Game Guide: May 2 vs. New England Revolution

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NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION AT PORTLAND TIMBERS THURSDAY, MAY 2, 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: 04/14/13 POR vs. SJ

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

2013: Made six saves to earn his 50th career MLS win April 27 against Sporting KC ... Save on San Jose forward Chris Wondolowski on April 21 won MLSsoccer.com Save of the Week for Week 8 ... 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 ... Save against the Rapids won MLSsoccer.com Save of the Week for Week 5 ... Stopped two shots in a 1-1 draw against Seattle on March 16 ... Recorded three saves in a 2-1 loss to Montreal on March 9 ... Made two saves, both of which were nominated for MLSsoccer.com’s Save of the Week for Week 2, 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 ... The shutout performance helped the Timbers win the 2012 Cascadia Cup ... Made six saves to earn his first win with the club against Vancouver on Aug. 25 ... Recorded four saves in a 2-2 draw at Toronto FC in his Timbers debut Aug. 15 ... Acquired by the Timbers in a trade with the Montreal Impact on Aug. 7. 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 all four 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: 04/14/13 POR vs. SJ Last MLS assist: 03/03/13 POR vs. NY

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: Started and played 90 minutes in each of the first eight matches of the season ... Scored the game-winning goal on a free kick in a 1-0 win against San Jose on April 14, tying a career high with his third goal of the season ... 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 ... Became the fifth MLS Timbers player to register two goals in a game ... Snapped Portland’s 37-game streak without a penalty kick in the 71st minute against Colorado, converting a game-tyinging penalty ... Played the full 90 of a 2-1 loss to Montreal on March 9, and was fouled a team-high four times ... Started and played 90 minutes as captain in his Timbers debut, 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 … Matched a career-high with three assists during the campaign … Recorded each of his three goals and three assists in the second half of matches … Tallied the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win over D.C. United on Sept. 1 … Scored two of his three goals on the season against Chivas USA. 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: Helped the Timbers back line secure consecutive shutouts on April 6 and April 14 ... Started each of the team’s first eight games of the season ... Made his Timbers debut on March 3 against New York, which also marked his 150th career MLS appearance. 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 … Surpassed 12,000 minutes played in MLS competition, including postseason action, on Sept. 22 in a start against the Montreal Impact … 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 alltime, 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, 16 of them starts, 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 ... Named the Cauldron’s Man of the Month for June, starting all three matches and contributing to a pair of shutouts during the month … 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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