SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES AT PORTLAND TIMBERS SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2013
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BEN ZEMANSKI - M
Height: 5-11 Weight: 150 Hometown: Akron, Ohio Acquired: Trade with Chivas USA, 02/13/13 Last MLS goal: 07/06/11 CHV vs. SJ Last MLS assist: 03/09/13 POR vs. MTL
DOB: 05/12/88
2013: Played 90 minutes for the Timbers Reserves in a 2-1 against USL PRO side VSI Tampa Bay FC on April 7 ... Was an unused sub on April 6 against Houston ... Started consecutive matches at right back (March 16-30) ... Earned his first start for the Timbers on March 16 at Seattle ... Made his Portland debut as a halftime substitute March 9 of a 2-1 loss to Montreal … Assisted on the club’s lone goal by Ryan Johnson in the 80th minute. 2012: Made 22 league appearances with the Chivas USA, including 18 starts… Missed nearly two months from mid-April to mid-June due to a knee injury … Notched two assists, including one on the game-winning goal in a 1-0 victory over the Timbers on July 28 at JELD-WEN Field. 2011: Appeared in a career-high 28 games for Chivas USA, making 23 starts … Finished sixth on the team in minutes played, logging 2,056 minutes … Tallied two goals and four assists for the Rojiblancos, both career-highs … Scored first MLS goal in the 84th minute of the season opener March 19, a 3-2 loss to Sporting Kansas City … Assisted on the opening goal by Nick Labrocca in Chivas USA’s 3-0 win over FC Dallas April 30 … Came on as a second-half substitute in a July meeting against the San Jose Earthquakes and scored the game-winner in the 64th minute of a 2-0 win.
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BRENT RICHARDS - F
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STEVEN EVANS - M
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
2013: Played 90 minutes 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 ... Registered the game-winning assist for the Timbers Reserves in a 1-0 win against the Seattle Sounders FC Reserves on March 17. 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. 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.
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MICHAEL NANCHOFF - M
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
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
2013: Is out 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.
2013: Registered a goal and an assist for the Timbers Reserves in a 2-1 win against USL PRO side VSI Tampa Bay FC on April 7 ... Started and played 90 minutes for the Timbers Reserves in a 1-0 loss to Colorado on March 31 ... Played 90 minutes for the Timbers Reserves in a 1-0 win against the Sounders FC Reserves on March 17 ... Was an unused sub in each of the team’s first three games of the season. 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 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.