PT on KPTV Fox 12. The show focuses on the inner-workings and personalities of the club and provides detailed team and game analysis with in-studio appearances from Timbers players and coaches each week. Previously aired shows and “Timbers In 30” features can be found at www.portlandtimbers.com.
Fouls Committed:................................................. 7, Songo’o, 9/19/12 at San Jose Fouls Suffered:.......................................... 6, 2x (last: Nagbe, 7/7/13 at Columbus) Cautions/Yellow Cards: ................................................. 2, Hall, 8/6/11 at San Jose Ejections/Red Cards:...............................1, 6x (last: Kah, 7/7/13 at Columbus, 11’) Chara, 7/7/12 vs. Real Salt Lake (74’) Palmer, 06/24/12 vs. Seattle (90’+2) Alhassan, 09/24/11 at New York (64’) Hall, 8/06/11 at San Jose (90’) Brunner, 7/10/11 vs. Seattle (81’) GOALKEEPERS Shots Faced: ...................................................... 11, Perkins, 4/14/12 at LA Galaxy Saves: ................................................ 7, 3x (last: Ricketts, 06/15/13 vs. FC Dallas) Perkins, 5/15/12 at Houston Perkins, 07/16/11 at Chicago Goals Allowed: ........................................5, 2x (last: Perkins, 7/21/12 at FC Dallas) Perkins, 7/14/12 vs. LA Galaxy
* - all stats MLS play only/ as of Aug. 30, 2013
PORTLAND TIMBERS AT REAL SALT LAKE FRIDAY, AUG. 30, 2013 SCOUTING REAL SALT LAKE Real Salt Lake enter Friday’s match in first place in the Western Conference standings with 45 points. The leaders in the Supporters’ Shield race, Real Salt Lake pieced together an eight-game unbeaten streak dating from May 19 to July 13. Since that streak ended, head coach Jason Kreis’s squad has earned a record of 2-2-3 in league play. After a 4-2 loss against the LA Galaxy on Aug. 17 and a thrilling 3-3 draw against the Timbers on Aug. 21 at JELD-WEN Field, Real Salt Lake returned home on Aug. 24 and cruised to a 4-0 victory over the Columbus Crew. Captain Kyle Beckerman led Real Salt Lake with a two-goal performance, his first multigoal game since 2008. The match also marked Real Salt Lake’s ninth shutout of the regular season, eight of which were registered by goalkeeper Nick Rimando. Midfielder Javier Morales leads the club with six goals and nine assists on the season.
MIDFIELD MAESTRO Midfielder Diego Valeri has factored in on nine of Portland’s last 10 goals, including nine straight before Kalif Alhassan’s unassisted strike in the 86th minute of a 3-3 draw against Real Salt Lake on Aug. 21. He recorded his fourth multi-assist game of the season in a 2-1 win against FC Dallas on Aug. 17. Valeri assisted on the opening goal Aug. 21 against Real Salt Lake and netted the second from the penalty spot in the 57th minute. Valeri has 11 assists on the season and is the first Timbers MLS player to record 10 or more assists in a single season. He is just the second Timbers player since 2001 to record 10 or more assists in a single season; Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar recorded 12 assists in 2005 for the seconddivision Timbers. Valeri ranks second overall in MLS with 11 assists.
SECOND-HALF THREAT Portland has scored 25 goals in the second half of games this season, including a league-best 11 goals during the first 15 minutes following the halftime break. Portland’s 25 second-half goals rank third in the league. On the defensive side, the Timbers have conceded 12 goals in the final 45 minutes this season, which ranks second fewest in MLS.
TEAM OF THE WEEK Timbers midfielder Diego Valeri earned a nod for the MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week for Week 26 of the regular season following his performances against Real Salt Lake (Aug. 21) and Seattle (Aug. 25). Against Real Salt Lake, Valeri tallied a goal and an assist as the Timbers played to a 3-3 draw against the league leaders. On Sunday against rival Seattle, Valeri was one of the more notable players on the field, despite not getting on the scoresheet. The midfielder was denied by the top half of the right post in the 35th minute.
RELIABLE RICKETTS Goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts ranks among league leaders in shutouts (9, tied for first) and saves percentage (73.7, third). The Jamaican international holds two of the top five longest shutout streaks this season, compiling a 401-minute streak from May 18-July 7, and a 312-minute streak from March 30-April 21. Ricketts is one shutout shy of tying the Timbers MLS-club career record with 12 shutouts. He has recorded a team single-season record-tying nine shutouts in 2013.
ALWAYS IN THE GAME Portland maintains the league’s best record when conceding the first goal. The Timbers have compiled a 2-4-4 (.400) record when allowing an opponent to score the first goal of the match.
ON A ROLL AT JELD-WEN FIELD Portland is unbeaten in its last 10 matches (7-0-3) at JELD-WEN Field. The team extended its home unbeaten streak with a 3-3 draw against Western Conference leader Real Salt Lake on Wednesday. The Timbers recorded an MLS-club record streak of six straight shutouts at JELD-WEN Field from April 6-June 23. Portland’s home shutout streak came to an end against the LA Galaxy on July 13, setting the MLS club-home record of 587 minutes without conceding a goal, spanning eight league games from March 9-July 13.
TIMBERS EDGED 1-0 AT RIVAL SEATTLE A second-half goal by forward Eddie Johnson was the difference as Seattle Sounders FC edged the Timbers 1-0 in a hard-fought Cascadia Cup match before a crowd of 67,385 fans at CenturyLink Field on Aug. 25. The Timbers had the better the chances in the first half, but Sounders FC took the lead when Johnson headed in a free kick in the 60th minute. In search of an equalizer, Portland forced Sounders FC Goalkeeper Michael Gspurning to make four saves in the second half to preserve the win. The loss is just the fourth of the season for the Timbers – the fewest in MLS – and is only the club’s second defeat to a Western Conference opponent during the regular season.
IRON MAN Timbers midfielder/forward Darlington Nagbe has started a Timbers MLS-club record 39 straight games for the team dating back to the 2012 MLS season. In fact, Nagbe has played in 57 of the team’s 58 regular-season games since the start of the 2012 season. Nagbe is the club’s MLS career leader with 15 goals and 85 appearances.
YOUNGEST TO PLAY FOR PORTLAND Timbers defender Alvas Powell made his MLS debut on Aug. 3, starting and playing 63 minutes in a 1-1 draw against Vancouver. Powell’s debut made him the youngest player in Timbers MLS history to start and play in a league match at 19 years, 16 days - besting Andrew Jean-Baptiste (19 years, 270 days, in 2012). Powell, a Jamaican international, has started four straight games.
PORTLAND TO HOST 2014 ALL-STAR GAME Major League Soccer announced on July 10 that Portland will be the host city for the 2014 AT&T MLS All-Star Game. The annual showcase event will feature several days of festivities, culminating in a match between the League’s top players and a renowned international club in late July or early August, 2014, at JELD-WEN Field. A public on-sale date for tickets will be announced at a later date. The opponent for next summer’s game will be announced at a later date.
ON THE NATIONAL STAGE The Timbers know how to put on a show for national television - combining with opponents for an average of 3.04 goals per game on national broadcasts since the 2011 season. During the 2013 season, the Timbers have a 4-1-2 record in national television broadcasts. Overall Record on National TV (Since 2011) Network Record GF NBC 0-0-1 1 NBC Sports Network 4-3-2 13 ESPN/ESPN2 5-2-3 19 FOX Soccer 3-2-0 7 TOTAL: 12-7-6 40
GA 1 13 15 7 36
GD 0 0 +4 0 +4
PORTLAND TIMBERS AT REAL SALT LAKE FRIDAY, AUG. 30, 2013
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DONOVAN RICKETTS - GK
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RYAN MILLER - D
Height: 6-4 Weight: 210 DOB: 07/06/77 Hometown: Montego Bay, Jamaica Acquired: Trade with Montreal Impact, 08/07/12 Last MLS win: 08/17/13 POR vs. FCD Last MLS shutout: 07/20/13 POR at PHI
Height: 5-11 Weight: 165 Hometown: Barrington, Ill. Acquired: Signed, 01/23/13 Last MLS goal: n/a Last MLS assist: n/a
2013: Made two saves in a 1-0 loss at Seattle Aug. 25 ... Stopped three shots in a 2-1 win over FC Dallas on Aug. 17 ... Recorded three saves in a 1-1 draw against Vancouver on Aug. 3 ... Named an MLS-All Star on July 31 through a player vote ... Tied the Timbers MLS-club season high with his ninth shutout, a 0-0 draw against Philadelphia on July 20 ... Made four saves in a 2-1 win over the LA Galaxy on July 13 ... Set a club record with his fourth straight shutout on June 23 against Colorado ... Compiled a shutout streak of 401 mintues, third longest in MLS this season and a Timbers MLS record from May 18-25; June 15-July 7 ... Notched his seventh clean sheet of the season in a 0-0 draw against the LA Galaxy on June 19 ... Recorded his sixth shutout of the year in a 1-0 win over FC Dallas on June 15 ... Earned his fifth shutout of the season in a 2-0 win at D.C. United on May 25 ... Recorded six consecutive shutouts at JELD-WEN Field (April 6-June 23), compiling a 570-minute consecutive shutout streak at home, a Timbers MLS record ... Is a seven-time winner of MLS Save of the Week in 2013 (Weeks 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 16 and 21) ... Logged a 312-minute shutout streak from March 30-April 21 ... Recorded consecutive shutouts April 6-14. 2012: Played a total of 777 minutes in nine games (9 starts), making 26 saves on 39 shots and finishing with a 1.51 GAA for the Timbers ... Recorded his second shutout as a member of the Timbers on Oct. 21, in a 1-0 win over Vancouver Whitecaps FC. INTERNATIONAL: A longtime member of the Jamaica National Team ... Made his debut in 2000 ... Ricketts featured in Jamaica’s qualifying bids for the 2002, 2006 and 2010 World Cups, and started the last three 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Mexico (Feb. 6), Panama (March 22) and Costa Rica (March 26).
2013: Logged time as a late-game sub on Aug. 21 against Real Salt Lake ... Played 27 minutes as a sub against Vancouver on Aug. 3 ... Has appeared in all nine Timbers Reserves games this year, logging 780 minutes of time ... Played 90 minutes in an 1-0 exhibition win over Norwich City on July 24 ... Started consecutive games at right back (June 19-23) ... Played 71 minutes in a 1-0 exhibition win over Monarcas Morelia on July 3 ... Started all four U.S. Open Cup matches, ranking second on the team in minutes played (347) in the U.S. Open Cup ... Was a 90th-minute substitute for Ryan Johnson in a 1-0 win against San Jose on April 14 ... Started the first two matches of the season, logging 140 minutes of action. 2012: Started all 30 league games for Halmstads BK in the Superettan (second division), and helped the club regain promotion to Sweden’s top flight, the Allsvenskan … Halmstads BK finished third in the Superettan table and defeated GIF Sundsvall in the promotional playoff in order to secure its return to the first division … Was tied for the team lead and third in the league with a career-high eight assists, four of which came in a two-game span … Assisted on the first and fourth goals of a 5-2 victory against IFK Värnamo on June 16 … Notched two more assists in the next match five days later, aiding in a 3-1 win over Assyriska FF on June 21 … Started both legs of the promotional playoff against GIF Sundsvall, which Halmstads BK won 6-4 on aggregate … Recorded an assist in Leg 1, setting up a 62nd-minute goal in a 3-0 victory on Nov. 10 … Made an appearance in a 5-2 win against Ronneby BK in a Svenska Cupen match, playing 13 minutes as a sub.
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WILL JOHNSON - M
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DOB: 12/14/84
MICHAEL HARRINGTON - D
Height: 5-10 Weight: 160 DOB: 01/21/87 Hometown: Woodbridge, Ill. Acquired: Trade with Real Salt Lake, 12/03/12 Last MLS goal: 06/23/13 POR vs. COL Last MLS assist: 06/23/13 POR vs. COL
Height: 6-0 Weight: 170 Hometown: Greenville, N.C. Acquired: Trade with Sporting KC, 12/03/12 Last MLS goal: 10/05/08 SKC vs. CHI Last MLS assist: 05/27/12 SKC vs. SJ
2013: Missed last three matches with a shoulder injury ... Started and played 45 minutes for the MLS All-Stars in a 3-1 loss to AS Roma on Wednesday ... Named to the 2013 AT&T MLS All-Star game day roster ... Played 45 minutes in a 1-0 exhibition win over Norwich City on July 24 ... Captained Canada in opening match of the CONCACAF Gold Cup against Martinique on July 7, missing the Timbers 1-0 loss at Columbus ... Played 90 minutes in a 3-2 U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals win over FC Dallas on June 26 ... Tallied a goal and an assist in a 3-0 win over Colorado on June 23 ... Registered three assists in a 5-1 win over Wilmington in the U.S. Open Cup on May 29 ... Set a new career-high in goals, scoring his fifth of the season on May 18, scoring a penalty kick in a 2-2 draw at Vancouver ... Recorded an assist against Whitecaps FC ... Scored a stoppage-time goal May 12 against Chivas USA ... Scored the game-winning goal on a free kick in a 1-0 win against San Jose on April 14 ... Scored a brace on March 30 to help the Timbers earn a 2-2 draw at Colorado .. Was named NASR MLS Player of the Week for his efforts against the Rapids, the second MLS Timbers player to earn the award since 2011 ... Snapped Portland’s 37-game streak without a penalty kick in the 71st minute against Colorado, converting a game-tyinging penalty ... Started and played 90 minutes as captain in his Timbers debut on March 3, earning an assist on Diego Valeri’s goal in the 14th minute. INTERNATIONAL: Has 33 caps with the Canada National Team since making his senior debut as an 18-year-old on Nov. 16, 2005, in a 1-0 friendly win over Luxembourg ... Has been a staple in the team’s midfield since 2011 … Amassed seven caps in 2012, appearing in five 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers ... Scored in a 3-0 win over Cuba on Oct. 12, 2012, at BMO Field in Toronto, Ontario.
2013: Started 24 of 25 matches this season, missed match on June 23 due to an ankle sprain ... Logged 19 minutes of action in a 1-0 exhibition win over Norwich City on July 24 ... Helped Timbers record a shutout on July 20 at Philadelphia ... Contributed to the team’s six consecutive home shutouts from April 6-June 23, a Timbers MLS-club record ... Was part of a backline that has allowed just three shots on goal or fewer in four straight matches March 16-April 14. 2012: Started nine of the 11 games he appeared in during the 2012 season with Sporting Kansas City … Helped Sporting KC allow the fewest goals in MLS (27) during the regular season ... Assisted on the game-winning goal by Kei Kamara in a 2-1 win over the San Jose Earthquakes on May 27 ... Finished the season ranked ninth on Sporting KC’s all-time, regular-season minutes played chart with 11,633, tied for ninth with Josh Wolff in regular-season games started for the club with 128 and eighth in regular-season games played at 149. 2011: Appeared in a total of 23 matches in 2011, helping Sporting KC to a first-place finish in the Eastern Conference during the regular season ... Surpassed 10,000 minutes played in Sporting Kansas City career during LIVESTRONG Sporting Park’s inaugural match June 9. 2010: Started 29 matches and matched a career-high with four assists for Sporting KC.
DOB: 01/24/86
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DARLINGTON NAGBE - M/F
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SAL ZIZZO - M
Height: 5-9 Weight: 165 DOB: 07/19/90 Hometown: Lakewood, Ohio Acquired: Selected in the first round (2nd overall) of the 2011 MLS SuperDraft, 01/13/11 Pronunciation: NAG-be Last MLS goal: 08/17/13 POR vs. FCD Last MLS assist: 07/13/13 POR vs. LA
Height: 5-10 Weight: 165 Hometown: San Diego, Calif. Acquired: Trade with Chivas USA, 02/16/11 Pronunciation: ZEE-zoh Last MLS goal: 08/15/12 POR @ TFC Last MLS assist: 09/22/12 POR @ RSL
2013: With 15 career MLS goals, is the Timbers MLS career leader in goals ... Has started 39 straight games ... Scored the game-winning goal in a 2-1 win over FC Dallas on Aug. 17 ... Tallied his sixth goal of the year in a 2-1 loss at San Jose on July 27 ... Notched an assist on July 13 against the LA Galaxy ... Registered a goal and an assist in a U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals win over FC Dallas on June 26 ... Started each of the first 23 matches of the regular season ... Scored the game-winning goal on June 15 against FC Dallas ... Scored his fourth goal of the season on May 25 at D.C. United ... Earned his second assist of the season in a 3-0 win over Chivas USA on May 12 at JELD-WEN Field ... Tallied his third goal, the go-ahead strike, in a 1-1 road draw at FC Dallas on May 8 ... Notched his 10th career goal on April 27, aiding in a 3-2 road win over Sporting KC ... Recorded his first assist of the season, setting up Ryan Johnson’s second goal in the 73rd minute of a 2-0 win over Houston on April 6 at JELD-WEN Field ... Became the club’s seventh different player to score in an MLS home opener, recording his ninth career goal in the 56th minute on March 3 against New York. 2012: Set career highs in games played (33), starts (31), minutes played (2,777) and goals (6) in his second MLS season ... Notched the first multiple-goal performance in a 3-2 loss to Real Salt Lake March 31 at JELD-WEN Field ... Became the first player in the club’s MLS history to score in three straight matches, Aug. 15 at Toronto FC, Aug. 19 at New York and Aug. 25 vs. Vancouver. 2011: Appeared in 28 matches (21 starts) as a rookie ... His July 2 strike against Sporting KC won the AT&T Goal of the Year award and was his first goal of the season ... Made his MLS debut as a 66th-minute sub in a 1-1 draw at New England on April 2.
