PORTLAND TIMBERS vs. VANCOUVER WHITECAPS
PROVIDENCE PARK, Portland, Ore.
July 18, 2015 (MLS Game #202)
10:30 pm ET (MLS LIVE in US; TSN/RDS2 in Canada)
Cascadia Cup rivals Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps FC meet for a third time this season when they clash Saturday evening at Providence Park. The Timbers saw their recent of good form come to a crashing halt last weekend, falling 3-0 at Philadelphia Union. Whitecaps FC returned home for the first time in more than a month, but lost their consecutive match, falling 1-0 to Sporting Kansas City at BC Place.
- The Timbers saw their two-game winning streak put to an end in a 3-0 loss at Philadelphia Union on Saturday evening at PPL Park. The Timbers have gone 6-2-0 over their last eight games; in the two defeats, both on the road, they’ve allowed eight goals (allowing two goals total in the six wins).
- Whitecaps FC returned home for the first time since May 30 and lost a second consecutive game, falling 1-0 to Sporting Kansas City on Sunday evening at BC Place.
- The teams are meeting for the third time this season. Robert Earnshaw scored the game-winning goal on the stroke of full time to give Whitecaps FC a stunning 2-1 victory, March 28 at BC Place; the teams played to a scoreless draw May 2 at Providence Park.
- Whitecaps FC have won just twice in 13 all-time MLS meetings between the teams, both of those victories coming in the last five meetings.
- The ‘Caps have come away with points in three of the last four encounters at Providence Park, with a win and two draws.
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REFEREE: Juan Guzman. AR1 (bench): Chris Strickland; AR2 (opposite): Marco Arruda; 4th: Edvin Jurisevic
MLS Career: 56 games; FC/gm: 25.5; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 18; pens: 14
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: POR: Alvas Powell … VAN: Sam Adekugbe, Pa-Modou Kah
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: POR: Liam Ridgewell, Diego Chara … VAN: Matias Laba, Jordan Harvey, Steven Beitashour, Kendall Waston
DISABLED LIST: VAN: Andre Lewis
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: VAN: Darren Mattocks (Jamaica, CONCACAF Gold Cup); Kendall Waston (Costa Rica, CONCACAF Gold Cup)
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (13 meetings): Timbers 6 wins, 22 goals … Whitecaps FC 2 wins, 14 goals … Ties 5
AT PORTLAND (7 meetings): Timbers 3 wins, 12 goals … Whitecaps FC 1 win, 8 goals … Ties 3
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