SEATTLE SOUNDERS vs PORTLAND TIMBERS
CENTURYLINK FIELD, Seattle, Wash.
April 26, 2015 (WEEK 8, MLS Game #75)
9:30 p.m. ET (Fox Sports 1)
One of the most vibrant rivalries in all of Major League Soccer takes center stage when Seattle Sounders FC meet archrivals Portland Timbers on Sunday evening at CenturyLink Field before a FOX Sports 1 audience. Sounders FC return home off their first road win of the year, a 3-1 victory at the Colorado Rapids last week. The Timbers are also coming off a first away win of the campaign, gaining a 1-0 victory at New York City FC last weekend. The Cascadia Cup clash, the first of the year between the teams, marks the 89th time the teams have met along their long histories.
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REFEREE: Alan Kelly. AR1 (bench): Frank Anderson; AR2 (opposite): Mike Rottersman; 4th: Daniel Radford
MLS Career: 18 games; FC/gm: 26.4; Y/gm: 3.0; R: 7; pens: 5
SUSPENDED: SEA: Chad Marshall (through April 26)
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: POR: Alvas Powell
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: SEA: Cristian Roldan (U.S. U-20)
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME [MLS] (11 meetings): Sounders FC 5 wins, 21 goals … Timbers 2 wins, 14 goals … Ties 4
AT SEATTLE (5 meetings): Sounders FC 3 wins, 8 goals … Timbers 0 wins, 2 goals … Ties 2
RETURN MATCHES: 6/28: Portland Timbers vs. Seattle Sounders FC, 4 p.m. PT (FS1); 8/30: Seattle Sounders FC vs. Portland Timbers, 2 p.m. PT (ESPN2)
LAST YEAR (MLS)
4/5: POR 4, SEA 4 (Chara 9, 55; Valeri 14; Urruti 57 – Cooper 3; Dempsey 24, 85, 87)
7/13: SEA 2, POR 0 (Dempsey 71; Pappa 86)
8/24: POR 2, SEA 4 (Adi 73, 91+ -- Martins 18, 76; Dempsey 34; Barrett 70)
- The teams had a wild season series a year ago. Sounders FC won two meetings, with one draw, as the clubs combined for 16 goals in the three games (Seattle scoring 10).
- The Sounders FC 4-2 victory in the final meeting last year, Aug. 24 at Providence Park, was just the second by the road team in the MLS league series between the teams. The Timbers have never won in Seattle in regular season play, though they did win there in the MLS Cup Playoffs in 2013.
- Versions of the club have faced one another in the NASL, Western Soccer League, APSL/A-League/USL First Division and now MLS. Overall, the clubs have met 88 times in official competitions, Seattle winning 45 times, Portland winning 31, and 12 draws.
- Coaches record: Sigi Schmid vs. COL: P11 W5 L2 D4 … Caleb Porter vs. SEA: P6 W1 L3 D2
- Lamar Neagle had the third multiple-goal game of his MLS career, pacing Sounders FC to a 3-1 win against the Colorado Rapids on Saturday evening. Neagle’s last two-goal game came May 11, 2013 vs. San Jose.
- The Timbers won their second match in their last three outings, Dairon Asprilla scoring his first MLS goal in a 1-0 win at New York City FC on Sunday afternoon.
- The teams had a wild season series a year ago. Sounders FC won two meetings, with one draw, as the clubs combined for 16 goals in the three games (Seattle scoring 10).
- The Sounders FC 4-2 victory in the final meeting last year, Aug. 24 at Providence Park, was just the second by the road team in the MLS league series between the teams. The Timbers have never won in Seattle in regular season play, though they did win there in the MLS Cup Playoffs in 2013.
- Versions of the club have faced one another in the NASL, Western Soccer League, APSL/A-League/USL First Division and now MLS. Overall, the clubs have met 88 times in official competitions, Seattle winning 45 times, Portland winning 31, and 12 draws.
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