2013: Played nine minutes as a sub on Aug. 25 at Seattle ... Tallied an assist in backto-back matches for the Timbers Reserves (July 28, Aug. 4) ... Played 45 minutes in a 1-0 exhibition win over Norwich City on July 24 ... Played 90 minutes in a 1-0 exhibition win over Monarcas Morelia on July 3 ... Started and played 90 minutes at right back in a 2-0 win over Tampa Bay in the fourth round of the U.S. Open Cup on June 12 ... Played 23 minutes in a 2-2 draw against Chicago on June 8, his first MLS action since March 3 ... Scored the game-tying goal on a penalty kick for the Timbers Reserves in a 4-4 draw at VSI Tampa Bay FC on June 1 ... Scored the game-tying goal for the Timbers Reserves in a 1-1 draw at Vancouver on May 19 ... Underwent successful surgery to repair a medial meniscus tear in his left knee on March 4 ... Logged 18 minutes on March 3 against New York. 2012: Tallied his career-high fourth assist of the season Sept. 22 against Real Salt Lake ... Made his 50th MLS appearance and scored his first MLS goal in a 2-2 draw at Toronto FC Aug. 15 ... Made his 2012 season debut on May 15 against Houston, entering the match as a 60th-minute substitute ... Made his first appearance in the available 18 and was an unused sub on May 5 against Columbus ... Played 23 minutes in a MLS Reserve League game on March 27 at San Jose, his first competitive action since sustaining a torn anterior cruciate ligament on Oct. 14, 2011. 2011: Started 14 of his 30 appearances with the Timbers in 2011 ... Made 10 consecutive starts from Aug. 3 to Sept. 21 ... Recorded three assists during the season ... Scored his lone goal of the season in an exhibition win over Argentine side C.A. Independiente on July 26 ... Suffered a torn ACL Oct. 14 vs. Houston.
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DIEGO VALERI - M
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DOB: 04/03/87
RYAN JOHNSON - F
Height: 5-10 Weight: 165 DOB: 05/01/86 Hometown: Valentín Alsina, Argentina Acquired: Contract purchased from Atlético Lanús as a Designated Player on 08/06/13 Last MLS goal: 08/21/13 POR vs. RSL Last MLS assist: 08/21/13 POR vs. RSL
Height: 6-1 Weight: 180 DOB: 11/26/84 Hometown: Kingston, Jamaica Acquired: Trade with Toronto FC on 12/12/12 Last MLS goal: 08/17/13 POR vs. FCD Last MLS assist: 05/25/13 POR @ DCU
2013: Factored into nine of Portland’s last 10 goals, scoring two and assisting on seven before Kalif Alhassan’s 86th minute tally on Aug. 21 against Real Salt Lake ... Is the Timbers MLS single-season record holder with 11 assists, matching the team’s longest streak with four straight games with an assist from July 27-Aug. 21 ... Tallied a goal and an assist in a 3-3 draw with Real Salt Lake Aug. 21 ... Appeared in 22 of the team’s 24 games ... Named an MLS All-Star on July 31 through a player vote ... Tallied his seventh assist of the season in a 2-1 loss at San Jose on July 27 ... Earned the game-winning assist in a 2-1 win over the LA Galaxy on July 13 ... Has recorded four multi-assist games this year ... Tallied his fourth goal in a 2-2 draw against Chicago on June 8 ... Registered one goal and two assists in a 3-0 win May 12 against Chivas USA at JELD-WEN Field ... His four points against Chivas USA tied a Timbers MLS record for points by a player in a single match ... Registered his first two career MLS assists, on the game-tying and game-winning goals, April 27 against Sporting KC ... Scored his second goal of the season in a 1-1 draw on April 21 at San Jose ... Had to be subbed out in the 29th minute of a 2-0 win against Houston on April 6 after taking an elbow to the face ... Became the fourth player in Timbers MLS history to score in his debut game, tallying a goal March 3 against New York. 2012-13: Appeared in 16 league matches for Club Atlético Lanús, scoring two goals in Argentina’s Primera División. INTERNATIONAL: Has three caps (all starts) with the Argentina National Team … Earned his first cap March 16, 2011, playing the full 90 of a 4-1 victory in a friendly against Venezuela ... Played 90 minutes against Ecuador on April 20, 2011, which finished in a 2-2 draw ... Featured in a 4-2 win over Paraguay on May 25, 2011.
2013: Scored a goal in consecutive matches Aug. 3-17 ... Tallied his team-high eighth goal in a 2-1 win over FC Dallas on Aug. 17 ... Netted his seventh goal of the season in a 1-1 draw with Vancouver on Aug. 3 ... Played 45 minutes in a 1-0 exhibition win over Norwich City on July 24 ... Scored his sixth goal of the season on July 13 in a 2-1 win over the LA Galaxy ... Started and played 57 minutes in a U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals win over FC Dallas on June 26 ... Scored the Timbers’ final goal in a 3-0 win over Colorado on June 23, his fifth goal of the year ... Started and played 63 minutes for Jamaica in a 1-0 loss to Mexico on June 4 in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying ... Assisted on Darlington Nagbe’s goal in a 2-0 win on May 25 at D.C. United ... Assisted on Rodney Wallace’s first-half goal in a 3-0 win against Chivas USA on May 12 at JELDWEN Field ... Tallied a goal and an assist in a 3-2 win against Sporting KC on April 27 ... Became the sixth Timbers player to score two goals in a game with a brace in a 2-0 win against Houston on April 6 ... Was named NASR’s MLS Player of the Week for Week 6 ... Recorded his first assist with the Timbers on March 30 against Colorado ... Scored his first goal of the season and as a member of the Timbers on March 9 in a 2-1 loss to Montreal. 2012: Recorded career-highs in games played (31) and minutes (2,769) in his second season with Toronto FC … Finished the season with seven goals. INTERNATIONAL: Made his Jamaica debut April 11, 2006, starting and playing 71 minutes of a friendly against the United States in Cary, N.C. … Has scored eight international goals, with his first coming Feb. 10, 2012, against Argentina in Buenos Aires … Was the second-leading scorer for the Reggae Boyz during the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, scoring two goals in four games during the tournament.
PORTLAND TIMBERS AT REAL SALT LAKE FRIDAY, AUG. 30, 2013
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FREDERIC PIQUIONNE - F
Height: 6-2 Weight: 170 Hometown: Nouméa, New Caledonia Acquired: Signed, 02/28/13 Pronunciation: pick-EE-own Last MLS goal: 06/23/13 POR vs. COL Last MLS assist: 07/27/13 POR @ SJ
DOB: 12/08/78
2013: Has made 12 substitute appearances ... Notched his fifth assist of the year with a back-heel pass to Darlington Nagbe in a 2-1 loss at San Jose on July 27 ... Played for Martinique in the opening match of the CONCACAF Gold Cup against Canada on July 7, missing the Timbers 1-0 loss at Columbus ... Scored in a 3-2 win over FC Dallas in the U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals on June 26 ... Tallied his first career MLS goal and the 100th MLS goal in club history in a 3-0 win over Colorado on June 23 ... Earned an assist in a 2-0 win over Tampa Bay in the fourth round of the U.S. Open Cup on June 12 ... Registered the first multi-assist game of his MLS career on June 8 against Chicago ... Scored four goals in 45 minutes in a 5-1 win over Wilmington in the U.S. Open Cup on May 29 ... Named the U.S. Open Cup Player of the Round for the third round ... Earned his first career MLS assist on May 25 at D.C. United ... Made his first career MLS start on May 8 at FC Dallas ... Made his Timbers debut on March 16 against Seattle, entering the match in the 70th minute. 2011-12: Played in 20 league games for West Ham during the Championship season, recording two goals ... Provided the game-winner in a 2-1 win against Coventry City for his first goal of the season Nov. 19, 2011 ... Sent on loan to Championship side Doncaster Rovers from March 6 to April 7. INTERNATIONAL: Earned his first cap with the France National Team in a friendly against Austria on March 28, 2007 … Made his debut with the Martinique National Team in 2002 ... Lived and played soccer on the Caribbean island prior to starting his professional playing career … Rejoined Martinique for the 2012 Caribbean Cup, helping lead the team to a top-four finish and qualifying for the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
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DAVID HORST - D
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KALIF ALHASSAN - M
Height: 5-10 Weight: 160 Hometown: Accra, Ghana Acquired: Signed, 12/15/10 Pronunciation: KA-leaf ALL-ha-sahn Last MLS goal: 08/21/13 POR vs. RSL Last MLS assist: 06/15/13 POR vs. FCD
DOB: 10/15/90
2013: Scored his first goal of the season in the 86th minute of a 3-3 draw with Real Salt Lake on Aug. 21 ... Assisted on the game-winning goal for the Timbers Reserves in a 1-0 win over the San Jose Reserves July 28 ... Tallied the game-winning assist in a 1-0 exhibition win over Norwich City on July 24 ... Tallied a Timbers MLS-club record fifth game-winning assist on June 15 against FC Dallas, his third assist of the season ... Earned an assist in a 5-1 win against Wilmington in the U.S. Open Cup on May 29 ... Recorded his second assisted of the season on Will Johnson’s goal in second-half stoppage time in a 3-0 victory against Chivas USA on May 12 at JELD-WEN Field ... Became the only Timbers player to start in each of the club’s three home openers since joining MLS in 2011 ... Recorded an assist on March 3 against New York, becoming the only Portland player to record at least one point in each home opener. 2012: Played in 16 matches during the regular season, recording one goal and two assists ... Assisted on the game-winning goal and scored his first MLS goal in a 3-1 win over Philadelphia in the Timbers’ season opener March 12 at JELD-WEN Field; it was the first three-point performance of his MLS career ... Was named the North American Soccer Reporters (NASR) Player of the Week for Week 1, becoming the first MLS Timbers player to earn NASR Player of the Week honors. 2011: Named the Timbers’ Young Player of the Year ... Finished second on the team with six assists, including three game-winning assists ... Became the third player in MLS history, joining LA’s Carlos Hermosillo (1998) and New York’s Jorge Rojas (2008), to record assists in each of his first three home matches and went on to tally five overall in the Timbers’ first five home fixtures.
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JACK JEWSBURY - D/M
Height: 6-4 Weight: 210 DOB: 10/25/85 Hometown: Pine Grove, Pa. Acquired: Selected in the fifth round (9th overall) of the 2010 MLS Expansion Draft from Real Salt Lake, 11/24/10 Last MLS goal: 06/24/12 POR vs. SEA Last MLS assist: n/a
Height: 6-0 Weight: 185 DOB: 04/13/81 Hometown: Springfield, Mo. Acquired: Trade with Sporting Kansas City, 03/01/11 Pronunciation: JEWS-bury Last MLS goal: 10/21/12 POR @ VAN Last MLS assist: 05/25/13 POR @ DCU
2013: Is out at least six months after undergoing successful surgery to repair a displaced tibial plateau fracture of his right leg on April 8 ... Started at center back on April 6 against Houston, but left the match in the 18th minute with a leg injury ... Earned his first start and first appearance of the season on March 30 against Colorado, drawing a penalty kick in the 71st minute when Colorado’s Atiba Harris fouled him in the box ... Missed the first three games of the season with a groin injury. 2012: Recovered from offseason hip surgery and appeared in 21 matches, logging a career high 1,845 minutes and scoring one goal in his second season in Portland ... At season’s end was named the club’s Community Player of the Year for his outstanding efforts in the community ... Played the full 90 in 20 of the club’s last 22 matches of the season ... Scored his first career MLS goal - the game-winner - in a 2-1 victory over Cascadia-rival Seattle Sounders FC on June 24 at JELD-WEN Field ... Was a four-time selection to the MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week in Weeks 28, 30, 32 and 33 ... Earned honorable mention on the MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week in Week 16 ... Missed the first nine regular-season matches while recovering from hip surgery and made his season debut May 23 in a friendly against Spain’s Valencia CF ... Wore the captain’s armband in the regular-season finale, a 1-1 draw against San Jose on Oct. 27. 2011: Made a career high 15 appearances (11 starts) in his first full season ... Helped the Timbers’ defense record three straight shutouts from Aug. 24-Sept. 16 ... Made his first start of the season April 2 at New England.
2013: Played 86 minutes in a 1-0 loss at Seattle on Aug. 25 ... Started seven of the last nine games ... Played 27 minutes in a 1-0 exhibition win over Norwich City on July 24 ... Started four straight games from June 23-July 20 ... Played 90 minutes in a U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals win over FC Dallas on June 26 ... Surpassed 20,000 minutes played in his MLS career on June 23 against Colorado at JELD-WEN Field ... Scored a goal in a 2-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the fourth round of the U.S. Open Cup on June 12 ... Earned his first assist of the season on May 25 at D.C. United ... Made his season debut March 16, starting and playing 70 minutes at midfield in a 1-1 draw at Seattle. 2012: Finished second on the team in games played (32), minutes played (2,765) and tied for third in scoring with 10 points from three goals and four assists ... Registered a multi-assist performance in a season-opening 3-1 win over Philadelphia on March 12 ... Tallied the winning goal in a 2-1 win over the San Jose Earthquakes on July 3 at JELD-WEN Field ... Notched the equalizer in a 1-1 draw against FC Dallas Aug. 5 ... Scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 victory at Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Oct. 21 at BC Place. 2011: Set career marks in points (22), goals (7) and assists (8) ... Was the only player in MLS in 2011 with multiple four-game points streaks (April 30-May 29 and July 30Aug. 20) ... Became the Timbers’ first MLS All-Star when he played in the AT&T 2011 MLS All-Star Game on July 27 ... Logged two, three-point games in 2011, with one of those performances coming in his 200th MLS match April 17 against FC Dallas ... Voted by his teammates as the Timbers’ 2011 Player’s Player of the Year.
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BEN ZEMANSKI - M
Height: 5-11 Weight: 150 Hometown: Akron, Ohio Acquired: Trade with Chivas USA, 02/13/13 Last MLS goal: 06/08/13 POR @ CHI Last MLS assist: 06/23/13 POR vs. COL
DOB: 05/12/88
2013: Played 90 minutes in back-to-back games from Aug. 17-21 ... Logged 82 minutes for the Timbers Reserves in a 3-2 loss to the Whitecaps FC Reserves on Aug. 4 ... Played 66 minutes in a 2-1 loss at San Jose on July 27 ... Logged 63 minutes in a 1-0 exhibition win over Norwich City on July 24 ... Played 45 minutes as a sub on July 20 against Philadelphia ... Played 90 minutes in a 1-0 loss at Columbus on July 7 ... Started and played 45 minutes in a 1-0 exhibition win over Monarcas Morelia on July 3 ... Has appeared in all three of Portland’s U.S. Open Cup games in this year’s tournament ... Earned an assist in a 3-0 win over Colorado on June 23 ... Scored his first MLS goal since July 6, 2011 with a 58th-minute tally in a 2-2 draw against Chicago on June 8 ... Started consecutive matches at right back (March 16-30) ... Earned his first start for the Timbers on March 16 at Seattle ... Made his Portland debut as a halftime substitute March 9 of a 2-1 loss to Montreal ... Assisted on the club’s lone goal by Ryan Johnson in the 80th minute. 2012: Made 22 league appearances with the Chivas USA, including 18 starts… Missed nearly two months from mid-April to mid-June due to a knee injury … Notched two assists, including one on the game-winning goal in a 1-0 victory over the Timbers on July 28 at JELD-WEN Field. 2011: Appeared in a career-high 28 games for Chivas USA, making 23 starts and logging 2,056 minutes … Tallied two goals and four assists both career-highs … Scored first MLS goal in the 84th minute of the season opener March 19, a 3-2 loss to Sporting Kansas City ... Came on as a second-half substitute in a July meeting against the San Jose Earthquakes and scored the game-winner in the 64th minute of a 2-0 win.
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STEVEN EVANS - M
Height: 6-1 Weight: 180 DOB: 09/19/91 Hometown: Portland, Ore. Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown Player, 01/08/13 Last MLS goal: n/a Last MLS assist: n/a
2013: Played 45 minutes in a 1-0 exhibition win over Norwich City on July 24 ... Started and played 90 minutes of a 1-0 exhibition win over Monarcas Morelia on July 3 ... Played 14 minutes as a second-half substitute in a 2-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the fourth round of the U.S. Open Cup on June 12 ... Has started and played every minute in each of the Timbers Reserves first nine games this season ... Registered the game-winning assist for the Timbers Reserves in a 1-0 win against the Seattle Sounders FC Reserves on March 17. 2012: Named the club’s 2012 Timbers U-23s Player of the Year … Played 17 games during the Premier Development League campaign, scoring four goals and logging one assist … Helped lead the Timbers U-23s to a second-place finish in the Northwest Division and to the Western Conference semifinals … Scored two of his four goals in a 4-0 win over the Kitsap Pumas May 24 at JELD-WEN Field … Played in the team’s first-ever appearance in the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, starting a firstround match against PSA Elite on May 15. A product of the Timbers U-23s, Evans signs as the club’s second Homegrown Player. The Portland native played four seasons with the Timbers U-23s from 2009-12, helping the team win the 2010 PDL championship. He ranks among the team’s alltime leaders in games played and goals. Evans had three standout seasons at the University of Portland during his collegiate career, earning All-West Coast Conference honors all three seasons.
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MICHAEL NANCHOFF - M
Height: 5-10 Weight: 165 DOB: 05/20/90 Hometown: Camas, Wash. Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown Player, 01/04/12 Last MLS goal: n/a Last MLS assist: n/a
Height: 5-8 Weight: 150 Hometown: North Royalton, Ohio Acquired: Signed, 02/21/13 Last MLS goal: n/a Last MLS assist: n/a
DOB: 09/24/88
2013: Is out at least six months after undergoing successful surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament on Feb. 4, 2013. 2012: Appeared in six games in his rookie MLS season, starting two, while logging 201 minutes played ... Named the club’s 2012 Young Player of the Year ... Made his MLS debut on July 14, playing 45 minutes as a halftime sub against the LA Galaxy ... Handed his first MLS start against Chivas USA on July 28, recording four shots (one on goal) in 74 minutes of action, a performance that earned him MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week honorable mention for Week 21... Started and played 69 minutes of an exhibition vs. Aston Villa FC on July 24 ... Played 22 minutes as a sub against Spanish club Valencia CF on May 23 ... Came on as a 65th-minute sub in a U.S. Open Cup loss to Cal FC on May 30 ... Was the second-leading scorer for the Timbers Reserves with four goals in nine games (eight starts) ... Scored his fourth MLS Reserve League goal, the game-winner, in the Timbers Reserves’ Sept. 16 win over Seattle Sounders FC Reserves ... Scored his first goal of the MLS Reserve League season in a win over the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Reserves April 22.
