Game Guide: Portland Timbers vs. Tampa Bay Rowdies - June 12, 2013, U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round

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TAMPA BAY ROWDIES AT PORTLAND TIMBERS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013

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DONOVAN RICKETTS - GK

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RYAN MILLER - D

Height: 6-4 Weight: 210 DOB: 07/06/77 Hometown: Montego Bay, Jamaica Acquired: Trade with Montreal Impact, 08/07/12 Last MLS win: 04/27/13 POR @ SKC Last MLS shutout: 05/25/13 POR @ DCU

Height: 5-11 Weight: 165 Hometown: Barrington, Ill. Acquired: Signed, 01/23/13 Last MLS goal: n/a Last MLS assist: n/a

2013: Played 90 minutes for Jamaica in a 1-0 loss to Mexico on June 4 in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying ... Started each of the first 13 matches of the season ... Earned his fifth shutout of the season in a 2-0 win at D.C. United on May 25 ... Has recorded four consecutive shutouts at JELD-WEN Field (April 6-May 12), compiling a 390-minute consecutive shutout streak at home - a Timbers MLS record ... Logged his fourth clean sheet of the season in a 3-0 win against Chivas USA on May 12 at JELD-WEN Field ... Is a five-time winner of MLS Save of the Week in 2013 (Weeks 2, 5, 8, 9 and 10) ... Made six saves to earn his 50th career MLS win April 27 against Sporting KC ... Logged a 312-minute shutout streak from March 30-April 21 ... Recorded consecutive shutouts on April 6 (Houston) and April 14 (San Jose) ... Made a save in a 2-2 draw against Colorado on March 30 ... Recorded three saves in a 2-1 loss to Montreal on March 9 ... Made two saves helping the team to a home-opening 3-3 draw against New York on March 3. 2012: Played a total of 777 minutes in nine games (9 starts), making 26 saves on 39 shots and finishing with a 1.51 GAA for the Timbers ... Recorded his second shutout as a member of the Timbers on Oct. 21, in a 1-0 win over Vancouver Whitecaps FC. INTERNATIONAL: A longtime member of the Jamaica National Team and served as the team’s vice captain … Made his debut in 2000 ... Ricketts featured in Jamaica’s qualifying bids for the 2002, 2006 and 2010 World Cups, and started the last three 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Mexico (Feb. 6), Panama (March 22) and Costa Rica (March 26).

2013: Started and played 90 minutes in a 5-1 win over Wilmington in the U.S. Open Cup on May 29 ... Started all six Timbers Reserves games ... Was a 90th-minute substitute for Ryan Johnson in a 1-0 win against San Jose on April 14 ... Started the first two matches of the season, logging 140 minutes of action ... Started and played 90 minutes for the Timbers Reserves in a 1-0 loss to Colorado on March 31. 2012: Started all 30 league games for Halmstads BK in the Superettan (second division), and helped the club regain promotion to Sweden’s top flight, the Allsvenskan … Halmstads BK finished third in the Superettan table and defeated GIF Sundsvall in the promotional playoff in order to secure its return to the first division … Was tied for the team lead and third in the league with a career-high eight assists, four of which came in a two-game span … Assisted on the first and fourth goals of a 5-2 victory against IFK Värnamo on June 16 … Notched two more assists in the next match five days later, aiding in a 3-1 win over Assyriska FF on June 21 … Started both legs of the promotional playoff against GIF Sundsvall, which Halmstads BK won 6-4 on aggregate … Recorded an assist in Leg 1, setting up a 62nd-minute goal in a 3-0 victory on Nov. 10 … Made an appearance in a 5-2 win against Ronneby BK in a Svenska Cupen match, playing 13 minutes as a sub.

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WILL JOHNSON - M

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DOB: 12/14/84

MICHAEL HARRINGTON - D

Height: 5-10 Weight: 160 DOB: 01/21/87 Hometown: Woodbridge, Ill. Acquired: Trade with Real Salt Lake, 12/03/12 Last MLS goal: 05/18/13 POR @ VAN Last MLS assist: 05/18/13 POR @ VAN

Height: 6-0 Weight: 170 Hometown: Greenville, N.C. Acquired: Trade with Sporting KC, 12/03/12 Last MLS goal: 10/05/08 SKC vs. CHI Last MLS assist: 05/27/12 SKC vs. SJ

2013: Is the only Timbers players that has played in every minute of the regular season (1260 min.) ... Leads the team with five goals ... Registered three assists in a 5-1 win over Wilmington in the U.S. Open Cup on May 29 ... Set a new career-high in goals, scoring his fifth of the season on May 18, scoring a penalty kick in a 2-2 draw at Vancouver ... Also recorded an assist against Whitecaps FC ... Scored a stoppagetime goal May 12 against Chivas USA ... Scored the game-winning goal on a free kick in a 1-0 win against San Jose on April 14 ... Scored a brace on March 30 to help the Timbers earn a 2-2 draw at Colorado .. Was named NASR MLS Player of the Week for his efforts against the Rapids, the second MLS Timbers player to earn the award since 2011 ... Snapped Portland’s 37-game streak without a penalty kick in the 71st minute against Colorado, converting a game-tyinging penalty ... Started and played 90 minutes as captain in his Timbers debut on March 3, earning an assist on Diego Valeri’s goal in the 14th minute. 2012: Played in 26 regular-season matches and set career highs in goals (3) and points (9) for Real Salt Lake ... Recorded each of his three goals and three assists in the second half of matches. INTERNATIONAL: Has 33 caps with the Canada National Team since making his senior debut as an 18-year-old on Nov. 16, 2005, in a 1-0 friendly win over Luxembourg … Has been a staple in the team’s midfield since 2011 … Amassed seven caps in 2012, appearing in five 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers … Scored in a 3-0 win over Cuba on Oct. 12, 2012, at BMO Field in Toronto, Ontario.

2013: Started each of the first 14 matches of the regular season ... Helped the backline record a fourth consecutive shutout at home in a 3-0 win over Chivas USA on May 12 ... Has played every minute of the club’s current 390-minute home shutout streak at JELD-WEN Field - a Timbers MLS record ... Contributed to back-to-back shutouts in a 2-0 win over Houston on April 6 and a 1-0 victory against San Jose on April 14 at JELD-WEN Field ... Was part of a backline that has allowed just three shots on goal or fewer in four straight matches March 16-April 14. 2012: Started nine of the 11 games he appeared in during the 2012 season with Sporting Kansas City … Helped Sporting KC allow the fewest goals in MLS (27) during the regular season ... Assisted on the game-winning goal by Kei Kamara in a 2-1 win over the San Jose Earthquakes on May 27 ... Finished the season ranked ninth on Sporting KC’s all-time, regular-season minutes played chart with 11,633, tied for ninth with Josh Wolff in regular-season games started for the club with 128 and eighth in regular-season games played at 149. 2011: Appeared in a total of 23 matches in 2011, helping Sporting KC to a first-place finish in the Eastern Conference during the regular season ... Surpassed 10,000 minutes played in Sporting Kansas City career during LIVESTRONG Sporting Park’s inaugural match June 9. 2010: Started 29 matches and matched a career-high with four assists for Sporting KC ... Played the full 90 in a 2-1 win over famed club Manchester United in a summer friendly July 25.

DOB: 01/24/86


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