PORTLAND TIMBERS vs. NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
PROVIDENCE PARK, Portland, Ore.
June 6, 2015 (WEEK 14, MLS Game #144)
10:30 pm ET (MLS Live)
The Portland Timbers and New England Revolution meet for the only time this season in a crucial match for both clubs in their respective conference position when they face off at Providence Park on Saturday evening. The Timbers are on 19 points for the season – but sit in sixth place in the Western Conference, after a second consecutive win in a late 2-1 triumph at the Colorado Rapids last weekend. The Revolution have 21 points this season but are in second place in the Eastern Conference, coming off a second draw in a row in a 2-2 result with the LA Galaxy last Sunday in Foxborough.
- The Timbers have won back-to-back games for the first time this season, grabbing a late game-winner on a Jack Jewsbury goal for a 2-1 win against the Colorado Rapids on Saturday evening at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.
- The Revolution saw their current winless streak extended to six games – with their fifth draw over that time – ending in a 2-2 result with the LA Galaxy on Sunday evening at Gillette Stadium.
- The teams have evenly split their five meetings lifetime, each with one victory, with three matches drawn. Each of the last two meetings have ended in draws, a 1-1 result last Aug. 16 at Gillette Stadium, and a scoreless contest the year previous in Portland.
- The lone Timbers victory in the series came in 2011 at Providence Park; the lone Revolution triumph came in 2012 in Foxborough.
REFEREE: Jose Carlos Rivero. AR1 (bench): Jeff Hosking; AR2 (opposite): Jeremy Hanson; 4th: Daniel Radford
MLS Career: 45 games; FC/gm: 27.2; Y/gm: 3.8; R: 12; pens: 21
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SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: POR: Alvas Powell
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: POR: Liam Ridgewell … NE: Juan Agudelo, Jermaine Jones, Andy Dorman
DISABLED LIST: NE: Darrius Barnes
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: NE: Juan Agudelo (USA; 6/5 vs Netherlands; 6/10 vs Germany)
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (5 meetings): Timbers 1 win, 5 goals … Revolution 1 win, 3 goals … Ties 3
AT PORTLAND (2 meetings): Timbers 1 win, 3 goals … Revolution 0 wins, 0 goals … Ties 1
LAST YEAR (MLS)
8/16: NE 1, POR 1 (Davies 27 - Ridgewell 65)
- This is the only league meeting between the teams this season.
- The teams have evenly split their five meetings lifetime, each with one victory, with three matches drawn. Each of the last two meetings have ended in draws, a 1-1 result last Aug. 16 at Gillette Stadium, and a scoreless contest the year previous in Portland.
- The lone Timbers victory in the series came in 2011 at Providence Park; the lone Revolution triumph came in 2012 in Foxborough.
- Coaches record: Jay Heaps vs. POR: P3 W1 L0 D2 … Caleb Porter vs. NE: P2 W0 L0 D2
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