2013: Currently on loan with Swedish second-division club Jönköpings Södra IF ... Made his regular-season debut, playing eight minutes as a second-half sub on July 7 at Columbus ... Started and played 90 minutes in a 1-0 exhibition win over Monarcas Morelia on July 3 ... Recorded a goal and an assist in a 2-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the fourth round of the U.S. Open Cup on June 12 ... Scored his fourth goal of the year for the Timbers Reserves in a 4-4 draw at VSI Tampa Bay FC on June 1 ... Recorded his first two-goal performance for the Timbers Reserves in a 2-1 win against the San Jose Reserves on April 15 ... Has played every minute in each of the Timbers Reserves first four games this season ... Was an unused sub on April 14 against San Jose ... Registered a goal and an assist for the Timbers Reserves in a 2-1 win against USL PRO side VSI Tampa Bay FC on April 7 ... Started and played 90 minutes for the Timbers Reserves in a 1-0 loss to Colorado on March 31 ... Played 90 minutes for the Timbers Reserves in a 1-0 win against the Sounders FC Reserves on March 17 ... Was an unused sub in each of the team’s first three games of the season. 2012: Appeared in nine games (1 start) for Whitecaps FC during the regular season ... Logged a season-high 59 minutes on July 14, 2012, against Chicago. 2011: Battling injuries during his first MLS season, Nanchoff appeared in five matches for Vancouver as a rookie
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BRIGHT DIKE - F
Height: 6-1 Weight: 210 Hometown: Edmond, Okla. Acquired: Signed, 10/19/10 Pronunciation: DEE-kay Last MLS goal: 09/29/12 POR vs. DCU Last MLS assist: n/a
DOB: 02/02/87
2013: Is out at least six months after undergoing successful surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament, medial collateral ligament (MCL) in addition to undergoing a successful lateral meniscectomy on Feb. 8. 2012: Set MLS career highs, appearing in 12 matches (9 starts), playing 896 minutes and scoring five goals ... Finished the season as the club’s third-leading goal-scorer and tied for third overall in points (10) ... Scored his five goals on the season in a 10-game span ... Scored his first MLS game-winning goal Aug. 31 in a 1-0 win over Colorado at JELD-WEN Field ... Tallied game-tying goals in back-to-back home matches Sept. 29 vs. D.C. United and Oct. 27 vs. San Jose ... Made his first MLS start and scored his first goal of the season Aug. 19 in a 3-2 loss at New York ... Was on loan with the L.A. Blues of USL PRO from May 8 to July 10 ... Recorded six goals and two assists in 10 games during his loan stint and was the Blues’ leading scorer on the season ... At season’s end was selected to the USL PRO All-League Second Team. 2011: Made his MLS Timbers debut July 7 in a friendly vs. Club América five months after undergoing Achilles’ tendon surgery ... Ruptured his Achilles tendon in the Timbers first preseason game Feb. 4 ... Scored his first career MLS goal at Sporting KC Aug. 17 ... Recorded four goals in five MLS Reserve League appearances, ranking second in scoring for the Timbers Reserves ... Made 11 MLS appearances.
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DIEGO CHARA - M
Height: 5-8 Weight: 150 Hometown: Cali, Colombia Acquired: Signed, 04/13/11 Pronunciation: dee-EH-goh char-AH Last MLS goal: 09/16/11 POR vs. NE Last MLS assist: 04/27/13 POR @ SKC
DOB: 04/05/86
2013: Missed Aug. 25 match at Seattle due to caution accumulation ... Started 22 of the team’s 25 matches, playing the full 90 in 18 straight matches from March 9 to July 13 ... Played 90 minutes in U.S. Open Cup matches on June 26 (FC Dallas) and Aug. 7 (Real Salt Lake) ... tallied the game-winning assist on April 27 in a 3-2 win against Sporting Kansas City ... Registered his second assist of the season on the first of two Ryan Johnson goals (55th minute) in a 2-0 win over Houston on April 6 at JELD-WEN Field ... Assisted on Ryan Johnson’s 80th-minute goal against Montreal on March 9, recording his fifth-career MLS assist and his first since Oct. 2, 2011. 2012: Started all 28 of his regular-season apearances and logged an MLS-career high 2,473 minutes in his second season in Portland ... Was named the Players’ Player of the Year and the Supporters’ Player of the Year. 2011: Became the first Designated Player in Timbers MLS history on April 13 ... Made his club debut as a second-half sub April 23 at LA Galaxy ... Started his next 27 appearances ... Recorded his first MLS goal in a 2-1 win over Vancouver, scoring the quickest goal in Timbers MLS history in just the second minute of play ... Recorded the game-winning assist in the first MLS match at BC Place on Oct. 2. INTERNATIONAL: Joined the Colombian National Team for a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Bolivia on Oct. 11, 2011, and played the final 21 minutes in a 2-1 win ... Made his senior debut on Nov. 17, 2010, starting a friendly against Peru in Bogota.
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JOSE VALENCIA - F
Height: 6-1 Weight: 180 Hometown: Bogotá, Colombia Acquired: Signed, 12/15/11 Last MLS goal: n/a Last MLS assist: n/a
DOB: 12/18/91
2013: Has appeared as a sub in eight straight games for the first team ... Leads the team with 14 substitute appearances ... Scored back-to-back goals for the Timbers Reserves (July 28, Aug. 4) ... Scored the game-winning goal in the 52nd minute of a 1-0 exhibition win over Norwich City on July 24 ... Played 90 minutes in a 1-0 exhibition win over Monarcas Morelia on July 3 ... Recorded an assist in a 2-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the fourth round of the U.S. Open Cup on June 12 ... Scored a goal for the Timbers Reserves in a 4-4 draw at VSI Tampa Bay FC on June 1 ... Scored his first career MLS goal on May 18 in a 2-2 draw at Vancouver ... Scored the game-winning goal for the Timbers Reserves in a 2-1 win against USL PRO side VSI Tampa Bay FC on April 7 ... Netted the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win for the Timbers Reserves against the Seattle Sounders FC Reserves on March 17 ... Earned his MLS debut as a second-half sub on March 3 against New York ... His shot in the 83rd minute forced a game-tying own goal from defender Jámison Olave. 2012: Made his debut for the club, playing 20 minutes as a second-half sub in the Timbers Reserves’ final match of the season, a 3-2 win over Seattle after recovering from knee surgery he underwent on Feb. 6 to repair damaged cartilage in his left knee. INTERNATIONAL: Played for the Colombia U-20 National Team in 2011 ... Called up for the 2011 Toulon Tournament in France ... Was a key figure for Colombia in the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup … Started all three group matches, leading Colombia to a perfect 3-0-0 record in group play … Scored the opening goal in a 2-0 win over Mali in group play ... Played in all five of Colombia’s games during the tournament.
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RODNEY WALLACE - M
Height: 5-10 Weight: 160 Hometown: Rockville, Md. Acquired: Trade with D.C. United, 11/24/10 Last MLS goal: 08/21/13 POR vs. RSL Last MLS assist: 06/23/13 POR vs. COL
DOB: 06/17/88
2013: Scored on a header in a 3-3 draw with Real Salt Lake, his fifth goal of the season ... Played 90 minutes in four straight games ... Named an MLS All-Star on July 31 through a player vote ... Logged 45 minutes in a 1-0 exhibition win over Norwich City on July 24 ... Missed three matches due to international duty with Costa Rica at the CONCACAF Gold Cup ... Played 57 minutes for Costa Rica in a 3-0 win over Cuba in the Gold Cup at JELD-WEN Field on July 9 ... Played 90 minutes in a U.S. Open Cup win over FC Dallas on June 26 ... Earned three assists, a Timbers MLS single-game record, in a 3-0 win over Colorado on June 23 ... Set a career high with his fourth goal of the season on May 25 at D.C. United ... Scored his third goal of the season and recorded an assist in a 3-0 win against Chivas USA on May 12 at JELD-WEN Field ... Assisted on a goal by Darlington Nagbe in 1-1 road draw May 8 against FC Dallas ... Tallied the game-winning goal in a 3-2 road win at Sporting KC on April 27 ... Scored the game-tying goal in second-half stoppage time in a 1-1 draw against Seattle on March 16 ... Became the second player to appear in all three MLS home openers in the club’s history entering as a sub on March 3 against New York. 2012: Assisted on a goal against San Jose on Sept. 19 ... Scored his first league goal of the season to give the club a 1-1 draw with Seattle on Sept. 15. INTERNATIONAL: Appeared in five matches as Costa Rica earned the gold medal at the 2013 Copa Centroamericana in January ... Scored the game-winning goal against El Salvador in the semifinals Jan. 25 ... Featured in three 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches for Costa Rica ... Made debut, scoring the game-winning goal for Costa Rica in a 1-0 win over the United States on Sept. 2, 2011 ... Has 13 total caps for Costa Rica.
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ALVAS POWELL - D
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SEBASTIçN RINCîN - F
Height: 6-0 Weight: 165 DOB: 07/18/94 Hometown: Portland Parish, Jamaica Acquired: Signed on loan from Portmore United FC, 06/28/13 Last MLS goal: n/a Last MLS assist: n/a
Height: 6-1 Weight: 170 DOB: 01/14/94 Hometown: Cali, Colombia Acquired: On loan from Club Atlético Atenas, 04/15/12 Pronunciation: rin-CONE Last MLS goal: n/a Last MLS assist: n/a
2013: Has started four straight games ... Started and played 81 minutes at Seattle on Aug. 25 ... Started and played 90 minutes in a 2-1 win over FC Dallas on Aug. 17 ... Played 13 minutes as a sub in a 2-1 U.S. Open Cup loss at Real Salt Lake on Aug. 7 ... Made his MLS debut, starting and playing 63 minutes at right back in a 1-1 draw against Vancouver on Aug. 3 ... Became the youngest player to ever start a match for the Timbers on Aug. 3 at 19-years, 16-days old ... Started and played 90 minutes at right back in a 1-0 exhibition win over Norwich City on July 24 ... Made his first appearance for the Timbers Reserves on July 14 against the LA Galaxy, starting and playing 77 minutes in a 1-0 loss.
2013: Has appeared in eight games (6 starts) for the Timbers Reserves, recording one goal and one assist in 595 minutes of action ... Played 45 minutes in a 1-0 exhibition win over Norwich City on July 24 ... Played 90 minutes, registering two shots in a 1-0 exhibition win over Monarcas Morelia on July 3 ... Scored a goal for the Timbers Reserves in a 4-4 draw at VSI Tampa Bay FC on June 1 ... Played 36 minutes as a second-half sub in a 5-1 win over Wilmington in the U.S. Open Cup on May 29. 2012: Appeared in nine matches (6 starts) for the Timbers Reserves in the MLS Reserve League, logging one goal in 527 minutes of action ... Played the full 90 in four of his six starts for the Timbers Reserves, including the season finale, a 3-2 win over Seattle Sounders FC Reserves on Sept. 16 ... Scored in a 2-2 draw against the Chivas USA Reserves on June 18 ... Played with the first team in a friendly against EPL side Aston Villa FC, scoring the initial equalizer in the 76th minute of a 2-2 draw ... Also converted his penalty kick in the tiebreaker shootout, which AVFC won 5-4 ... Was included in the match-day roster for the regular-season finale against San Jose on Oct. 27, a friendly against Spanish club Valencia CF on May 23 and a U.S. Open Cup match May 30.
Powell, 18, is a rising player for Jamaica and recently featured for the Reggae Boyz in their last three 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers June 4-11 against Mexico, United States and Honduras. He made his senior international debut Dec. 10, 2012, during the 2012 Caribbean Cup and has five caps. A native of Portland, Jamaica, Powell helped the Jamaica U-17 National Team qualify for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup and played in two of the team’s three group matches in the tournament. He recently captained the Jamaica U-20 National Team to a quarterfinal finish in the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championships in February. Powell has played two seasons in Jamaica’s Premier League with Portmore United FC.
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DYLAN TUCKER-GANGNES - D
Height: 6-3 Weight: 190 Hometown: Bainbridge Island, Wash. Acquired: Signed, 02/06/13 Pronunciation: Tucker GANG-ness Last MLS goal: n/a Last MLS assist: n/a
DOB: 09/30/90
2013: Has started and played 90 minutes in six of the first eight Timbers Reserves games this year. Tucker-Gangnes is a product of the Portland Timbers U-23s and had a standout collegiate career at the University of Washington. He was selected by the Timbers with the No. 34 overall pick in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft. He played for the Timbers U-23s during the 2011 Premier Development League season, appearing in 13 matches that season, logging 1,047 minutes and scoring two goals. He finished the season ranked among team leaders in both games played and minutes.
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MIKAEL SILVESTRE - D
Height: 6-0 Weight: 190 Hometown: Chambray-lès-Tours, France Acquired: Signed, 02/20/13 Pronunciation: mi-KELL sil-ves-TRAY Last MLS goal: n/a Last MLS assist: n/a
DOB: 08/09/77
2013: Is out 6-9 months after sustaining a torn left ACL in the second half of a 0-0 draw against New England on May 2 ... Started eight of the team’s first nine matches at center back ... Helped the Timbers back line record shutouts on April 6 against Houston, April 14 against San Jose and May 2 against New England ... Returned from a one-game absence to play 90 minutes in a 2-0 shutout against Houston on April 6 ... Missed the March 30 match against Colorado with a strained adductor ... Started and played 90 minutes in each the team’s first three matches ... Signed with the Timbers on Feb. 20, 2013. Silvestre has played at the highest levels in Europe throughout his career, including 11 seasons in England’s Premier league with Manchester United (1999-2008) and Arsenal (2008-10), winning five Premier League titles and the 2007-08 UEFA Champions League. The 17-year veteran has earned 40 caps with the France National Team and played in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Silvestre has made 87 total appearances in the UEFA Champions League during his career. Silvestre played the last two seasons in the German Bundesliga with Werder Bremen. He played in 27 league games during his time with the club, despite missing a majority of the 2011-12 campaign due to injury. He scored in the 2010-11 season finale, contributing to a 2-0 win over Borussia Dortmund on July 5, 2011.
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MILOS KOCIC - GK
Height: 6-4 Weight: 200 Hometown: Leskovac, Serbia Acquired: Trade with Toronto FC, 12/12/12 Pronunciation: MEE-losh ko-SICH Last MLS win: 07/18/12 TFC vs. COL Last MLS shutout: 07/14/12 TFC @ NE
DOB: 06/04/85
2013: Played the first half for the Timbers Reserves in a 3-2 loss to the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Reserves on Aug. 4 ... Started, played 45 minutes and made three saves in a 1-0 exhibition win over Norwich City on July 24 ... Played 90 minutes for the Timbers Reserves in a 1-0 loss to the LA Galaxy Reserves on July 14 ... Recorded two saves and a shutout in a 1-0 exhibition win over Monarcas Morelia on July 3 ... Earned a clean sheet June 12 against NASL side Tampa Bay, helping Portland reach the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open Cup ... Made five saves and earned his first-career assist in his first start of the season on June 8 in a 2-2 draw at Chicago ... Stopped seven shots in a 5-1 win on May 29 in the U.S. Open Cup. 2012: Recorded career-highs in games played (27), minutes played (2,430), saves (82) and shutouts (3) in his third season with Toronto FC ... Registered nine saves, a 1.00 goals-against average and a shutout during that span … Started all four games of the 2012 Canadian Championship, posting three shutouts, to help Toronto FC capture a fourth straight Voyagers Cup (Canadian championship). 2011: Made eight regular-season appearances (7 starts), logging 654 minutes and a shutout for Toronto FC … Finished the season with 27 saves, a 3-1-4 record and a career-best 1.38 goals-against average … Won MLS Save of the Week in Week 22, making a 90th-minute save on a shot from midfielder Will Johnson on Aug. 13 to preserve a 1-0 victory and his first MLS shutout … Made a career-high 11 saves in a 2-0 loss to Chicago Fire on Aug. 21 at Toyota Park … Started all eight of Toronto FC’s matches through the Group Stage of the 2011-12 CONCACAF Champions League, recording a 5-2-1 record and two shutouts.
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ANDREW JEAN-BAPTISTE - D
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RAUWSHAN McKENZIE - D
Height: 6-1 Weight: 185 Hometown: Hoffman Estates, Ill. Acquired: Signed, 05/22/13 Pronunciation: rah-shawn Last MLS goal: n/a Last MLS assist: 05/23/12 CHV @ NY
DOB: 11/19/86
2013: Recorded a goal for the Timbers Reserves in a 3-2 loss against Vancouver Whitecaps FC Reserves on Aug. 4 ... Logged 90 minutes in a 1-0 exhibition win over Norwich City on July 24 ... Has started all six of his MLS Reserve League appearances, playing 90 minutes in every match ... Played 90 minutes of a 1-0 exhibition win over Monarcas Morelia on July 3 ... Signed with the Timbers on May 22, 2013. 2012: Appeared in 20 matches, including 19 starts, for Chivas USA ... Logged 1,732 minutes during the season ... Registered career highs in shots (5), shots on goal (2) ... Earned his first career MLS assist and point on May 23, 2012, in a 1-1 draw with the New York Red Bulls ... Assisted on forward Juan Pablo Ángel’s opening goal in the 47th minute. 2011: Started each of his two appearances for Real Salt Lake in 2011, playing 90 minutes at New England (April 9) and at D.C. United (Sept. 24). 2010: Appeared in four regular-season games for Real Salt Lake, including two starts, logging 224 minutes ... Started two matches during the 2010-11 CONCACAF Champions League group stage, both against Mexican club Cruz Azul (Aug. 25, 2010; Oct. 19, 2010). 2009: Played five games (all starts) for the Kansas City Wizards ... Made his professional debut on July 4, 2009, playing 90 minutes against the Houston Dynamo. 2008: Drafted in the fourth round (53rd overall) of the 2008 MLS SuperDraft by the Kansas City Wizards.
