TAMPA BAY ROWDIES AT PORTLAND TIMBERS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013
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BRIGHT DIKE - F
Height: 6-1 Weight: 210 Hometown: Edmond, Okla. Acquired: Signed, 10/19/10 Pronunciation: DEE-kay Last MLS goal: 09/29/12 POR vs. DCU Last MLS assist: n/a
DOB: 02/02/87
2013: Is out at least six months after undergoing successful surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament, medial collateral ligament (MCL) in addition to undergoing a successful lateral meniscectomy on Feb. 8. 2012: Set MLS career highs, appearing in 12 matches (9 starts), playing 896 minutes and scoring five goals ... Finished the season as the club’s third-leading goal-scorer and tied for third overall in points (10) ... Scored his five goals on the season in a 10-game span ... Scored his first MLS game-winning goal Aug. 31 in a 1-0 win over Colorado at JELD-WEN Field ... Tallied game-tying goals in back-to-back home matches Sept. 29 vs. D.C. United and Oct. 27 vs. San Jose ... Made his first MLS start and scored his first goal of the season Aug. 19 in a 3-2 loss at New York ... Was on loan with the L.A. Blues of USL PRO from May 8 to July 10 ... Recorded six goals and two assists in 10 games during his loan stint and was the Blues’ leading scorer on the season ... At season’s end was selected to the USL PRO All-League Second Team. 2011: Made his MLS Timbers debut July 7 in a friendly vs. Club América five months after undergoing Achilles’ tendon surgery ... Ruptured his Achilles tendon in the Timbers first preseason game Feb. 4 ... Scored his first career MLS goal at Sporting KC Aug. 17 ... Recorded four goals in five MLS Reserve League appearances, ranking second in scoring for the Timbers Reserves ... Made 11 MLS appearances.
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DIEGO CHARA - M
Height: 5-8 Weight: 150 Hometown: Cali, Colombia Acquired: Signed, 04/13/11 Pronunciation: dee-EH-goh char-AH Last MLS goal: 09/16/11 POR vs. NE Last MLS assist: 04/27/13 POR @ SKC
DOB: 04/05/86
2013: Started each of the first 14 matches of the regular season, playing the full 90 in 12 straight matches March 9-May 25 … Ranks among league leaders in assists (3) and game-winning assists (2) ... Recorded the game-winning assist on April 27 in a 3-2 win against Sporting Kansas City ... Registered his second assist of the season on the first of two Ryan Johnson goals (55th minute) in a 2-0 win over Houston on April 6 at JELD-WEN Field ... Assisted on Ryan Johnson’s 80th-minute goal against Montreal on March 9, recording his fifth-career MLS assist and his first since Oct. 2, 2011. 2012: Started all 28 of his regular-season apearances and logged an MLS-career high 2,473 minutes in his second season in Portland ... Was named the Players’ Player of the Year and the Supporters’ Player of the Year ... Ranked second among league leaders with 72 fouls committed, setting the Timbers’ MLS club mark for fouls in a single season ... Owns the Timbers’ MLS record for consecutive starts by a field player, starting 27 straight matches from Aug. 14, 2011 to June 30, 2012. 2011: Became the first Designated Player in Timbers MLS history on April 13 ... Made his club debut as a second-half sub April 23 at LA Galaxy ... Started his next 27 appearances ... Recorded his first MLS goal in a 2-1 win over Vancouver, scoring the quickest goal in Timbers MLS history in just the second minute of play ... Recorded the game-winning assist in the first MLS match at BC Place on Oct. 2. INTERNATIONAL: Joined the Colombian National Team for a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Bolivia on Oct. 11, 2011, and played the final 21 minutes in a 2-1 win ... Made his senior debut on Nov. 17, 2010, starting a friendly against Peru in Bogota.
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JOSE VALENCIA - F
Height: 6-1 Weight: 180 Hometown: Bogotá, Colombia Acquired: Signed, 12/15/11 Last MLS goal: n/a Last MLS assist: n/a
DOB: 12/18/91
2013: Scored a goal for the Timbers Reserves in a 4-4 draw at VSI Tampa Bay FC on June 1 ... Played 8 minutes as a second-half sub against D.C. United May 25 ... Scored his first career MLS goal on May 18 in a 2-2 draw at Vancouver ... Started and played 90 minutes for the Timbers Reserves in a 2-1 win against the San Jose Reserves on April 15 ... Scored the game-winning goal for the Timbers Reserves in a 2-1 win against USL PRO side VSI Tampa Bay FC on April 7 ... Played 90 minutes for the Timbers Reserves in a 1-0 loss to Colorado on March 31 ... Netted the gamewinning goal in a 1-0 win for the Timbers Reserves against the Seattle Sounders FC Reserves on March 17 ... Earned his MLS debut as a second-half sub on March 3 against New York ... His shot in the 83rd minute forced a game-tying own goal from defender Jámison Olave. 2012: Made his debut for the club, playing 20 minutes as a second-half sub in the Timbers Reserves’ final match of the season, a 3-2 win over Seattle after recovering from knee surgery he underwent on Feb. 6 to repair damaged cartilage in his left knee. INTERNATIONAL: Played for the Colombia U-20 National Team in 2011 … Called up for the 2011 Toulon Tournament in France ... Scored the decisive goal against Mexico in a 2-1 semifinal victory … Was a key figure for Colombia in the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup … Started all three group matches, leading Colombia to a perfect 3-0-0 record in group play … Scored the opening goal in a 2-0 win over Mali in group play ... Played in all five of Colombia’s games during the tournament.
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RODNEY WALLACE - M
Height: 5-10 Weight: 160 Hometown: Rockville, Md. Acquired: Trade with D.C. United, 11/24/10 Last MLS goal: 05/25/13 POR @ DCU Last MLS assist: 05/12/13 POR vs. CHV
DOB: 06/17/88
2013: Has played in 13 of the team’s 14 games this season ... Started five straight matches from April 6-May 2 at forward ... Set a career high with his fourth goal of the season on May 25 at D.C. United ... Scored his third goal of the season and recorded an assist in a 3-0 win against Chivas USA on May 12 at JELD-WEN Field ... Came off the bench to assist on the go-ahead goal by Darlington Nagbe in 1-1 road draw May 8 against FC Dallas ... Became the fourth Timbers player this season to record at least a point in consecutive matches ... Tallied the game-winning goal in a 3-2 road win at Sporting KC on April 27 ... Scored the game-tying goal in second-half stoppage time in a 1-1 draw against Seattle on March 16 ... His equalizing strike was named MLS Goal of the Week for Week 3 ... Became the second player to appear in all three MLS home openers in the club’s history entering as a sub on March 3 against New York. 2012: Assisted on Danny Mwanga’s first goal against San Jose on Sept. 19 ... Scored his first league goal of the season to give the club a 1-1 draw with Seattle on Sept. 15 ... Marked his 75th career MLS appearance, coming on as a second-half sub at New York on Aug. 19. INTERNATIONAL: Appeared in five matches as Costa Rica earned the gold medal at the 2013 Copa Centroamericana in January ... Scored the game-winning goal against El Salvador in the semifinals Jan. 25 ... Featured in three 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches for Costa Rica ... Made debut, scoring the game-winning goal for Costa Rica in a 1-0 win over the United States on Sept. 2, 2011 ... Has 13 total caps for Costa Rica.