FC Dallas vs. Portland Timbers
TOYOTA STADIUM, Frisco, Tex.
July 25, 2015 (MLS Game # 209)
9 pm ET (MLS Live, ROOT Sports NW, TXA-21)
It’s a critical meeting in the Western Conference when FC Dallas meet the Portland Timbers for a second time this season, Saturday evening at Toyota Stadium. The teams are separated by just three points in the division – FCD holding down the top spot, and the Timbers currently in sixth place and the final playoff position. FC Dallas have won an MLS-high four consecutive games in a row, following their 2-1 home win vs. D.C. United last weekend, while the Timbers hit the road off of a 1-1 draw with Cascadia rivals Vancouver Whitecaps FC at Providence Park.
- FC Dallas won their fourth consecutive game – matching the club’s longest winning streak since a club-record six-game winning run in 1999 – as Fabian Castillo scored his fourth goal in the last five matches, a stoppage-time game-winner for a 2-1 victory against D.C. United on Saturday evening at Toyota Stadium.
- Diego Valeri scored his second goal this season and the Timbers extended their current home undefeated streak to seven games, following their 1-1 draw with Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Saturday evening at Providence Park.
- The teams are meeting for the second time this season. Maximiliano Urruti broke a 1-1 tie midway through the second half and Diego Chara added a late clincher as the Timbers took a 3-1 triumph April 4 at Providence Park.
- The Timbers have won once in six visits all-time to Frisco. FC Dallas have never won at Providence Park, the Timbers winning four of the six league meetings there with two draws.
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REFEREE: Ismail Elfath. AR1 (bench): Kermit Quisenberry; AR2 (opposite): Kyle Atkins; 4th: Younes Marrakchi MLS Career: 53 games; FC/gm: 25.1; Y/gm: 3.2; R: 15; pens: 1
SUSPENDED: POR: Will Johnson (through July 26)
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: POR: Liam Ridgewell, Diego Chara, Alvas Powell
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: DAL: Atiba Harris, Matt Hedges, Victor Ulloa, Ryan Hollingshead, Dan Kennedy … POR: Rodney Wallace
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: DAL: Je-Vaughn Watson (Jamaica, CONCACAF Gold Cup); Blas Pérez (Panama, CONCACAF Gold Cup)
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (12 meetings): FC Dallas 3 wins, 20 goals … Timbers 5 wins, 17 goals … Ties 4
AT DALLAS (6 meetings): FC Dallas 3 wins, 13 goals … Timbers 1 win, 5 goals … Ties 2
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