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PA MODOU KAH - D
Height: 6-2 Weight: 205 DOB: 06/16/92 Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y. Acquired: Selected in the first round (8th overall) of the 2012 MLS SuperDraft, 01/12/12 Pronunciation: JOHN-bap-TEE-st Last MLS goal: 03/12/12 POR vs. PHI Last MLS assist: 03/16/13 POR @ SEA
Height: 6-1 Weight: 175 Hometown: Banjul, The Gambia Acquired: Signed, 05/03/13 Pronunciation: paw KAW Last MLS goal: n/a Last MLS assist: n/a
2013: Scored the latest game-winning goal in Timbers MLS history in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time against the LA Galaxy on July 13 ... Named to the MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week for Week 20 ... Has started 13 of the last 14 games ... Played 90 minutes in all four U.S. Open Cup matches for the club ... Helped the Timbers back line record a shutout in a 0-0 draw against the LA Galaxy on June 19 ... Started and played the full 90 in a 3-0 win over Chivas USA on May 12 at JELD-WEN Field, contributing to the club’s fourth straight shutout at home ... Made consecutive substitute appearances due to injuries April 27 and May 2, aiding in results against Sporting Kansas City and New England Revolution ... Started and played the full 90 in each of the club’s first four games of the regular season (March 3-30) ... Earned his first MLS assist on Rodney Wallace’s second-half, stoppage-time equalizer in a 1-1 draw against Seattle on March 16 ... Started in his second straight MLS season opener March 3 against New York. 2012: Appeared in five matches (4 starts) in his rookie season ... Became the youngest Timbers player to score an MLS goal at 19 years, eight months and 27 days when he tallied his first professional goal in the Timbers’ season-opening 3-1 victory over the Philadelphia Union at JELD-WEN Field March 12 ... Played in six matches (4 starts) for the Timbers Reserves in the MLS Reserve League, logging 421 minutes and registering one goal ... Went on loan to the L.A. Blues of USL PRO from July 11 to Aug. 20 ... Played the full 90 minutes in all eight of his appearances for the Blues.
2013: Will miss match against Real Salt Lake on Aug. 30 due to caution accumulation ... Started and played 90 minutes in six straight games ... Missed match against the LA Galaxy on July 13 after receiving a straight red card in the 11th minute of a 1-0 loss at Columbus on July 7 ... Started six straight matches at center back (May 25-July 7), aiding in a 3-0 win over Colorado on June 23, a 0-0 draw against the LA Galaxy on June 19 and a 1-0 shutout of FC Dallas at JELD-WEN Field on June 15 ... Started and played 83 minutes in a U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals win over FC Dallas on June 26 ... Made his Timbers and MLS debut, starting and playing 90 minutes in a 2-0 shutout against D.C. United on May 25 ... Made his Timbers Reserves debut, starting and playing 45 minutes in a 1-1 draw against the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Reserves on May 19.
DOB: 07/30/80
Kah joins the Timbers after playing the last two seasons with clubs in Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Kah has also featured for top clubs in Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands during his career. He won a title with Norway’s Vålerenga in 2002 and played in nearly 200 league matches over seven seasons (2004-11) at Dutch side Roda JC. On the international level, Kah has 10 caps with the Norway National Team. Born in Banjul, The Gambia, Kah began his professional career as a teenager with Vålerenga in 1998. He spent six seasons with the Norwegian side, and played in 24 games, scoring three goals, during Vålerenga’s Norwegian Football Cup-winning season in 2002.
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JAKE GLEESON - GK
Height: 6-3 Weight: 200 Hometown: Wellington, New Zealand Acquired: Signed, 02/17/11 Pronunciation: GLEE-son Last MLS win: 04/17/11 POR vs. FCD Last MLS shutout: n/a
DOB: 06/26/90
2013: Has appeared in six games (4 starts) for the Timbers Reserves this season, logging 450 minutes in goal ... Made two saves in a 1-0 exhibition win over Norwich City on July 24. 2012: Played in three matches (2 starts) with the Timbers Reserves in the MLS Reserve League ... Did not make an MLS appearance during the regular season ... Made his season debut Aug. 26 for the Timbers Reserves against the San Jose Earthquakes Reserves. 2011: Made his professional debut with the Timbers in the second half of a 2-0 loss at Toronto FC on March 26 ... Earned his first start and win in the Timbers home opener at JELD-WEN Field, a 4-2 win over Chicago (April 14) ... Recorded back-toback wins against Chicago (April 14) and FC Dallas (April 17) ... Was named the Timbers/MLS W.O.R.K.S. Humanitarian of the Year ... Registered a perfect 5-0-0 record in MLS Reserve League action, seeing time in six matches during the Timbers Reserves’ seven-match unbeaten streak to finish the season ... Finished his rookie season with a record of 7-0-1 in MLS competitions. INTERNATIONAL: Helped the New Zealand U-23 National Team qualify for the London 2012 Olympics ... Earned his first senior cap with New Zealand on June 5, 2011, coming on as a 77th minute sub in a friendly against Australia in Adelaide, Australia.
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Height: 6-3 Weight: 185 Hometown: Serekunda, The Gambia Acquired: Signed, 12/15/10 Pronunciation: FOOT-ee DAN-sue Last MLS goal: 10/22/11 POR @ RSL Last MLS assist: n/a
DOB: 04/27/83
2013: Logged 75 minutes in a 1-0 exhibition win over Norwich City on July 24 ... Made his first start since June 15 in a 2-1 win over the LA Galaxy on July 13 ... Played 77 minutes as a sub in a 1-0 loss at Columbus on July 7 ... Scored the game-winning goal on a 40th-minute penalty kick in a 1-0 exhibition win over Monarcas Morelia on July 3, wore the captain’s armband in the match ... Aided in home shutouts on April 14 (San Jose), May 2 (New England), May 12 (Chivas USA) and June 15 (FC Dallas) ... Played 90 minutes for The Gambia on June 8 in a 3-0 loss to the Ivory Coast in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying ... Scored on a header in a 5-1 win over the Wilmington Hammerheads on May 29 in the third round of the U.S. Open Cup ... Started six straight matches April 14-May 18 ... Made his season debut April 14, starting in a 1-0 win over San Jose at JELD-WEN Field ... Was called up by The Gambia National Team for a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifer against Ivory Coast on March 23 ... Played 90 minutes of a 3-0 loss to the Ivory Coast in Abidjan, Ivory Coast ... Started and scored his second international goal in a 3-1 win over Niger in a friendly March 20. 2012: Started nine of his 10 appearances during the regular season. 2011: Made his MLS debut April 14 in the Timbers’ home opener against Chicago ... Scored a career-high three goals ... Committed seven fouls in 24 matches, which ranked among the fewest by a MLS defender in 2011 with at least 1,500 minutes played ... Had a MLS-best streak of 604 minutes without committing a foul. INTERNATIONAL: Made his senior international debut for The Gambia on March 29, 2011, in a friendly against Equatorial Guinea ... Scored his first international goal against Burkina Faso in a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier Oct. 8.
PORTLAND AT REAL PORTLAND P ORTLANTIMBERS D TIMBERS T TIMBERS IMBERS A AT TCOLORADO R REAL EAL SALT S SALT ALT LAKE L LAKE AKE PORTLAND AT RAPIDS FRIDAY, AUG. 2013 SATURDAY, SATURDAY, SATU SA TURD TU RDAY RD AY, AY MARCH ,30, OCT OC OCT. T T. .2 22, 19, 2, 2 2, 2011 2011 0111 01
GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES TIMBERS 3 vs. NEW YORK RED BULLS 3 March 3, 2013 • JELD-WEN Field (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 20,674
TIMBERS 1 vs. MONTREAL IMPACT 2 March 9, 2013 • JELD-WEN Field (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 20,674
TIMBERS 1 at SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC 1 March 16, 2013 • CenturyLink Field (Seattle, Wash.) • Att: 40,150
SCORING POR - Valeri (W. Johnson, Alhassan) 14, Nagbe 56, Own Goal (Olave) 83 • NY - Espíndola 9, Espíndola (Kimura) 24, Olave (Pearce, Bover) 28
SCORING POR - R. Johnson (Zemanski, Chara) 80 • MTL - Camara 30, Felipe (Romero, Bernier) 60
SCORING POR - Wallace (Jean-Baptiste) 90+1 • SEA - Johnson (Zakuani) 13
STATS POR MTL
STATS POR SEA
STATS POR NY
Shots Saves 21 2 10 6
Fouls Offsides Corners 7 4 7 18 4 3
Shots Saves 19 3 9 5
Fouls Offsides Corners 13 4 5 16 5 2
Shots Saves 13 2 7 1
Fouls Offsides Corners 18 3 8 19 3 4
LINEUP GK Ricketts; D Miller (Zizzo, 72), D Jean-Baptiste, D Silvestre, D Harrington; M Chara (Wallace, 82), M Valeri, M W. Johnson ©; F Alhassan (Valencia, 72), F R. Johnson, F Nagbe
LINEUP GK Ricketts; D Miller (Valencia, 68), D Jean-Baptiste, D Silvestre, D Harrington (Wallace, 86); M Chara, M Valeri, M W. Johnson ©; F Alhassan (Zemanski, 45), F R. Johnson, F Nagbe
LINEUP GK Ricketts; D Zemanski, D Jean-Baptiste, D Silvestre, D Harrington; M Chara, M Jewsbury (Piquionne, 70), M W. Johnson ©; F Valeri, F R. Johnson (Valencia, 90), F Nagbe (Wallace, 80)
Subs not used: GK Gleeson, D Tucker-Gangnes, M Nanchoff, M Zemanski
Subs not used: GK Gleeson, D Tucker-Gangnes, M Jewsbury, M Nanchoff
Subs not used: GK Kocic, D Miller, D Tucker-Gangnes, M Alhassan
Referee: Jair Marrufo; Time of Game: 1:53; Weather: Partly Cloudy, 48 degrees
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic; Time of Game: 1:52; Weather: Clear, 55 degrees
Referee: Kevin Stott; Time of Game: 1:53; Weather: Cloudy, 47 degrees
TIMBERS 2 at COLORADO RAPIDS 2 March 30, 2013 • Dick’s Sporting Goods Park (Commerce City, Colo.) • Att: 11,774
TIMBERS 2 vs. HOUSTON DYNAMO 0 April 6, 2013 • JELD-WEN Field (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 20,674
TIMBERS 1 vs. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 0 April 14, 2013 • JELD-WEN Field (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 20,674
SCORING POR - W. Johnson (R. Johnson) 55, W. Johnson (penalty kick) 71 • COL - Powers (Klute) 18, Thomas (penalty kick) 48
SCORING POR - R. Johnson (Chara) 55, R. Johnson (Nagbe) 73 • HOU - None
SCORING POR - W. Johnson 78 • SJ - None
STATS POR COL
STATS POR HOU
STATS POR SJ
Shots Saves 9 1 18 0
Fouls Offsides Corners 16 3 4 11 5 4
Shots Saves 10 2 8 4
Fouls Offsides Corners 10 2 2 11 5 4
Shots Saves 11 2 6 3
Fouls Offsides Corners 7 1 7 12 0 2
LINEUP GK Ricketts; D Zemanski, D Jean-Baptiste, D Horst, D Harrington; M Chara, M Jewsbury (Wallace, 64), M W. Johnson ©; F Valeri, F R. Johnson (Alhassan, 88), F Nagbe (Piquionne, 46)
LINEUP GK Ricketts; D Jewsbury, D Horst (Jean-Baptiste, 18), D Silvestre, D Harrington; M Chara, M Valeri (Alhassan, 29), M W. Johnson ©; F Wallace, F R. Johnson (Piquionne, 88), F Nagbe
LINEUP GK Ricketts; D Jewsbury, D Danso, D Silvestre, D Harrington; M Chara, M Nagbe (Zemanski, 82), M W. Johnson ©; F Wallace, F R. Johnson (Miller, 90), F Alhassan (Piquionne, 85)
Subs not used: GK Kocic, D Miller, D Tucker-Gangnes, F Valencia
Subs not used: GK Kocic, D Miller, D Tucker-Gangnes, F Valencia
Subs not used: GK Kocic, D Tucker-Gangnes, M Nanchoff, F Valencia
Referee: Drew Fischer; Time of Game: 1:51; Weather: Clear and Windy, 68 degrees
Referee: Ricardo Salazar; Time of Game: 1:49; Weather: Raining, 48 degrees
Referee: Hilario Grajeda; Time of Game: 1:56; Weather: Cloudy, 48 degrees
TIMBERS 1 at SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 1 April 21, 2013 • Buck Shaw Stadium (Santa Clara, Calif.) • Att: 10,575
TIMBERS 3 at SPORTING KANSAS CITY 2 April 27, 2013 • Sporting Park (Kansas City, Kan.) • Att: 20,186
TIMBERS 0 vs. NEW ENGLAND 0 May 2, 2013 • JELD-WEN Field (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 20,674
SCORING POR - Valeri 58 • SJ - Jahn 90+2
SCORING POR - R. Johnson (Valeri) 24, Nagbe (R. Johnson, Valeri) 33, Wallace (Chara) 58 • SKC - Myers (Besler) 1, Myers (Collin, Feilhaber) 29
SCORING POR - None • NE - None
STATS POR SKC
STATS POR NE
STATS POR SJ
Shots Saves 7 4 12 2
Fouls Offsides Corners 9 3 0 13 1 9
LINEUP GK Ricketts; D Jewsbury, D Danso, D Silvestre, D Harrington; M Chara, M Valeri (Alhassan, 76), M W. Johnson ©; F Wallace, F R. Johnson (Piquionne, 78), F Nagbe (Zemanski, 86)
Shots Saves 12 6 18 4
Fouls Offsides Corners 15 8 4 13 1 5
Shots Saves 22 4 12 9
Fouls Offsides Corners 8 0 9 9 1 7
LINEUP GK Ricketts; D Harrington, D Danso (Jean-Baptiste, 71), D Silvestre, D Jewsbury; M Chara, M Valeri (Piquionne, 78), M W. Johnson ©; F Wallace, F R. Johnson (Zemanski, 72), F Nagbe
LINEUP GK Ricketts; D Harrington, D Danso, D Silvestre (Jean-Baptiste, 58), D Jewsbury (Alhassan, 81); M Chara, M Valeri, M W. Johnson ©; F Wallace, F R. Johnson (Piquionne, 62), F Nagbe
Subs not used: GK Kocic, D Jean-Baptiste, D Miller, F Valencia
Subs not used: GK Kocic, D Miller, M Alhassan, F Valencia
