HOUSTON DYNAMO AT PORTLAND TIMBERS SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2013
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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
2013: Played 90 minutes for the Timbers Reserves in a 1-0 loss to Colorado on March 31 ... Started and played 67 minutes for the Timbers Reserves in a 1-0 win against the Sounders FC Reserves on March 17. 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.
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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: Was an unused sub on March 30 against Colorado ... Played 90 minutes for the Timbers Reserves in a 1-0 loss to Colorado on March 31 ... Netted the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win for the Timbers Reserves against the Seattle Sounders FC Reserves on March 17 ... Appeared as a sub in the team’s first three games ... Made his second MLS appearance against Montreal on March 9, playing 22 minutes and putting one shot on goal ... 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 ... Recorded a shot on goal against Sounders FC Reserves on Sept. 16. 2011: Made 16 appearances for Colombian side Santa Fe during the Liga Postobón season between multiple U-20 national team call-ups … Scored the equalizing goal against Once Caldas on Nov. 3; Santa Fe would ultimately lose that match, 2-1. 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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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: 03/09/13 POR vs. MTL
DOB: 04/05/86
2013: Started and played 90 minutes in all four games this season … Assisted on Ryan Johnson’s goal in the 80th minute, earning his fifth-career assist and his first since Oct. 2, 2011 ... Eclipsed 5,000 minutes played in his MLS career March 9. 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 ... Played in his 50th match for the club on Aug. 19 at New York. 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 ... Finished fourth on the team in points (8) and fifth in minutes logged (2,401) ... Recorded the game-winning assist in the first MLS match at BC Place, setting up Kenny Cooper’s goal to beat Whitecaps FC 1-0 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 as a sub in a 2-1 win ... Made his senior international debut on Nov. 17, 2010, starting a friendly against Peru in Bogota, Colombia.