San Jose Earthquakes vs. Portland Timbers
AVAYA STADIUM, San Jose, Calif.
August 2, 2015 (MLS Game #221)
5 pm ET (ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, TSN5, MLS LIVE)
Two teams looking to put a halt to recent downturns meet when the San Jose Earthquakes entertain the Portland Timbers on Sunday afternoon at Avaya Stadium before an ESPN2 audience. The Quakes come into the game riding a four-game losing slide, after their 3-1 loss at Vancouver Whitecaps FC last weekend. The Timbers had their current winless run extended to three games last week, suffering a 4-1 loss at FC Dallas last Saturday.
- Quincy Amarikwa scored his third goal in the last two matches, but the Quakes still saw their league losing slide extended to four games in a 3-1 loss to Vancouver Whitecaps FC at BC Place on Sunday.
- The Timbers had their overall winless run extended to three games in a third consecutive loss away from home, falling 4-1 to FC Dallas last Saturday at Toyota Stadium.
- The teams are meeting for the second time this season. Jack Jewsbury scored a dramatic winner in stoppage time for the game’s only goal in a Timbers victory July 5 at Providence Park.
- The Timbers’ 2-1 victory on Oct. 4 of last year in Santa Clara was the first by a visiting team in the all-time league series. The Timbers have won four of seven matches in Portland, with three draws.
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REFEREE: Kevin Stott. AR1 (bench): Frank Anderson; AR2 (opposite): Felisha Mariscal; 4th: Baboucarr Jallow
MLS Career: 269 games; FC/gm: 25.5; Y/gm: 3.3; R: 66; pens: 68
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: POR: Liam Ridgewell, Diego Chara, Alvas Powell
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: SJ: Fatai Alashe, Clarence Goodson, David Bingham … POR: Rodney Wallace
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (12 meetings): Earthquakes 1 win, 13 goals … Timbers 5 wins, 19 goals … Ties 6
AT SAN JOSE (4 meetings): Earthquakes 1 win, 7 goals … Timbers 1 win, 7 goals … Ties 3
- The teams are meeting for the second time this season. Jack Jewsbury scored a dramatic winner in stoppage time for the game’s only goal in a Timbers victory July 5 at Providence Park.
- The Timbers’ 2-1 victory on Oct. 4 of last year in Santa Clara was the first by a visiting team in the all-time league series. The Timbers have won four of seven matches in Portland, with three draws.
- Coaches record: Dominic Kinnear vs. POR: P6 W2 L2 D2 … Caleb Porter vs. SEA: P7 W4 L1 D2
LAST MEETING (MLS)
7/5: POR 1, SJ 0 (Jewsbury 91+)
- The game's lone goal came in second-half stoppage time. A free kick from out on the left was played low into the area where Gaston Fernandez popped the ball into the air. From a near impossible angle along the byeline, Jack Jewsbury hooked the ball past goalkeeper Chris Bingham and inside the far side netting.
- Timbers goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey was called upon to make just one save in keeping the clean sheet. Bingham was credited with six saves until being beaten for the late winner.
- PORTLAND TIMBERS (4-2-3-1): Adam Kwarasey - Alvas Powell, Norberto Paparatto, Liam Ridgewell, Jorge Villafana - Will Johnson, Jack Jewsbury - Dairon Asprilla (Rodney Wallace 73), Diego Valeri, Darlington Nagbe (Gaston Fernandez 84) - Fanendo Adi (Maximiliano Urruti 79).
- SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES (4-1-4-1): David Bingham - Marvell Wynne, Victor Bernardez, Clarence Goodson, Jordan Stewart - Fatai Alashe - Shea Salinas, Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi, Tommy Thompson (JJ Koval 90), Leandro Barrera (Shaun Francis 72) - Mark Sherrod (Adam Jahn 76).
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