Subs not used: GK Kocic, D Miller, M Zemanski, F Valencia
Referee: Armando Villarreal; Time of Game: 1:52; Weather: Clear, 72 degrees
Referee: Hilario Grajeda; Time of Game: 1:54; Weather: Overcast, 55 degrees
Referee: Jair Marrufo; Time of Game: 1:52; Weather: Clear, 73 degrees
PORTLAND AT REAL PORTLAND P ORTLANTIMBERS D TIMBERS T TIMBERS IMBERS A AT TCOLORADO R REAL EAL SALT S SALT ALT LAKE L LAKE AKE PORTLAND AT RAPIDS FRIDAY, AUG. 2013 SATURDAY, SATURDAY, SATU SA TURD TU RDAY RD AY, AY MARCH ,30, OCT OC OCT. T T. .2 22, 19, 2, 2 2, 2011 2011 0111 01
GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES TIMBERS 1 at FC DALLAS 1 May 8, 2013 • FC Dallas Stadium (Frisco, Texas) • Att: 10,112
TIMBERS 3 vs. CHIVAS USA 0 May 12, 2013 • JELD-WEN Field (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 20,674
TIMBERS 2 at VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC 2 May 18, 2013 • BC Place (Vancouver, B.C.) • Att: 19,823
SCORING POR - Nagbe (Wallace) 70 • FCD - Cooper (penalty kick) 77
SCORING POR - Wallace (R. Johnson, Valeri) 34, Valeri (Wallace, Nagbe) 70, W. Johnson (Alhassan, Valeri) 90+2 • CHV - None
SCORING POR - W. Johnson (penalty kick) 52, Valencia (W. Johnson) 84 • VAN - Camilo 24, Koffie (Camilo) 54
STATS POR FCD
STATS POR CHV
STATS POR VAN
Shots Saves 15 4 15 3
Fouls Offsides Corners 17 5 5 10 1 8
Shots Saves 19 3 8 4
Fouls Offsides Corners 14 6 12 10 2 4
Shots Saves 16 2 15 2
Fouls Offsides Corners 15 1 5 16 0 3
LINEUP GK Ricketts; D Harrington, D Jean-Baptiste, D Danso, D Jewsbury; M Chara, M Valeri (Zemanski, 75), M W. Johnson ©; F Alhassan (Wallace, 63), F Piquionne (R. Johnson, 82), F Nagbe
LINEUP GK Ricketts; D Jewsbury (Zemanski, 74), D Jean-Baptiste, D Danso, D Harrington (Piquionne, 83); M Chara, M Valeri, M W. Johnson ©; F Wallace, F R. Johnson, F Nagbe (Alhassan, 71)
LINEUP GK Ricketts; D Jewsbury (Valencia, 77), D Jean-Baptiste, D Danso, D Harrington; M Chara, M Valeri, M W. Johnson ©; F Wallace, F R. Johnson (Piquionne, 62), F Nagbe (Alhassan, 34)
Subs not used: GK Kocic, D Miller, M Zizzo, F Valencia
Subs not used: GK Gleeson, D Miller, M Zizzo, F Valencia
Subs not used: GK Gleeson, D Kah, M Zemanski, M Zizzo
Referee: Juan Guzman; Time of Game: 1:50; Weather: Cloudy, 82 degrees
Referee: Silviu Petrescu; Time of Game: 1:52; Weather: Cloudy, 70 degrees
Referee: Matthew Foerster; Time of Game: 1:53; Weather: Fair, 59 degrees (Dome)
TIMBERS 2 at D.C. UNITED 0 May 25, 2013 • RFK Stadium (Washington, D.C.) • Att: 14,131
TIMBERS 2 at CHICAGO FIRE 2 June 8, 2013 • Toyota Park (Bridgeview, Ill.) • Att: 15,349
TIMBERS 1 vs. FC DALLAS 0 June 15, 2013 • JELD-WEN Field (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 20,674
SCORING POR - Wallace (Piquionne, Jewsbury) 21, Nagbe (R. Johnson) 57 • DCU - None
SCORING POR - Valeri (Kocic, Piquionne) 33, Zemanski (Piquionne) 58 • CHI - Magee 68, Paladini 82
SCORING POR - Nagbe (Alhassan) 52 • FCD - None
STATS POR DCU
STATS POR CHI
STATS POR FCD
Shots Saves 12 2 17 3
Fouls Offsides Corners 13 4 6 11 1 6
Shots Saves 13 3 19 5
Fouls Offsides Corners 16 3 0 11 1 9
Shots Saves 18 7 19 7
Fouls Offsides Corners 14 1 7 9 1 5
LINEUP GK Ricketts; D Jewsbury, D Jean-Baptiste, D Kah, D Harrington; M Nagbe, M W. Johnson ©, M Chara, M Wallace (Alhassan, 88), F R. Johnson (Zemanski, 73), F Piquionne (Valencia, 82)
LINEUP GK Kocic; D Jewsbury, D Jean-Baptiste, D Kah, D Harrington; M Chara, M Zemanski, M W. Johnson ©, F Valeri (Zizzo, 67), F Piquionne (Valencia, 87), F Nagbe
LINEUP GK Ricketts; D Jewsbury, D Danso (Jean-Baptiste, 51), D Kah, D Harrington; M Chara, M Valeri M W. Johnson ©, F Alhassan (Zemanski, 84), F Piquionne (R. Johnson, 72), F Nagbe
Subs not used: GK Kocic, D McKenzie, D Miller, M Zizzo
Subs not used: GK Gleeson, D McKenzie, D Miller, M Alhassan, M Nanchoff
Subs not used: GK Gleeson, D Miller, M Nanchoff, F Valencia
Referee: Juan Carlos Rivero; Time of Game: 1:52; Weather: Partly Cloudy, 66 degrees
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez; Time of Game: 1:53; Weather: Overcast, 67 degrees
Referee: Armando Villarreal; Time of Game: 1:54; Weather: Sunny, 75 degrees
TIMBERS 0 at LA GALAXY 0 June 19, 2013 • StubHub Center (Carson, Calif.) • Att: 23,675
TIMBERS 3 vs. COLORADO 0 June 23, 2013 • JELD-WEN Field (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 20,674
TIMBERS 0 vs. COLUMBUS 1 July 7, 2013 • Columbus Crew Stadium (Columbus, Ohio) • Att: 15,051
SCORING POR - None • LA - None
SCORING POR - Piquionne (Wallace, W. Johnson) 12, W. Johnson (Wallace, Piquionne) 45, R. Johnson (Wallace, Zemanski) 84 • COL - None STATS Shots Saves Fouls Offsides Corners POR 6 1 15 3 2 COL 18 0 12 0 5
SCORING POR - None • CLB - Anor (Higuain) 5
LINEUP POR: GK Ricketts, D Miller, D Jean-Baptiste, D Kah, D Harrington, M Chara, M Valeri (Piquionne, 67), M Johnson, W. ©, F Alhassan (Zizzo, 88) , F Johnson, R. (Zemanski, 81), F Nagbe
LINEUP POR: GK Ricketts, D Miller, D Jean-Baptiste, D Kah, D Jewsbury, M Chara, M Valeri (Alhassan, 84), M Johnson, W. ©, F Nagbe (Zemanski, 73), F Piquionne (Johnson, R., 60), F Wallace
LINEUP POR: GK Ricketts, D Jewsbury ©, D Jean-Baptiste, D Kah, D Harrington (Nanchoff, 82), M Chara, M Valeri, M Zemanski, F Nagbe, F R. Johnson (Valencia, 66), F Alhassan (Danso, 13)
Subs not used: GK Kocic, D Jewsbury, M Nanchoff, F Valencia
Subs not used: GK Kocic, D Danso, M Zizzo, F Valencia
Subs not used: GK Kocic, D McKenzie, D Miller, M Zizzo
Referee: Allen Chapman; Time of Game: 1:53; Weather: Clear, 73 degrees
Referee: Silviu Petrescu; Time of Game: 1:49; Weather: Rain, 66 degrees
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez; Time of Game: 1:54; Weather: Cloudy, 82 degrees
STATS POR LA
Shots Saves 9 4 13 4
Fouls Offsides Corners 11 3 1 16 1 10
STATS POR CLB
Shots Saves 9 3 15 1
Fouls Offsides Corners 16 2 6 20 1 2
PORTLAND AT REAL PORTLAND P ORTLANTIMBERS D TIMBERS T TIMBERS IMBERS A AT TCOLORADO R REAL EAL SALT S SALT ALT LAKE L LAKE AKE PORTLAND AT RAPIDS FRIDAY, AUG. 2013 SATURDAY, SATURDAY, SATU SA TURD TU RDAY RD AY, AY MARCH ,30, OCT OC OCT. T T. .2 22, 19, 2, 2 2, 2011 2011 0111 01
GAME-BY-GAME BOX SCORES TIMBERS 2 vs. LA GALAXY 1 July 13, 2013 • JELD-WEN Field (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 20,674
TIMBERS 0 at PHILADELPHIA UNION 0 July 20, 2013 • PPL Park (Chester, Pa.) • Att: 18,740
TIMBERS 1 at SAN JOSE 2 July 27, 2013 • Buck Shaw Stadium (Santa Clara, Calif.) • Att: 10,525
SCORING POR - Johnson (Nagbe, Valeri) 28, Jean-Baptiste (Valeri) 90+4 • LA - Sarvas (Jimenez, Franklin) 18
SCORING POR - None • PHI - None
SCORING POR - Nagbe (Valeri, Piquionne) 83 • SJ - Bernardez (penalty kick) 55, Lenhart (Salinas) 58
STATS POR LA
STATS POR PHI
Shots Saves 7 4 10 3
Fouls Offsides Corners 17 6 3 13 0 5
Shots Saves 13 4 17 4
Fouls Offsides Corners 14 0 6 15 1 6
STATS POR SJ
Shots Saves 20 1 14 3
Fouls Offsides Corners 10 0 9 18 1 4
LINEUP POR: GK Ricketts, D Jewsbury ©, D Jean-Baptiste, D Danso, D Harrington, M Chara, M Nagbe (Zizzo, 90+6), M Zemanski, F Valeri, F R. Johnson (Valencia, 85), F Alhassan (Piquionne, 60)
LINEUP POR: GK Ricketts, D Jewsbury, D Jean-Baptiste, D Kah, D Harrington, M Chara (Zemanski, 45), M Nagbe (Alhassan, 90+3), M Johnson, W. ©, F Valeri, F Piquionne, F Johnson, R. (Valencia, 74)
LINEUP POR: Ricketts, D Jewsbury (Alhassan, 84), D Jean-Baptiste, D Kah, D Harrington, M Zemanski (Valencia, 66), M Valeri, M Johnson, W. ©, F Nagbe, F Johnson, R. (Piquionne, 60), F Wallace
Subs not used: GK Kocic, D McKenzie, D Miller, F Rincón
Subs not used: GK Kocic, D Danso, D Miller, M Zizzo
Subs not used: GK Kocic, D McKenzie, D Miller, M Zizzo
Referee: Baldomero Toledo; Time of Game: 1:55; Weather: Partly Cloudy, 75 degrees
Referee: Ricardo Salazar; Time of Game: 2:30; Weather: Overcast, 92 degrees
Referee: Drew Fischer; Time of Game: 1:52; Weather: Fair, 71 degrees
TIMBERS 1 vs. VANCOUVER 1 Aug. 3, 2013 • JELD-WEN Field (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 20,674
TIMBERS 2 vs. FC DALLAS 1 Aug. 17, 2013 • JELD-WEN Field (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 20,674
TIMBERS 3 vs. REAL SALT LAKE 3 Aug. 21, 2013 • JELD-WEN Field (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 20,674
SCORING POR - R. Johnson (Valeri) 49 • VAN - Harvey (Camilo) 69
SCORING POR - R. Johnson (Valeri) 26, Nagbe (Valeri) 33 • FCD - Diaz (Castillo, Perez) 28
SCORING POR - Wallace (Valeri) 24, Valeri (penalty kick) 57, Alhassan 86 • RSL - Borchers 38, Morales (penalty kick) 43, Grossman 90+3
STATS POR VAN
STATS POR FCD
Shots Saves 13 3 10 2
Fouls Offsides Corners 16 3 5 15 1 3
Shots Saves 12 3 13 4
Fouls Offsides Corners 10 1 11 12 2 4
STATS POR RSL
Shots Saves 16 4 10 2
Fouls Offsides Corners 15 2 2 13 0 3
LINEUP POR: GK Ricketts, D Powell (Miller, 63), D Kah, D JeanBaptiste, D Harrington, M Jewsbury (Valencia, 84), M Valeri, M Johnson, W. ©, F Nagbe, F Piquionne (Johnson, R., 40), F Wallace
LINEUP POR: GK Ricketts ©, D Powell, D Jean-Baptiste, D Kah, D Harrington, M Chara, M Valeri (Alhassan, 79), M Zemanski, F Nagbe, F Johnson, R. (Valencia, 73), F Wallace
Subs not used: GK Kocic, D McKenzie, M Alhassan, M Zemanski
Subs not used: GK Kocic, D McKenzie, D Miller, M Jewsbury, M Zizzo
Subs not used: GK Kocic, D McKenzie, M Evans, M Zizzo
Referee: Silviu Petrescu; Time of Game: 1:53; Weather: Clear, 82 degrees
Referee: Allen Chapman; Time of Game: 1:53; Weather: Fair, 74 degrees
Referee: Ricardo Salazar; Time of Game: 1:55; Weather: Cloudy, 82 degrees
TIMBERS 0 at SEATTLE 1 Aug. 25, 2013 • CenturyLink Field (Seattle, Wash.) • Att: 67,385 SCORING POR - None • SEA - Johnson (Rosales) 60
STATS POR SEA
Shots Saves 10 2 15 4
Fouls Offsides Corners 16 2 9 10 1 9
LINEUP POR: GK Ricketts, D Powell (Zizzo, 81), D Kah, D Jean-Baptiste, D Harrington, M Valeri, M Jewsbury © (Zemanski, 86), M Alhassan, F Nagbe, F Johnson, R. (Valencia, 61), F Wallace
Subs not used: GK Kocic, D McKenzie, D Miller, M Evans Referee: Jair Marrufo; Time of Game: 1:55; Weather: Cloudy, 70 degrees
LINEUP POR: GK Ricketts ©, D Powell, D Jean-Baptiste, D Kah, D Harrington, M Chara, M Valeri (Miller, 88), M Zemanski, F Nagbe (Alhassan, 78), F Johnson, R. (Valencia, 63), F Wallace
PORTLAND TIMBERS AT REAL SALT LAKE FRIDAY, AUG. 30, 2013 REGULAR-SEASON STATISTICS NO 8 9 6 4 22 10 11 14 35 21 20 13 5 44 98 27 2 23 12 7 17
NO 1 30
POS M F M/F M D/M F M M D M F M D D D D D D D M M
POS GK GK
PLAYER Diego Valeri Ryan Johnson Darlington Nagbe Will Johnson Rodney Wallace Frederic Piquionne Kalif Alhassan Ben Zemanski Andrew Jean-Baptiste Diego Chara Jose Valencia Jack Jewsbury Michael Harrington Pa Modou Kah Futty Danso Mikael Silvestre Ryan Miller Alvas Powell David Horst Sal Zizzo Michael Nanchoff Own goals received
GP 23 24 25 20 19 19 21 20 23 22 14 20 24 12 10 8 7 4 2 5 1
Timbers Opponents
MIN 1903 1642 2077 1800 1333 755 799 900 1872 1927 211 1700 2141 1001 820 688 350 324 108 53 8
G 5 8 7 6 5 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
A 11 4 3 3 5 5 3 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
P 21 20 17 15 15 7 5 4 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SH 61 37 47 41 32 27 19 8 14 7 9 11 3 5 6 2 0 2 0 0 0
SOG 21 21 20 15 11 8 6 2 5 3 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CK 90 1 1 25 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
OFF 6 24 4 1 7 12 3 0 2 0 3 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
FC 30 23 7 19 21 19 15 18 25 49 8 22 23 16 15 11 4 3 4 0 1
FS 38 24 55 30 12 12 20 6 14 25 5 10 20 14 4 5 3 3 1 2 0
C 2 2 1 3 2 0 0 5 3 5 0 0 1 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 25
2250 2250
37 26
42 19
116 71
332 328
119 107
133 128
70 39
333 332
332 333
36 31
2 3
GOALKEEPER GP Donovan Ricketts 24 Milos Kocic 1 Own goals committed
GS MIN 24 2160 1 90
SH 100 7
SV 74 5
GA GAA 24 1.00 2 2.00 0
SHO 9 0
PG 4 0
PA 5 0
W 9 0
L 4 0
T 11 1
2250 2250
107 119
79 81
26 1.04 37 1.48
9 5
4 2
5 2
9 4
4 9
12 12
Timbers Opponents
GS 23 20 25 20 14 7 9 8 19 22 0 20 24 12 9 8 4 4 2 0 0
25 25
TIMBERS TEAM STATISTICS SCORING Timbers Opponents
1 12 14
2 25 12
T 37 26
SHOTS Timbers Opponents
1 151 143
2 181 185
T 332 328
CORNERS Timbers Opponents
1 63 43
2 70 85
T 133 128
OFFSIDES Timbers Opponents
1 37 19
2 33 20
T 70 39
SOG Timbers Opponents
1 44 52
2 75 55
T 119 107
FOULS COM. Timbers Opponents
1 157 162
2 176 170
T 333 332
YELLOW CARDS 1 Timbers 15 Opponents 12
2 21 18
T 36 30
RED CARDS Timbers Opponents
1 1 0
2 1 3
T 2 3
PORTLAND TIMBERS AT REAL SALT LAKE FRIDAY, AUG. 30, 2013 TIMBERS GAME-BY-GAME Timbers GP MIN G March 3 vs. New York 1 90 3 March 9 vs. Montreal 1 90 1 March 16 at Seattle 1 90 1 March 30 at Colorado 1 90 2 April 6 vs. Houston 1 90 2 April 14 vs. San Jose 1 90 1 April 21 at San Jose 1 90 1 April 27 at Sporting KC 1 90 3 May 2 vs. New England 1 90 0 May 8 at FC Dallas 1 90 1 May 12 vs. Chivas USA 1 90 3 May 18 at Vancouver 1 90 2 May 25 at D.C. United 1 90 2 June 8 at Chicago 1 90 2 June 15 vs. FC Dallas 1 90 1 June 19 at LA Galaxy 1 90 0 June 23 vs. Colorado 1 90 3 July 7 at Columbus 1 90 0 July 13 vs. LA Galaxy 1 90 2 July 20 at Philadelphia 1 90 0 July 27 at San Jose 1 90 1 Aug. 3 vs. Vancouver 1 90 1 Aug. 17 vs. FC Dallas 1 90 2 Aug. 21 vs. RSL 1 90 3 Aug. 25 at Seattle 1 90 0 Totals
