PORTLAND TIMBERS vs FC DALLAS
PROVIDENCE PARK, Portland, Ore.
April 4, 2015 (WEEK 5, MLS Game #32)
10:30 p.m. ET (MLS LIVE)
A pair of clubs which have started the 2015 season heading in opposite directions meet when the Portland Timbers play host to FC Dallas on Saturday evening at Providence Park. The Timbers are still looking for their first win of the season, suffering their initial defeat a week ago in a late 2-1 loss at Vancouver Whitecaps FC. FC Dallas are still undefeated on the new campaign, held without a victory for the first time in a scoreless home draw last week with Seattle Sounders FC
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- Fanendo Adi scored his third goal of the season (all of the Timbers’ goals in 2015), but saw his club’s winless streak to start the season stretched to four games in its 2-1 defeat at Vancouver Whitecaps FC. The Timbers opened the year with three consecutive draws.
- FC Dallas saw their perfect start to the season put to an end, but still remain the overall leader in MLS following their scoreless draw with Seattle Sounders FC on Saturday evening at Toyota Stadium.
- The teams evenly split their three meetings a season ago, each winning one, with one draw. The teams split the two matches at Toyota Stadium; they played to a 2-2 draw June 11 at Providence Park.
- FC Dallas have never won at Providence Park, the Timbers winning three of the five league meetings there with two draws. The Timbers have won once in six visits all-time to Frisco..
REFEREE: Ricardo Salazar. AR1 (bench): Frank Anderson; AR2 (opposite): Marco Arruda; 4th: Tyler Ploeger
MLS Career: 196 games; FC/gm: 26.7; Y/gm: 3.4; R: 56; pens: 68
SUSPENDED: DAL: Kellyn Acosta (through April 5)
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (10 meetings): Timbers 4 wins, 14 goals … FC Dallas 3 wins, 19 goals … Ties 4
AT PORTLAND (5 meetings): Timbers 3 wins, 9 goals … FC Dallas 0 wins, 6 goals … Ties 2
RETURN MATCH: 7/25: FC Dallas vs. Portland Timbers, 8 p.m. CT
LAST YEAR (MLS):
3/29: DAL 2, POR 1: (Perez 48+; Diaz 84 – own goal 66)
6/11: POR 2, DAL 2 (Johnson 79; Kah 94+ -- Castillo 27; Perez 39)
10/25: DAL 0, POR 2 (Nagbe 43; Urruti 82)
- The teams evenly split their three meetings a season ago, each winning one, with one draw. The teams split the two matches at Toyota Stadium; they played to a 2-2 draw June 11 at Providence Park.
- FC Dallas have never won at Providence Park, the Timbers winning three of the five league meetings there with two draws. The Timbers have won once in six visits all-time to Frisco.
- Coaches record: Caleb Porter vs. DAL: P6 W3 L1 D2 … Oscar Pareja vs. POR: P9 W3 L4 D2
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