NEW YORK RED BULLS AT PORTLAND TIMBERS SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 2013
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STEVEN EVANS - M
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BRENT RICHARDS - F
Height: 6-1 Weight: 180 DOB: 09/19/91 Hometown: Portland, Ore. Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown Player, 01/08/13 Last MLS goal: n/a Last MLS assist: n/a
Height: 5-10 Weight: 165 DOB: 05/20/90 Hometown: Camas, Wash. Acquired: Signed as a Homegrown Player, 01/04/12 Last MLS goal: n/a Last MLS assist: n/a
A product of the Timbers U-23s, Evans signs as the club’s second Homegrown Player. The Portland native played four seasons with the Timbers U-23s from 2009-12, helping the team win the 2010 PDL championship. He ranks among the team’s alltime leaders in games played and goals. Evans had three standout seasons at the University of Portland during his collegiate career, earning All-West Coast Conference honors all three seasons.
2013: Will miss at least six months after undergoing successful surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament on Feb. 4, 2013. 2012: Appeared in six games in his rookie MLS season, starting two, while logging 201 minutes played ... Named the club’s 2012 Young Player of the Year ... Made his MLS debut on July 14, playing 45 minutes as a halftime sub against the LA Galaxy ... Handed his first MLS start against Chivas USA on July 28, recording four shots (one on goal) in 74 minutes of action, a performance that earned him MLSsoccer.com Team of the Week honorable mention for Week 21... Started and played 69 minutes of an exhibition vs. Aston Villa FC on July 24 ... Played 22 minutes as a sub against Spanish club Valencia CF on May 23 ... Came on as a 65th-minute sub in a U.S. Open Cup loss to Cal FC on May 30 ... Was the second-leading scorer for the Timbers Reserves with four goals in nine games (eight starts) ... Scored his fourth MLS Reserve League goal, the game-winner, in the Timbers Reserves’ Sept. 16 win over Seattle Sounders FC Reserves ... Scored his first goal of the MLS Reserve League season in a win over the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Reserves April 22.
2012: Named the club’s 2012 Timbers U-23s Player of the Year … Played 17 games during the Premier Development League campaign, scoring four goals and logging one assist … Helped lead the Timbers U-23s to a second-place finish in the Northwest Division and to the Western Conference semifinals … Scored two of his four goals in a 4-0 win over the Kitsap Pumas May 24 at JELD-WEN Field … Played in the team’s first-ever appearance in the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, starting a firstround match against PSA Elite on May 15.
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MICHAEL NANCHOFF - M
Height: 5-8 Weight: 150 Hometown: North Royalton, Ohio Acquired: Signed, 02/21/13 Last MLS goal: n/a Last MLS assist: n/a
DOB: 09/24/88
Nanchoff joins the Timbers in 2013 after playing his first two professional seasons in MLS with Vancouver Whitecaps FC. He was selected No. 8 overall as a member of Generation adidas by Vancouver in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft after a standout collegiate career at the University of Akron. Nanchoff played under Timbers head coach Caleb Porter at Akron and helped the Zips make back-to-back NCAA College Cup Finals appearances (2009-10) and win the National Championship in 2010. 2012: Appeared in nine games (1 start) for Whitecaps FC during the regular season ... Logged a season-high 59 minutes on July 14, 2012, against Chicago. 2011: Battling injuries during his first MLS season, Nanchoff appeared in five matches for Vancouver as a rookie
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RYAN KAWULOK - D
Height: 6-2 Weight: 185 Hometown: Fort Collins, Colo. Acquired: Signed, 03/01/12 Pronunciation: ka-WALL-uk Last MLS goal: n/a Last MLS assist: n/a
DOB: 12/29/89
2012: Started and played all 90 minutes in all 10 matches for the Timbers Reserves in the MLS Reserve League ... Logged a team-best 900 minutes and logged an assist ... Set up a goal by Brent Richards in a 2-2 draw June 18 against the Chivas USA Reserves ... Played 30 minutes in overtime of a third-round loss to Cal FC in the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup ... Notched an assist and was one of only two Timbers players to log the full 90 in a friendly against EPL side Aston Villa FC on July 24 ... Played the second half of a friendly against Spanish club Valencia CF on May 23 ... Was on the match-day roster for three regular-season matches ... Signed by the club on March 1, and scored the equalizer that night in a preseason 1-1 draw against Chivas USA. Selected No. 8 overall in the 2012 MLS Supplemental Draft, Kawulok was signed March 1, 2012. He became the fourth member of the Timbers development team, the Portland Timbers U-23s, to sign with the first team. Kawulok was a standout at the University of Portland during his collegiate career and earned West Coast Conference Defender of the Year following his senior campaign in 2011.