25 2250 37
A 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 1 6 1 3 3 1 0 6 0 3 0 2 1 2 1 0
P SH SOG CK OFF 8 21 10 7 4 4 19 6 5 4 3 13 2 8 3 5 9 2 4 3 6 10 6 2 2 2 11 2 7 1 2 7 3 0 3 10 12 7 4 8 0 22 9 9 0 3 15 4 5 5 12 19 7 12 6 5 16 4 5 1 7 12 5 6 4 7 13 5 0 3 3 18 8 5 1 0 9 4 1 3 12 6 3 2 3 0 9 1 6 2 7 7 5 3 6 0 13 4 6 0 4 20 4 9 0 3 13 3 5 3 6 12 6 11 1 7 16 5 2 2 0 10 4 9 2
42 116 332 119 133
Timbers GP MIN SH SV GA GAA SHO PG March 3 vs. New York 1 90 5 2 3 3.00 March 9 vs. Montreal 1 90 6 3 2 2.00 March 16 at Seattle 1 90 3 2 1 1.00 March 30 at Colorado 1 90 3 1 2 2.00 1 April 6 vs. Houston 1 90 2 2 0 0.00 1 April 14 vs. San Jose 1 90 3 3 0 0.00 1 April 21 at San Jose 1 90 5 4 1 1.00 April 27 at Sporting KC 1 90 8 6 2 2.00 May 2 vs. New England 1 90 4 4 0 0.00 1 May 8 at FC Dallas 1 90 5 4 1 1.00 1 May 12 vs. Chivas USA 1 90 3 3 0 0.00 1 May 18 at Vancouver 1 90 4 2 2 2.00 May 25 at D.C. United 1 90 2 2 0 0.00 1 June 8 at Chicago 1 90 7 5 2 2.00 June 15 vs. FC Dallas 1 90 7 7 0 0.00 1 June 19 at LA Galaxy 1 90 4 4 0 0.00 1 June 23 vs. Colorado 1 90 2 1 0 0.00 1 July 7 at Columbus 1 90 4 3 1 1.00 July 13 vs. LA Galaxy 1 90 5 4 1 1.00 July 20 at Philadelphia 1 90 4 4 0 0.00 1 July 27 at San Jose 1 90 3 1 2 2.00 1 Aug. 3 at Vancouver 1 90 4 3 1 1.00 Aug. 17 vs. FC Dallas 1 90 4 3 1 1.00 Aug. 21 vs. RSL 1 90 7 4 3 3.00 1 Aug. 25 at Seattle 1 90 3 2 1 1.00 Totals
25 2250 107 79
26 1.04
9
4
FS 17 16 19 11 11 12 13 13 9 10 10 16 11 11 9 16 12 20 13 15 18 15 12 13 10
C
70 333 332
36
PA
FC 8 13 18 16 10 7 9 15 8 17 14 15 13 16 14 11 15 16 17 14 10 16 10 15 16
W
L
1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 1 4 4
T 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1
1
1 1 1
1
1 1
5
9
4
1
1
2 2 1 1
1 1
E
12
2
Opponents New York Montreal Seattle Colorado Houston San Jose San Jose Sporting KC New England FC Dallas Chivas USA Vancouver D.C. United Chicago FC Dallas LA Galaxy Colorado Columbus LA Galaxy Philadelphia San Jose Vancouver FC Dallas Real Salt Lake Seattle
GP MIN G 1 90 3 1 90 2 1 90 1 1 90 2 1 90 0 1 90 0 1 90 1 1 90 2 1 90 0 1 90 1 1 90 0 1 90 2 1 90 0 1 90 2 1 90 0 1 90 0 1 90 0 1 90 1 1 90 1 1 90 0 1 90 2 1 90 1 1 90 1 1 90 3 1 90 1
A 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 1
P SH SOG CK OFF 9 10 5 3 4 6 9 6 2 5 3 7 3 4 3 5 18 3 4 5 0 8 2 4 5 0 6 3 2 0 2 12 5 9 1 7 18 8 5 1 0 12 4 7 1 2 15 5 8 1 0 8 3 4 2 5 15 4 3 0 0 17 2 6 1 4 19 7 9 1 0 19 7 7 1 0 13 4 10 1 0 18 2 5 0 3 15 4 2 1 4 10 5 5 0 0 17 4 6 1 5 14 3 4 1 3 10 4 3 1 4 13 4 4 2 6 10 7 3 0 3 15 3 9 1
Totals
25 2250 26
19
Opponents New York Montreal Seattle Colorado Houston San Jose San Jose Sporting KC New England FC Dallas Chivas USA Vancouver D.C. United Chicago FC Dallas LA Galaxy Colorado Columbus LA Galaxy Philadelphia San Jose Vancouver FC Dallas Real Salt Lake Seattle
GP MIN SH SV GA GAA SHO PG PA 1 90 10 6 3 3.00 1 90 6 5 1 1.00 1 90 2 1 1 1.00 1 90 2 0 2 2.00 1 1 1 90 6 4 2 2.00 1 90 2 1 1 1.00 1 90 3 2 1 1.00 1 90 7 4 3 3.00 1 90 9 9 0 0.00 1 1 90 4 3 1 1.00 1 90 7 4 3 3.00 1 90 4 2 2 2.00 1 90 5 3 2 2.00 1 90 5 3 2 2.00 1 90 8 7 1 1.00 1 90 4 4 0 0.00 1 1 90 3 0 3 3.00 1 90 1 1 0 0.00 1 1 90 5 3 2 2.00 1 90 4 4 0 0.00 1 1 90 4 3 1 1.00 1 90 3 2 1 1.00 1 90 6 4 2 2.00 1 90 5 2 3 3.00 1 1 1 90 4 4 0 0.00 1
W
Totals
25 2250 119 81
4
71 328 107 128
37 1.48
5
2
FS 8 13 18 16 10 7 9 15 8 17 14 15 13 16 14 11 15 16 17 14 10 16 10 15 16
C
2 3 2 2 4 2 1
1
39 332 333
31
3
2
FC 17 16 19 11 11 12 13 13 9 10 10 16 11 11 9 16 12 20 13 15 18 15 12 13 10
L
1 3 1 1 2 1 1
E
1 0
2 1 1 1
1
T 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9
12
* - all stats MLS play only
PORTLAND TIMBERS AT REAL SALT LAKE FRIDAY, AUG. 30, 2013 ALL-COMPETITION STATISTICS NO 8 6 9 4 10 22 11 17 98 14 35 13 20 21 5 7 44 2 27 23 31 24 15 12
POS M M/F F M F D/M M M D M D M F M D M D D D D D F M D D M F M
PLAYER GP Diego Valeri 26 Darlington Nagbe 29 Ryan Johnson 27 Will Johnson 24 Frederic Piquionne 22 Rodney Wallace 22 Kalif Alhassan 26 Michael Nanchoff 4 Futty Danso 14 Ben Zemanski 24 Andrew Jean-Baptiste 28 Jack Jewsbury 23 Jose Valencia 19 Diego Chara 24 Michael Harrington 27 Sal Zizzo 9 Pa Modou Kah 14 Ryan Miller 13 Mikael Silvestre 8 Alvas Powell 6 Rauwshan McKenzie 4 Sebasti谩n Rinc贸n 3 Steven Evans 3 David Horst 2 Anthony Hobbs^ 1 Foster Langsdorf* 1 Anthony Machionne* 1 Jesse Garcia* 1 Own goals received
MIN 2128 2319 1806 2087 899 1558 1101 241 1082 1186 2247 1862 554 2107 2324 323 1107 832 688 427 286 197 149 108 19 19 18 15
G 7 8 8 6 6 5 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
A 11 4 4 6 6 5 4 1 0 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
P 25 20 20 18 18 15 6 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SH 65 49 39 51 35 38 24 7 10 9 15 12 19 8 3 3 5 2 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
SOG 24 21 22 17 15 13 8 5 3 2 5 2 9 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CK 94 1 1 41 0 0 3 1 0 5 0 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OFF 7 6 25 1 14 7 4 6 2 2 4 0 6 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
FC 33 8 25 20 24 26 16 4 20 25 29 25 20 53 28 2 17 6 11 5 8 3 1 4 2 0 2 0
FS 40 62 26 35 13 12 26 6 9 12 15 12 14 29 20 8 14 9 5 3 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
C 2 1 3 4 0 2 1 1 3 6 3 0 0 5 1 1 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 31
2790 2790
50 31
52 26
152 88
407 389
154 136
160 153
93 50
422 412
412 422
46 45
2 5
GOALKEEPER GP Donovan Ricketts 26 Milos Kocic 5 Jake Gleeson 1 Own goals committed
GS MIN 26 2340 5 405 0 45
SH 113 21 2
SV 83 18 2
GA GAA 28 1.08 3 0.67 0 0.00 0
SHO 9 2 0
PG 4 0 0
PA 5 0 0
W 10 3 1
L 5 0 0
T 11 1 0
2790 2790
136 154
103 103
31 1.00 50 1.61
12 5
4 2
5 2
14 5
5 14
12 12
Timbers Opponents NO 1 30 90
POS GK GK GK
Timbers Opponents
31 31
^ - indicates Timbers U-23s player * - indicates Timbers Academy player
GS 26 28 23 24 9 17 13 3 12 11 23 21 3 24 26 3 13 9 8 5 3 2 1 2 0 0 0 0
PORTLAND TIMBERS AT REAL SALT LAKE FRIDAY, AUG. 30, 2013 TIMBERS RESERVE LEAGUE STATS NO 20 17 7 24 31 15 11 2 25
14 98
10 23 22
44
POS F M M F D M M D D D D/M D/M D F D F D M D/M D D M M D F F D M M
PLAYER GP Jose Valencia 9 Michael Nanchoff 5 Sal Zizzo 5 Sebasti谩n Rinc贸n 8 Rauwshan McKenzie 6 Steven Evans 9 Kalif Alhassan 4 Ryan Miller 9 Dylan Tucker-Gangnes 6 Ryan Kawulok 5 Mobi Fehr 6 Ben Zemanski 4 Futty Danso 3 Anthony Macchione* 5 Jacob Kempf* 3 Frederic Piquionne 3 Alvas Powell 2 Jesse Garcia* 3 Rodney Wallace 2 Anthony Hobbs# 2 Kyle Altman^ 1 Foster Langsdorf* 1 James Nosack* 2 Pa Modou Kah 1 Olivier Thomert^ 1 Christian Desir* 3 Niko De Vera* 1 Kazuya Murata^ 1 Reid Baez* 1 Timbers Opponents
NO 30 90
POS GK GK
9 9
GOALKEEPER GP Milos Kocic 5 Jake Gleeson 6 Own goals committed Timbers Opponents
GS 9 5 5 6 6 9 4 9 6 4 3 4 3 2 2 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
9 9
GS 5 4
MIN 734 437 449 595 540 810 350 780 540 382 365 343 270 211 199 173 161 119 110 107 90 90 54 45 45 41 29 23 8
G 5 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
P 10 9 6 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
810 810
13 12
6 6
32 30
MIN 360 450
SH 0 0
SV 0 0
810 810
SH
SOG
CK
OFF
FC
FS
C 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 11
1 0
GA GAA 3 0.75 9 1.80 0
SHO 0 1
PG 0 1
PA 0 1
W 1 3
L 2 1
T 0 2
12 1.33 13 1.44
2 2
1 3
1 3
4 3
3 4
2 2
^ - Indicates a trialist/guest player; * - Indicates a Timbers Academy player; # - Indicated a Timbers U-23s player
PORTLAND TIMBERS AT REAL SALT LAKE FRIDAY, AUG. 30, 2013 TIMBERS RESERVE LEAGUE RESULTS DAY Sun. Sun. Sun. Mon. Sun. Sat.
DATE March 17 March 31 April 7 April 15 May 19 June 1
OPPONENT at Seattle at Colorado vs. VSI Tampa Bay vs. San Jose at Vancouver at VSI Tampa Bay
LOCATION Starfire Sports Complex (Tukwila, Wash.) Dick’s Sporting Goods Park (Commerce City, Colo.) JELD-WEN Field (Portland, Ore.) JELD-WEN Field (Portland, Ore.) UBC Thunderbird Stadium (Vancouver, B.C.) VSI Tampa Bay Stadium (Tampa, Fla.)
RESULT/TIME (PT) W 1-0 L 0-1 W 2-1 W 2-1 T 1-1 T 4-4
RECORD 1-0-0 1-1-0 2-1-0 3-1-0 3-1-1 3-1-2
Sun. Sun. Sun.
July 14 July 28 Aug. 4
vs. LA Galaxy at San Jose vs. Vancouver
JELD-WEN Field (Portland, Ore.) Nutrilite Training Center (San Jose, Calif.) JELD-WEN Field (Portland, Ore.)
L 0-1 W 1-0 L 2-3
3-2-2 4-2-2 4-3-2
Sat. Sun. Sun. Sat. Mon.
Aug. 31 Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 21 Oct. 14
at Real Salt Lake vs. Real Salt Lake at Chivas USA vs. Colorado vs. Seattle
America First Field (Sandy, Utah) JELD-WEN Field (Portland, Ore.) The Home Depot Center (Carson, Calif.) JELD-WEN Field (Portland, Ore.) JELD-WEN Field (Portland, Ore.)
10 a.m. 6 p.m. 11 a.m. 6 p.m. 2 p.m.
GOAL SCORERS Valencia 86 Nanchoff 53, Valencia 81 Nanchoff 14, 50 Zizzo 82 Nanchoff 5, Rincón 47, Valencia 56, Zizzo (PK) 68 Valencia 56 Valencia (PK) 52, McKenzie 81
PORTLAND TIMBERS AT REAL SALT LAKE FRIDAY, AUG. 30, 2013 TIMBERS U.S. OPEN CUP STATS NO 10 8 6 17 4 13 98 20 11 5 35 2 14 21 44 7 9 31 24 15 23
POS F M M/F M M M D F M D D D M M D M F D F M D
PLAYER GP Frederic Piquionne 3 Diego Valeri 3 Darlington Nagbe 4 Michael Nanchoff 1 Will Johnson 3 Jack Jewsbury 2 Futty Danso 2 Jose Valencia 3 Kalif Alhassan 3 Michael Harrington 2 Andrew Jean-Baptiste 4 Ryan Miller 4 Ben Zemanski 3 Diego Chara 2 Pa Modou Kah 2 Sal Zizzo 2 Ryan Johnson 2 Rauwshan McKenzie 2 Sebasti谩n Rinc贸n 1 Steven Evans 1 Alvas Powell 1 Own goals received Timbers Opponents
NO 1 30
POS GK GK
4 4
GOALKEEPER GP Donovan Ricketts 2 Milos Kocic 2 Own goals committed Timbers Opponents
GS 2 3 3 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 2 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 0
4 4
GS 2 2
MIN 144 225 242 90 242 135 97 208 194 164 360 347 196 180 173 135 119 106 36 14 13
G 5 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
P 11 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SH 8 4 2 1 10 1 2 7 4 0 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0
SOG 7 3 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
CK 0 4 0 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OFF 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
FC 5 3 1 1 1 2 2 6 0 3 4 0 4 4 5 1 1 1 0 1 0
FS 1 2 7 3 3 1 2 6 3 0 1 4 3 4 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
C 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
360 360
11 5
9 7
30 17
56 43
26 22
21 11
13 7
48 46
46 48
4 9
0 1
MIN 180 180
SH 13 9
SV 9 8
GA GAA 4 2.00 1 0.50 0
SHO 0 1
PG 0 0
PA 0 0
W 1 2
L 1 0
T 0 0
360 360
22 26
17 15
5 1.25 11 2.75
1 0
0 0
0 0
3 1
1 3
0 0
TIMBERS U.S. OPEN CUP RESULTS DAY Wed.
DATE May 29
OPPONENT vs. Wilmington
LOCATION JELD-WEN Field (Portland, Ore.)
RESULT/TIME (PT) W 5-1
Wed.
June 12
vs. Tampa Bay
JELD-WEN Field (Portland, Ore.)
W 2-0
Wed.
June 26
at FC Dallas
FC Dallas Stadium (Frisco, Texas) - Quarterfinals
W 3-2
Wed.
Aug. 7
at Real Salt Lake
Rio Tinto Stadium (Sandy, Utah) - Semifinals
L 1-2
RECORD GOAL SCORERS 1-0-0 Piquionne (2, 17, 34, 45), Danso 73 2-0-0 Nanchoff 9, Jewsbury 55 3-0-0 Nagbe 61, Valeri 63, Piquionne 72 3-1-0 Valeri 90
* - all stats U.S. Open Cup only
PORTLAND TIMBERS AT REAL SALT LAKE FRIDAY, AUG. 30, 2013 TIMBERS OTHER COMPETITION STATS NO 98 20 11 31 2 7 24 15 14 17 23 9 22 4
13 5
35
POS D F M D D M F M M M D F M M D M D D F M D
PLAYER GP Futty Danso 2 Jose Valencia 2 Kalif Alhassan 2 Rauwshan McKenzie 2 Ryan Miller 2 Sal Zizzo 2 Sebasti谩n Rinc贸n 2 Steven Evans 2 Ben Zemanski 2 Michael Nanchoff 1 Alvas Powell 1 Ryan Johnson 1 Rodney Wallace 1 Will Johnson 1 Anthony Hobbs^ 1 Foster Langsdorf* 1 Jack Jewsbury 1 Michael Harrington 1 Anthony Machionne* 1 Jesse Garcia* 1 Andrew Jean-Baptiste 1 Own goals received Timbers Opponents
NO 30 90
POS GK GK
2 2
GOALKEEPER GP Milos Kocic 2 Jake Gleeson 1 Own goals committed Timbers Opponents
GS 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 2
GS 2 0
MIN 165 143 135 180 161 135 135 135 108 90 90 45 45 45 45 45 27 19 19 18 15
G 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
P 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SH 2 6 2 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
SOG 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OFF 0 5 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FC 3 2 1 7 3 0 6 2 1 3 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0
FS 3 3 5 1 1 2 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
C 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
180 180
2 0
1 0
5 0
19 18
9 7
6 14
10 4
41 34
34 41
6 5
0 1
MIN 135 45
SH 5 2
SV 5 2
GA GAA 0 0.00 0 0.00 0
SHO 1 0
PG 0 0
PA 0 0
W 1 1
L 0 0
T 0 0
180 180
7 9
7 7
0 0.00 2 1.00
2 0
0 1
0 1
2 0
0 2
0 0
^ - indicates Timbers U-23s player * - indicates Timbers Academy player
TIMBERS OTHER COMPETITION RESULTS DAY Wed. Wed.
DATE July 3 July 24
OPPONENT vs. Morelia vs. Norwich City
LOCATION JELD-WEN Field (Portland, Ore.) JELD-WEN Field (Portland, Ore.)
