NEW YORK CITY FC vs PORTLAND TIMBERS
YANKEE STADIUM, New York
April 19, 2015 (WEEK 7, MLS Game #65)
7 p.m. ET (Fox Sports 1)
A pair of teams looking to start putting some victories together meet when New York City FC play host to the Portland Timbers on Sunday evening at Yankee Stadium before a FOX Sports 1 audience. NYCFC make a quick turnaround after seeing their winless streak stretched to four games at midweek in a late 1-1 draw with Philadelphia Union. The Timbers have also won just once this season, coming off a 2-0 home loss to the year’s other expansion package, Orlando City SC.
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REFEREE: Armando Villarreal. AR1 (bench): Craig Lowry; AR2 (opposite): Brian Poeschel; 4th: Jose Carlos Rivero
MLS Career: 50 games; FC/gm: 22.9; Y/gm: 2.7; R: 16; pens: 12
SUSPENDED: none
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: NYC: Kwame Watson-Siriboe...POR: Alvas Powell
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME: First meeting.
- Coaches record: Jason Kreis vs. PHI: P8 W4 L1 D3 … Caleb Porter vs. NYC: first game
- After netting the goal in the 2-1 loss at Philadelphia Union over the weekend, David Villa had been involved in each of the last three NYCFC goals (2 goals, 1 assist), and had a goal or an assist in three of NYCFC’s first four goals this season.
- The Timbers suffered their first loss of the season at Providence Park on Sunday, a 2-0 loss to this year’s other expansion club, Orlando City SC.
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