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| UNION GAME #1 | ||
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VS |  |
| Providence Park, Portland, OR | ||
| March 8, 2014 | ||
| 10:30 PM | ||
| CSN - JP Dellacamera and Peter Pappas | ||
| Know Thy Enemy: Stumptown Footy | ||
| Starting XI | ||
| Darlington Nagbe, Maximiliano Urruti, Gaston Fernandez | Forward | Jack McInerney |
| Diego Chara, Diego Valeri, Will Johnson | Midfield |
Vincent Nogueira, Cristian Maidana, Sebastien Le Toux |
| Jack Jewsbury, Norberto Paparatto, Pa Modou Kah, Michael Harrington | Defense | Fabinho, Austin Berry, Amobi Okugo, Ray Gaddis |
| Donovan Ricketts | Goalkeeper | Zac MacMath |
| Andrew Weber, Mamadou Danso, Ben Zemanski, Kalif Alhassan, Michael Nanchoff, Steve Zakuani, Frederic Piquionne | Bench | Andre Blake, Michael Lahoud, Aaron Wheeler, Leo Fernandes, Corben Bone, Antoine Hoppenot, Danny Cruz |
| 2013 Stats (Explained Here) | ||
| .509 (9th) | TSR | .515 (7th) |
| .528 (5th) | DZR | .524 (8th) |
| .531 (3rd) | xGR | .511 (8th) |
| Game Officials | ||
| Referee: Ioannis Stavrdis | ||
| Assistant Referee: Caleb Mendez | ||
| Assistant Referee: Andrew Bigelow | ||
| 4th Official: N/A | ||
After an off-season filled with moves designed to improve the Union's biggest 2013 weakness, their midfield, expectations have been raised for the local franchise entering its fifth season of existence. Their opponents tonight, the Portland Timbers, are an interesting team who underachieved in 2012 but overachieved in 2013. They did make changes in the off-season though with the intention of improving their attack.
If you're into late night soccer, this should be an interesting season opener! If you are still awake, feel free to comment in our game thread below!