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 |
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 |
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 |