RESULT/TIME (PT) W 1-0 W 1-0
RECORD 1-0-0 2-0-0
GOAL SCORERS Danso 40 Valencia 52
PORTLAND AT REAL PORTLAND P ORTLANTIMBERS D TIMBERS T TIMBERS IMBERS A AT TCOLORADO R REAL EAL SALT S SALT ALT LAKE L LAKE AKE PORTLAND AT RAPIDS FRIDAY, AUG. SATURDAY, SATURDAY, SATU SA TURD TU RDAY RD AY, AY MARCH ,30, OCT OC OCT. T2013 T. .2 22, 19, 2, 2 2, 2011 2011 0111 01
OTHER COMPETITION BOX SCORES TIMBERS 5 vs. WILMINGTON HAMMERHEADS 1^ May 29, 2013 • JELD-WEN Field (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 10,924
TIMBERS 2 vs. TAMPA BAY ROWDIES 0^ June 12, 2013 • JELD-WEN Field (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 5,931
TIMBERS 3 at FC DALLAS 2^ June 26, 2013 • FC Dallas Stadium (Frisco, Texas) • Att: 3,889
SCORING POR - Piquionne (W. Johnson) 2, Piquionne (Harrington) 17, Piquionne (Alhassan) 34, Piquionne (W. Johnson) 45, Danso (W. Johnson) 73 • WIL - Nicholson 61
SCORING POR - Nanchoff (Valencia) 9, Jewsbury (Nanchoff, Piquionne) 55 • TB - None
SCORING POR - Nagbe 61, Valeri (Nagbe) 63), Piquionne 72 • FCD Watson (Perez, Jackson) 15, Perez 86
STATS POR WIL
STATS POR TB
STATS POR FCD
Shots Saves 13 7 10 1
Fouls Offsides Corners 9 1 10 13 0 2
Shots Saves 12 1 3 5
Fouls Offsides Corners 13 7 1 9 3 1
Shots Saves 18 7 19 4
Fouls 16 14
Offsides Corners 2 3 2 4
LINEUP GK Kocic, D Miller, D Jean-Baptiste, D Danso, D Harrington (McKenzie, 74), M Zemanski, M Nagbe (Zizzo, 45), M Johnson, W. ©, F Valencia, F Piquionne (Rincón, 54), F Alhassan
LINEUP GK Kocic, D Zizzo, D Jean-Baptiste, D McKenzie, D Miller, M Nanchoff, M Zemanski, M Valeri © (Jewsbury, 46), F Valencia, F Piquionne (Nagbe, 57), F Alhassan (Evans, 76)
LINEUP GK Ricketts, D Miller, D Jean-Baptiste, D Kah (Danso, 83), D Jewsbury, M Chara, M Valeri, M W. Johnson ©, F Nagbe (Zemanski, 74), F R. Johnson (Piquionne, 57), F Wallace
Subs not used: GK Gleeson, D Fehr, M Evans, M Valeri
Subs not used: GK Gleeson, M Chara, M Fehr, F Rincón
Subs not used: GK Kocic, M Alhassan, M Nanchoff, M Zizzo
Referee: Alejandro Mariscal; Time of Game: 1:49; Weather: Partly Cloudy, 62 degrees
Referee: Ismail Efath; Time of Game: 1:49; Weather: Rain, 56 degrees
Referee: Juan Carlos Rivero; Time of Game: 1:53; Weather: Clear, 100 degrees
TIMBERS 1 vs. MONARCAS MORELIA 0* July 3, 2013 • JELD-WEN Field (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 13,124
TIMBERS 1 vs. NORWICH CITY 0* July 24, 2013 • JELD-WEN Field (Portland, Ore.) • Att: 18,553
TIMBERS 1 at REAL SALT LAKE 2^ Aug. 7, 2013 • Rio Tinto Stadium (Sandy, Utah) • Att: 14,742
SCORING POR - Danso (penalty kick) 40 • MOR - None
SCORING POR - Valencia (Alhassan) 52 • NWC - None
SCORING POR - Valeri 90 • RSL - Saborio (Beckerman, Gil) 7, Joao Plata (Saborio, Beckerman) 78
STATS POR MOR
STATS POR NWC
STATS POR RSL
Shots Saves 8 2 6 2
Fouls 20 19
Offsides Corners 6 5 3 6
Shots Saves 11 5 12 5
Fouls 21 15
Offsides Corners 4 1 1 8
Shots Saves 13 2 11 5
Fouls 10 10
Offsides Corners 3 7 2 4
LINEUP GK Kocic, D Zizzo, D McKenzie, D Danso, D Miller (Machionne*, 71), M Evans, M Nanchoff, M Zemanski (Langsdorf*, 45), F Alhassan (Hobbs^, 45), F Valencia (Garcia*, 72), F Rincón
LINEUP POR: GK Kocic (Gleeson, 45), D Powell, D McKenzie, D Danso (Jean-Baptiste, 75), D Miller, M Zemanski, (Jewsbury, 63) M Alhassan, M Johnson (Evans, 45), F Valencia (Harrington, 71), F Johnson (Zizzo, 45), F Wallace (Rincón, 45)
LINEUP POR: GK Ricketts, D Harrington, D Jean-Baptiste, D Kah, D Miller (Powell, 77), M Chara, M Valeri, M Johnson © (Alhassan, 62), F Nagbe, F Johnson (Valencia, 62), F Wallace
Subs not used: GK Meves^, D Jean-Baptiste, M Chara, M Valeri, M Baez*
Subs not used: None
Subs not used: GK Gleeson, D McKenzie, M Jewsbury, M Zemanski
Referee: Ramon Hernandez; Time of Game: 1:50; Weather: Clear, 81 degrees
Referee: Younes Marrakchi; Time of Game: 1:50; Weather: Clear, 90 degrees
Referee: Mark Geiger; Time of Game: 1:54; Weather: Cloudy, 85 degrees
OTHER COMPETITIONS GAME-BY-GAME Timbers GP MIN G May 29 vs. Wilmington^ 1 90 5 June 12 vs. Tampa Bay^ 1 90 2 June 26 at FC Dallas^ 1 90 3 July 3 vs. Morelia* 1 90 1 July 24 vs. Norwich City* 1 90 1 Aug. 7 at Real Salt Lake^ 1 90 1 Totals
FS 13 9 14 19 15 10
C
36
23
89
80
10
W 1 1 1 1 1
L
T
24
75
5 0.83
35
3
0
1 0
5
1
E
2 3 3 2
PA
540 29
10
FC 9 13 16 20 21 10
27
6
540 13
P SH SOG CK OFF 15 13 6 10 1 7 12 7 1 7 7 18 7 3 2 2 8 3 5 6 3 11 6 1 4 2 13 6 7 3
Timbers GP MIN SH SV GA GAA SHO PG May 29 vs. Wilmington^ 1 90 8 7 1 1.00 June 12 vs. Tampa Bay^ 1 90 1 1 0 0.00 1 June 26 at FC Dallas^ 1 90 9 7 2 2.00 July 3 vs. Morelia* 1 90 2 2 0 0.00 1 July 24 vs. Norwich City* 1 90 5 5 0 0.00 1 Aug. 7 at Real Salt Lake^ 1 90 4 2 2 2.00 Totals
6
A 5 3 1 0 1 0
0
0
Timbers Wilmington^ Tampa Bay^ FC Dallas^ Morelia* Norwich City* Real Salt Lake^ Totals Timbers Wilmington^ Tampa Bay^ FC Dallas^ Morelia* Norwich City* Real Salt Lake^ Totals
GP MIN G 1 90 1 1 90 0 1 90 2 1 90 0 1 90 0 1 90 2 6
5
61
C 3 3 2 4 1 1
E
2
11
80
89
14
W
L 1 1 1 1 1
T
5
0
13 2.17
29
FS 9 13 16 20 21 10
PA
22
17
FC 13 9 14 19 15 10
25
540 35
7
P SH SOG CK OFF 3 10 8 2 0 0 3 1 1 3 6 19 9 4 2 0 6 2 6 3 0 12 5 8 1 8 11 4 4 2
GP MIN SH SV GA GAA SHO PG 1 90 6 1 5 5.00 1 90 7 5 2 2.00 1 90 7 4 3 3.00 1 90 3 2 1 1.00 1 90 6 5 1 1.00 1 90 6 5 1 1.00 6
540
A 1 0 2 0 0 4
0
0
1 1
1 0
1
^ - indicates U.S. Open Cup, * - indicates int’l exhibition
PORTLAND TIMBERS AT REAL SALT LAKE FRIDAY, AUG. 30, 2013 TIMBERS GOAL CHART PENALTY KICKS W. Johnson 2 Valeri 1
GOAL SCORERS 9 6 4 8 22 11 35 10 20 14 OG
R. Johnson Nagbe W. Johnson Valeri Wallace Alhassan Jean-Baptiste Piquionne Valencia Zemanski Own goal
8 7 6 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 1
14
4
R
4 6
37
11
KEY Right foot (14) Left foot (10) Header (8) Body (1) Free kick (0) Penalty kick (3)
8
R
L
R
9
R
6
R
OG
B
H
20
22
R
9 8H6H 9 22
R
L
6
R L H B F P
H
8
R
H
35 L R 9 22 L 9 6 9 H
PENALTY KICKS
6
R
R R
L
L
6 4 L22 22 9
L
L
SCORING BREAKDOWN
MIN 71 52 57
OPP COL VAN RSL
PLAYER W. Johnson W. Johnson Valeri
GOALKEEPER Irwin Knighton Attinella
RESULT Goal Goal Goal
MIN 48 77 12 55 43
OPP COL FCD CLB SJ RSL
PLAYER Thomas Cooper Higuain Bernardez Morales
GOALKEEPER Ricketts Ricketts Ricketts Ricketts Ricketts
RESULT Goal Goal Miss Goal Goal
AGAINST: DATE March 30 May 8 July 7 July 27 Aug. 21
8
H
4 H 10
9
FOR: DATE March 30 May 18 Aug. 21
R
R
L
Total
R
HOME (12 games) Minute 0-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 TOTAL Timbers 2 3 3 5 2 7 22 Opponents 1 5 2 1 1 1 11 ROAD (13 games) Minute 0-15 16-30 31-45 46-60 61-75 76-90 TOTAL Timbers 0 2 2 6 2 3 15 Opponents 3 3 0 5 1 3 15
MISCELLANEOUS STATS INDIVIDUAL Braces: Hat tricks: Quickest goal: Quickest road goal: Latest game-winning goal: Substitue goals: Substitute assists: Goal on home debut:
6x (last: R. Johnson, April 6 vs. Houston) n/a 2’, Chara, Aug. 20, 2011 vs. Vancouver 8’, Dike, Aug. 19, 2012 at New York 90+4’, Jean-Baptiste, July 13, 2013 vs. LA Galaxy 9x (last: Alhassan, Aug. 21 vs. Real Salt Lake) 4x (last: Zemanski, June 23 vs. Colorado) 7x (last: Valeri, March 3 vs. New York)
Braces against: 9x (last: Myers, April 27 at Sporting KC) Hat tricks against: 1, Saborio, July 7, 2012 at RSL Quickest goal against: 0:28, Séne, March 24, 2012 at New England Quickest goal against at JELD-WEN Field: 5’, da Luz, June 19, 2011 vs. New York Latest game-winning goal against 93’, Beckerman, March 31 vs. RSL Substitute goals against: 16x (last: Grossman, Aug. 21 vs. Real Salt Lake) Substitute assists against: 16x (last: Romero, March 9 vs. Montreal) Goal on debut vs. Timbers: 7x (last: Grossman, Aug. 21 vs. Real Salt Lake)
TEAM Longest overall win streak: 2 games, 5x (last: April 6-14, 2013) Longest home win streak: 5 games, April 14-May 21, 2011 Longest road win streak: 1 game, 4x (last: April 27, 2013 at Sporting KC) Longest overall unbeaten streak: 15 games, March 16-June 23, 2013 Longest home unbeaten streak 10 games, (last: April 6-present) Longest road unbeaten streak: 11 games, Oct. 21, 2012-June 23, 2013 Longest overall winless streak: 8 games, July 7-Aug. 19, 2012 Longest home winless streak: 6 games - May 29-June 30, 2011 Longest road winless streak: 16 games - March 17-Sept. 21, 2012 Largest margin of victory: 3 goals, 4x (last: June 23, 2013 vs. Colorado) Largest margin of defeat: 5 goals (last: July 21, 2012 at FC Dallas) Largest margin overcome: 2 goals, 2x (last: March 30 at Colorado, T 2-2) Most goals scored: 4 goals (April 14, 2011 vs. Chicago, W 4-2) Most goals against: 5 goals, 2x (last: July 21,2012 at FC Dallas) Most goals in a half: 3 goals, 2x (last: March 12, 2012 vs. Philadelphia) Most goals against in a half: 4 goals (July 14, 2012 vs. LA Galaxy)
* - all stats MLS play only
PORTLAND TIMBERS AT REAL SALT LAKE FRIDAY, AUG. 30, 2013 2013 TIMBERS STARTS BY POSITION Formations: 4-3-3 (24) 4-4-2 (1) Left Forward 22 - Rodney Wallace (13) 6 - Darlington Nagbe (9) 10 - Frederic Piquionne (2) 11 - Kalif Alhassan (1)
Left Midfield 22 - Rodney Wallace (1)
Center Forward 9 - Ryan Johnson (19) 10 - Frederic Piquionne (5)
Center Midfield 8 - Diego Valeri (16) 13 - Jack Jewsbury (3) 21 - Diego Chara (2) 6 - Darlington Nagbe (2) 4 - Will Johnson (1)
Left-Center Midfield 4 - Will Johnson (19) 14 - Ben Zemanski (5) 11 - Kalif Alhassan (1)
Left Back 5 - Michael Harrington (21) 13 - Jack Jewsbury (4)
Left Center Back 44 - Pa Modou Kah (9) 27 - Mikael Silvestre (8) 98 - Futty Danso (4) 35 - Andrew Jean-Baptiste (3) 12 - David Horst (1)
Jose Valencia (14), Kalif Alhassan (12), Frederic Piquionne (12), Ben Zemanski (12), Rodney Wallace (5), Sal Zizzo (5), Andrew Jean-Baptiste (4), Ryan Johnson (4), Ryan Miller (3), Futty Danso (1), Michael Nanchoff (1)
2013 SAVE OF THE WEEK AWARDS WEEK 2 2 5 8 9 10 15 16 19 20 21 22
PLAYER Donovan Ricketts Donovan Ricketts Donovan Ricketts Donovan Ricketts Donovan Ricketts Donovan Ricketts Milos Kocic Donovan Ricketts Donovan Ricketts Donovan Ricketts Donovan Ricketts Donovan Ricketts
NOMINATED/WON Won Nominated Won Won Won Won Nominated Won Nominated Nominated Won Won
2013 GOAL OF THE WEEK AWARDS WEEK 1 3 6 7 11 13 15 15 16 17
PLAYER Diego Valeri Rodney Wallace Ryan Johnson Will Johnson Will Johnson Rodney Wallace Diego Valeri Ben Zemanski Darlington Nagbe Will Johnson
NOMINATED/WON Won Won Won Won Nominated Won Won Nominated Won Won
Right-Center Midfield 21 - Diego Chara (20) 8 - Diego Valeri (3) 13 - Jack Jewsbury (1) 14 - Ben Zemanski (1)
Right Center Back 35 - Andrew Jean-Baptiste (16) 98 - Futty Danso (5) 44 - Pa Modou Kah (3) 12- David Horst (1)
Goalkeeper 1 - Donovan Ricketts (24) 30 - Milos Kocic (1)
SUBSTITUTE APPEARANCES
Right Forward 6 - Darlington Nagbe (13) 11 - Kalif Alhassan (7) 8 - Diego Valeri (4) 9 - Ryan Johnson (1)
Right Midfield 6 - Darlington Nagbe (1)
Right Back 13 - Jack Jewsbury (12) 2 - Ryan Miller (4) 23 - Alvas Powell (4) 5 - Michael Harrington (3) 14 - Ben Zemanski (2)
* - all stats MLS play only
2013 MLS HONORS AND AWARDS MLS TEAM OF THE WEEK Week 1 - F Diego Valeri 1G Week 1 - F/M Darlington Nagbe 1G Week 5 - M Will Johnson 2G Week 6 - F Ryan Johnson 2G Week 6 - F/M Darlington Nagbe 1A Week 6 - HC Caleb Porter W Week 7 - D Futty Danso SO Week 7 - M Will Johnson GWG Week 9 - F Ryan Johnson 1G, 1A Week 9 - M Rodney Wallace GWG Week 9 - HC Caleb Porter W Week 11 - M Rodney Wallace 1G, 1A Week 11 - M Diego Valeri 1G, 2A Week 11 - M Diego Chara SO Week 13 - M Rodney Wallace 1G Week 15 - M Diego Valeri 1G Week 16 - F/M Darlington Nagbe 1G Week 16 - M Diego Chara SO Week 17- M Rodney Wallace 3A Week 17 - Will Johnson 1G, 1A Week 17 - Donovan Ricketts 2SO Week 20 - GK Donovan Ricketts W Week 20 - D Andrew Jean-Baptiste GWG Week 21- GK Donovan Ricketts SO Week 25 - M Diego Valeri 2A Week 26 - M Diego Valeri 1G,1A Honorable Mention: Darlington Nagbe (Week 2), Rodney Wallace (Week 3), Futty Danso (Week 8), Diego Chara (Week 12), Milos Kocic (Week 15), M Diego Valeri (Week 16), Andrew Jean-Baptiste (Week 17), Darlington Nagbe (Week 20) NASR PLAYER OF THE WEEK Week 5 - M Will Johnson 2G Week 6 - F Ryan Johnson 2G
PORTLAND TIMBERS AT REAL SALT LAKE FRIDAY, AUG. 30, 2013 TIMBERS TRANSACTIONS NOV. 19, 2012 Waived midfielders Freddie Braun, Charles Renken and defender Ian Hogg. DEC. 3, 2012 Acquired allocation money and homegrown rights for Bryan Gallego from New York in exchange for defender Kosuke Kimura and a second-round pick in the 2013 SuperDraft. Acquired defender Michael Harrington from Sporting KC in exchange for allocation money. Acquired allocation money from Houston Dynamo in exchange for defender Eric Brunner. Club declines contract options on midfielder/defender Lovel Palmer and defender Steve Purdy. Acquire midfielder Will Johnson from Real Salt Lake in exchange for allocation money.
