| UNION GAME #29 |
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VS |
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| Venue: Providence Park (Portland, OR) |
| Date: September 17, 2016 |
| Time: 6:00 PM Eastern / 3:00 PM Pacific / 10:00 PM GMT |
| Television: The Comcast Network (Philadelphia), Root Sports (Portland), DirecTV 472, MLS Direct Kick |
| Online Streaming: MLS Live, MLS Direct Kick |
| Brotherly Game Match Preview: Portland Timbers vs. Philadelphia Union |
| Stumptown Footy Match Preview: Portland Timbers vs. Philadelphia Union Match Preview |
| Starting XI |
| Fanendo Adi |
Forward |
CJ Sapong |
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Darren Mattocks, Diego Valeri, Darlington Nagbe;
Jack Jewsbury, Diego Chara
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Midfield |
Chris Pontius, Tranquillo Barnetta, Fabian Herbers;
Brian Carroll, Alejandro Bedoya
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Vytas Andriuskevicius, Liam Ridgewell, Steven Taylor, Alvas Powell
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Defense |
Fabinho, Richie Marquez, Josh Yaro, Keegan Rosenberry
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| Jake Gleeson |
Goalkeeper |
Andre Blake |
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Chris Konopka, Jermaine Taylor, Zarek Valentin, Ben Zemanski, Jack McInerney, Lucas Melano, Jack Barmby
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Bench |
John McCarthy, Ray Gaddis, Ken Tribbett, Ilsinho, Roland Alberg, Warren Creavalle, Charlie Davies |
| Numbers of Note |
| 10: Total wins by Portland - all at home. The Timbers have lost 3 and drawn 2 at Providence Park this season. |
| 376: Total fouls committed by Portland (4th in MLS). The Union by comparison have only committed 320 (16th in MLS). |
| 2015: The last time the Union beat a team on the road outside of the Eastern Time Zone (September 5, 2015 against the San Jose Earthquakes). |
| Game Officials |
| Referee: Chris Penso |
| Assistant: Mike Rottersman |
| Assistant: Adam Garner |
| Fourth: Daniel Radford |
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