TIMBERS TRANSACTIONS JAN. 31, 2013 Club and forward Kris Boyd come to a mutual agreement to terminate the player’s contract. FEB. 6, 2013 Signed 2013 SuperDraft pick Dylan Tucker-Gangnes. FEB. 11, 2013 Acquired allocation money from the New York Red Bulls in exchange for midfielder Eric Alexander. FEB. 13, 2013 Acquired midfielder Ben Zemanski from Chivas USA in exchange for allocation money and right of first refusal to Jonathan Bornstein. Acquired first right of refusal for midfielder Michael Nanchoff from Vancouver Whitecaps FC in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2015 MLS Supplemental Draft. FEB. 20, 2013 Signed defender Mikael Silvestre.
DEC. 6, 2012 Signed goalkeeper Jake Gleeson, defender Ryan Kawulok and midfielder/defender Rodney Wallace to new contracts.
FEB. 21, 2013 Signed midfielder Michael Nanchoff.
Exercised the contract options on eight players - goalkeeper Joe Bendik; defenders Futty Danso and Chris Taylor; midfielders Eric Alexander, Kalif Alhassan and Sal Zizzo; and forwards Bright Dike and Brent Richards.
Acquired the natural second-round picks in the 2014 and 2015 MLS SuperDrafts of Vancouver Whitecaps FC in exchange for the first right of refusal for midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker.
DEC. 11, 2012 Signed forward Danny Mwanga to a new contract.
FEB. 28, 2013 Acquired a first-round pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft from Colorado in exchange for forward Danny Mwanga.
DEC. 12, 2012 Acquired forward Ryan Johnson and goalkeeper Milos Kocic from Toronto FC in exchange for goalkeeper Joe Bendik, a first-round pick in the 2013 SuperDraft and allocation money.
Signed forward Frederic Piquionne. MAY 3, 2013 Signed defender Pa Modou Kah.
Acquired the No. 2 spot in the MLS allocation order from Chivas USA in exchange for the No. 3 spot in the order and either an international slot (through Dec. 31, 2013) or a second-round pick in the 2013 SuperDraft.
MAY 22, 2013 Signed defender Rauwshan McKenzie, waived defender Ryan Kawulok.
Dec. 18, 2012 Acquired defender/midfielder Mobi Fehr through a weighted lottery conducted by MLS.
JUNE 28, 2013 Signed defender Alvas Powell on loan from Portmore United FC (Jamaica), waived midfielder Mobi Fehr
JAN. 10, 2013 Acquired midfielder Diego Valeri as a Designated Player on loan from Club Atlético Lanús (Argentina).
JULY 9, 2013 Loaned midfielder Michael Nanchoff to Swedish second-division club Jönköpings Södra IF.
JAN. 16, 2013 Acquired allocation money from Real Salt Lake in exchange for the MLS rights for forward Robbie Findley.
TIMBERS DEVELOPMENT UPDATE
JAN. 17, 2013 Acquired a second-round pick in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft from San Jose in exchange for forward Mike Fuctio.
The Portland Timbers announced last week that the club has added longtime coach and former professional player Brad Agoos to the Portland Timbers Academy coaching staff.
Selected defender Dylan Tucker-Gangnes in the second round (No. 34 overall) of the 2013 MLS SuperDraft.
Agoos has more than 20 years of coaching experience at multiple levels and played professionally for eight years in the United States, Costa Rica, Germany and The Netherlands. He recently served as a national team scout for U.S. Soccer, evaluating and identifying prospective players for national teams, and holds a USSF “A” License and a KNVB Trainer Coach III License (Holland).
JAN. 21, 2013 Signed defender Ryan Miller. Signed forward Jose Valencia to a new, multi-year contract. JAN. 22, 2013 Select goalkeeper David Meves (first round) and forward Chris Hegngi (second round) in the 2013 MLS Supplemental Draft.
Timbers U-18, U-16 Academy teams open preseason training Timbers Academy teams have begun preseason training as they prepare for the upcoming 2013-14 U.S. Soccer Development Academy season. The teams have held regular training sessions since the start of preseason on Aug. 12.
PORTLAND TIMBERS AT REAL SALT LAKE FRIDAY, AUG. 30, 2013 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER #
PLAYER
POS
HT
WT
DOB
HOMETOWN
COLLEGE
11 21 98 19 15 90 5 12 35 13 9 4 44 30 31 2 6 17 10 23 16 1 24 27 25 20 8 22 14 7
Alhassan, Kalif Chara, Diego Danso, Futty Dike, Bright Evans, Steven Gleeson, Jake Harrington, Michael Horst, David Jean-Baptiste, Andrew Jewsbury, Jack Johnson, Ryan Johnson, Will Kah, Pa Modou Kocic, Milos McKenzie, Rauwshan Miller, Ryan Nagbe, Darlington Nanchoff, Michael Piquionne, Frederic Powell, Alvas Richards, Brent Ricketts, Donovan Rincón, Sebastián Silvestre, Mikael Tucker-Gangnes, Dylan Valencia, Jose Valeri, Diego Wallace, Rodney Zemanski, Ben Zizzo, Sal
M M D F M GK D D D M F M D GK D D M/F M F D F GK F D D F M D M M
5-10 5-8 6-3 6-1 6-1 6-3 6-0 6-4 6-2 6-0 6-0 5-10 6-1 6-4 6-1 5-11 5-9 5-8 6-2 6-0 5-10 6-4 6-1 6-0 6-3 6-1 5-10 6-0 5-11 5-10
160 150 185 210 180 200 170 210 205 185 180 160 175 200 185 165 165 150 170 165 165 210 170 190 190 180 165 165 150 165
10/15/90 04/05/86 04/27/83 02/02/87 09/19/91 06/26/90 01/24/86 10/25/85 06/16/92 04/13/81 11/26/84 01/21/87 07/30/80 06/04/85 11/19/86 12/14/84 07/19/90 09/24/88 12/08/78 07/18/94 05/20/90 07/06/77 01/14/94 08/09/77 09/30/90 12/18/91 05/01/86 06/17/88 05/12/88 04/03/87
Accra, Ghana Cali, Colombia Serekunda, The Gambia Edmond, OK Portland, OR Wellington, New Zealand Greenville, NC Pine Grove, PA Brooklyn, NY Springfield, MO Kingston, Jamaica Woodridge, IL Banjul, The Gambia Leskovac, Serbia Hoffman Estates, Ill. Barrington, IL Lakewood, OH North Royalton, OH Nouméa, New Caledonia Portland Parish, Jamaica Camas, WA Montego Bay, Jamaica Cali, Colombia Chambray-lès-Tours, France Bainbridge Island, WA Bogotá, Colombia Valentín Alsina, Argentina Rockville, MD Akron, OH San Diego, CA
n/a n/a So. Polytechnic St. Univ. Univ. of Notre Dame Univ. of Portland n/a Univ. of North Carolina Old Dominion Univ. Univ. of Connecticut Saint Louis Univ. Oregon State Univ. n/a n/a Loyola College Michigan State Univ. Univ. of Notre Dame Univ. of Akron Univ. of Akron n/a n/a Univ. of Washington Univ. of the West Indies n/a n/a Univ. of Washington n/a n/a Univ. of Maryland Univ. of Akron UCLA
COACHES & STAFF HEAD COACH: Caleb Porter ASSISTANT COACH: Sean McAuley ASSISTANT COACH: Amos Magee ASSISTANT COACH: Cameron Knowles GOALKEEPER COACH: Mike Toshack DIRECTOR OF SPORT SCIENCE: Dr. John Cone
PLAYER LIASON/VIDEO ANALYST: Pablo Moreira ATHLETIC TRAINER: Nik Wald, ATC ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER: Jun Morishita, ATC ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER: Joel Marick TEAM MEDICAL DIRECTOR: Dr. Richard Edelson EQUIPMENT MANAGER: Sam Younie
NUMERICAL ROSTER # 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 30 31 35 44 90 98
PLAYER Donovan Ricketts Ryan Miller Will Johnson Michael Harrington Darlington Nagbe Sal Zizzo Diego Valeri Ryan Johnson Frederic Piquionne Kalif Alhassan David Horst Jack Jewsbury Ben Zemanski Steven Evans Brent Richards Michael Nanchoff Bright Dike Jose Valencia Diego Chara Rodney Wallace Alvas Powell Sebastián Rincón Dylan Tucker-Gangnes Mikael Silvestre Milos Kocic Rauwshan McKenzie Andrew Jean-Baptiste Pa Modou Kah Jake Gleeson Futty Danso
POS GK D M D M/F M M F F M D M M M F M F F M D D F D D GK D D D GK D
PRONUNCIATION
NAG-be ZEE-zoh VA-lehr-ee fred-REEK pick-EE-own KUH-leaf AL-hass-on
DEE-kay chara rin-CONE Tucker GANG-ness mi-KELL sil-ves-TRAY MEE-losh ko-SICH rah-shawn zhahn-bap-TEEST paw KAW Foot-y DAN-sue
NATIONALITY Jamaica United States Canada United States United States United States Argentina Jamaica France/New Caledonia Ghana United States United States United States United States United States United States United States Colombia Colombia United States Jamaica Colombia United States France Serbia United States United States Norway/The Gambia New Zealand The Gambia
LAST CLUB Montreal Impact Halmstads BK (Sweden) Real Salt Lake Sporting Kansas City Univ. of Akron (NCAA) Chivas USA Atlético Lanús (Argentina) Toronto FC West Ham United (England) Portland Timbers (USSF D-2) Real Salt Lake Sporting Kansas City Chivas USA Portland Timbers U-23s (PDL) Portland Timbers U-23s (PDL) Vancouver Whitecaps FC Portland Timbers (USSF D-2) Independiente Santa Fe (Colombia) Deportes Tolima (Colombia) D.C. United Portmore United FC (Jamaica) Club Atlético Atenas (Uruguay) Portland Timbers U-23s (PDL) Werder Bremen (Germany) Toronto FC Chivas USA Univ. of Connecticut (NCAA) Al-Wehda (Saudi Arabia) Portland Timbers U-23s (PDL) Portland Timbers (USSF D-2)
#
1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 23 24 25 27 30 31 33 35 44 90 98
Player
Donovan Ricketts Ryan Miller Will Johnson Michael Harrington Darlington Nagbe Sal Zizzo Diego Valeri Ryan Johnson Frederic Piquionne Kalif Alhassan David Horst Jack Jewsbury Ben Zemanski Steven Evans Brent Richards Michael Nanchoff Ryan Kawulok Bright Dike Jose Adolfo Valencia Diego Chara Rodney Wallace Mobi Fehr Alvas Powell Sebastian Rincon Dylan Tucker-Gangnes Mikael Silvestre Milos Kocic Rauwshan McKenzie Hanyer Mosquera Andrew Jean-Baptiste Pa Modou Kah Jake Gleeson Mamadou Danso
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NY MTL SEA COL HOU SJ SJ 3-3 1-2 1-1 2-2 2-0 1-0 1-1 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 72D 68D 1 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90D 86D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90F 90M 80F 45F 90F 82M 86F 18 90M 90M 90F 90F 29M 76M 90F 90F 89F 88F 88F 89F 78F 20 45 2 5 12 72F 45M 2 61 85F 14 90D 18D 70M 64M 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 8 4
8 9 10 11 12 KC NE DAL CHV VAN 3-2 0-0 1-1 3-0 2-2 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G
90M 18 72F 84M
90M 90D 90M
13 14 15 DC CHI DAL 2-0 2-2 1-0 90G 90G
90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90D 90D 90D 83D 90D 90D 90D 90F 90F 90F 71F 34F 90M 90F 23 78M 90M 75M 90M 90M 67F 72F 62F 8 90F 62F 73F 12 28 82F 7 28 82F 87F 9 63F 19 56 2 90D 81D 90D 74D 77D 90D 90D 90D 18 15 16 17 90M 6
32
90G
51D
16 LA 0-0 90G 90D 90M 90D 90M 2 67M 81F 23 88M
9
17 18 19 COL CLB LA 3-0 0-1 2-1 90G 90G 90G 90D 90M 82D 90D 73F 90F 89M 1 84M 90M 90F 30 66F 85F 60F 30 6 13F 60F
20 21 22 23 24 25 PHI SJ VAN DAL RSL SEA 0-0 1-2 1-1 2-1 3-3 0-1 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 90G 27 2 90M 90M 90M 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 89M 90F 90F 90F 78F 90M 9 90F 90M 90M 79M 88M 90M 76F 60F 50 73F 63F 61F 90F 30 40F 1 6 11 12 90M 90D 90D 90D 90D 84D 84M 86M 17 90M 90M 45 66M 90M 90M 4
8
77
90D
63D 90D 90D 81D
90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 39 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 11D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 90D 71D 90D 90D 90D 81D
19
90D 90D 90D 90D 58D
90D 90D 90D 90D 72
90D 90D 90D
18 22 1 13 8 3 24 5 14 24 6 17 27 29 82M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 90M 45M 90M 90M 8 4 10 26 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 27 90F 90F 88M 90F 90F 90F 90F 90F 90M
45
PORTLAND TIMBERS
"00" = 100 minutes played F/M/D/G = starting position
Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25
log: #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 07/07/2013 07/13/2013 07/20/2013 07/27/2013 08/03/2013 08/17/2013 08/21/2013 08/25/2013
03/03/2013 03/09/2013 03/16/2013 03/30/2013 04/06/2013 04/14/2013 04/21/2013 04/27/2013 05/02/2013 05/08/2013 05/12/2013 05/18/2013 05/25/2013 06/08/2013 06/15/2013 06/19/2013 06/23/2013 POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR
POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR POR 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 0
3 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 0 1 3 2 2 2 1 0 3 at vs at at vs vs vs at
vs vs at at vs vs at at vs at vs at at at vs at vs CLB 1 LA 1 PHI 0 SJ 2 VAN 1 DAL 1 RSL 3 SEA 1
NY 3 MTL 2 SEA 1 COL 2 HOU 0 SJ 0 SJ 1 KC 2 NE 0 DAL 1 CHV 0 VAN 2 DC 0 CHI 2 DAL 0 LA 0 COL 0 L W T L T W T L
T L T T W W T W T T W T W T W T W
27; Jean-Baptiste 1 (Valeri 6)
94+
86
45;
70; W. Johnson 4 (Alhassan 2, Valeri 4)
Nagbe 6 (Piquionne 5, Valeri 7) 83 R. Johnson 7 (Valeri 8) 49 R. Johnson 8 (Valeri 9) 26; Nagbe 7 (Valeri 10) 33 Wallace 5 (Valeri 11) 24; Valeri 5 (penalty kick) 57; Alhassan 1 (unassisted)
R. Johnson 6 (Nagbe 3, Valeri 5)
Piquionne 1 (Wallace 3, W. Johnson 3) 12; W. Johnson 6 (Wallace 4, Piquionne 4) R. Johnson 5 (Wallace 5, Zemanski 2) 84
Nagbe 3 (Wallace 1) 70 Wallace 3 (R. Johnson 3, Valeri 3) 34; Valeri 3 (Wallace 2, Nagbe 2) W. Johnson 5 (penalty kick) 52; Valencia 1 (W. Johnson 2) 84 Wallace 4 (Piquionne 1, Jewsbury 1) 21; Nagbe 4 (R. Johnson 4) 57 Valeri 4 (Piquionne 2, Kocic 1) 33; Zemanski 1 (Piquionne 3) 58 Nagbe 5 (Alhassan 3) 52
Valeri 1 (Alhassan 1, W. Johnson 1) 14; Nagbe 1 (unassisted) 56; own goal (Olave) 83 R. Johnson 1 (Zemanski 1, Chara 1) 80 Wallace 1 (Jean-Baptiste 1) 91+ W. Johnson 1 (R. Johnson 1) 55; W. Johnson 2 (penalty kick) 71 R. Johnson 2 (Chara 2) 55; R. Johnson 3 (Nagbe 1) 73 W. Johnson 3 (unassisted) 78 Valeri 2 (unassisted) 58 R. Johnson 4 (Valeri 1) 24; Nagbe 2 (R. Johnson 2, Valeri 2) 33; Wallace 2 (Chara 3) 58
PORTLAND TIMBERS
Game Game Game Game Game Game Game Game
92+
#
Player
U.S. OPEN CUP 4R QF TBAY DAL 2-0 3-2 90G 90D 90M 90D
74M 90M 57F 33
90M 63F
27 90M 90F 13
27
90M 90M
90D 90D 7
Piquionne (W. Johnson) 2; Piquionne (Harrington) 17; Piquionne (Alhassan) 34; Piquionne (W. Johnson), 47+; Danso (W. Johnson) 73 Nanchoff (Valencia) 9; Jewsbury (Piquionne) 55 Nagbe (unassisted) 61; Valeri (Nagbe) 63; Piquionne (unassisted) 72 Valeri (unassisted) 91
90D 83D
90D 16
SF RSL 1-2 90G 77D 63M 90D 90F
PORTLAND TIMBERS 3R WILM 5-1 90D 90M 74D 45M 45
57F 76F
33 90D 45M
45F 90F 45 90M 14
90G 90D
90F
90M
90M
90F
90G 16 90D
45
90D
W
90D
POR 5 vs WILMTN 1
W W L
Donovan Ricketts Ryan Miller Will Johnson Michael Harrington Darlington Nagbe Sal Zizzo Diego Valeri Ryan Johnson Frederic Piquionne Kalif Alhassan David Horst Jack Jewsbury Ben Zemanski Steven Evans Brent Richards Michael Nanchoff Ryan Kawulok Bright Dike Jose Adolfo Valencia Diego Chara Rodney Wallace Alvas Powell Sebastian Rincon Dylan Tucker-Gangnes Mikael Silvestre Milos Kocic Rauwshan McKenzie Hanyer Mosquera Andrew Jean-Baptiste Pa Modou Kah Jake Gleeson Mamadou Danso
U.S. OPEN CUP 3R 05/29/2013
POR 2 vs TMPABY 0 POR 3 at DAL 2 POR 1 at RSL 2
1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 30 31 33 35 44 90 98
06/12/2013 06/26/2013 08/07/2013
4R QF SF