Game Notes | Portland Timbers vs. Sporting Kansas City | Sep. 9, 2015

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SPORTING KANSAS CITY AT PORTLAND TIMBERS WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9, 2015, 7:30 P.M. (PT) VP Communications: Chris Metz - (503) 553-5433, cmetz@timbers.com Manager, Media Relations: Mark Nelson - (503) 553-5529, mnelson@timbers.com; Coordinator, Media Relations: Katie Simons - (503) 553-5539, ksimons@ timbers.com; Coordinator, Media Relations/Community Relations: Diego Basabe - (503) 553-5543, dbasabe@timbers.com

TIMBERS

SPORTING KC

2015 SCHEDULE 2015 MLS RECORD: 11-9-7 (Home: 7-1-5 Away: 4-8-2) 2015 ALL-COMPETITIONS RECORD: 12-10-7 (Home: 7-1-5 Away: 5-9-2)

VS.

11-7-7 (40pts)

11-9-7 (40pts)

MATCH INFORMATION Date: Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015 Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. (Pacific) Location: Providence Park (Portland, Ore.) Forecast: Partly Cloudy, 81 degrees Referee: Fotis Bazakos Assistant Referees: Corey Rockwell, Mike Rottersman Fourth Official: Alejandro Mariscal Local TV: KPDX FOX 12 Talent: Keith Bleyer (play-by-play), Ross Smith (analyst) English Radio: 750 The Game (KXTG 750AM, 102.9FM) Talent: Jake Zivin (play-by-play), Brett Jacobs (analyst) Spanish Radio: La GranD (KGGD 93.5FM, 1150 AM) Talent: Josue del Castillo (play-by-play), Ozkar Ramos (analyst)

MLS WEEK 28 SCHEDULE Wednesday, Sept. 9 Colorado at Vancouver Sporting KC at Portland

TIME (PT) 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m.

NATIONAL TV

Friday, Sept. 11 Chicago at New York Red Bulls

4 p.m.

UniMás

Saturday, Sept. 12 Columbus at Philadelphia Real Salt Lake at Houston New York City FC at FC Dallas D.C. United at Colorado Seattle at San Jose Montreal at LA Galaxy

4 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 13 New England at Toronto FC Sporting KC at Orlando City SC

2 p.m. 4 p.m.

DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Sat., March 7 REAL SALT LAKE T 0-0 Sun., March 15 LA GALAXY T 2-2 Sat., March 21 @Sporting KC T 0-0 Sat., March 28 @Vancouver L 1-2 Sat., April 4 FC DALLAS W 3-1 Sun., April 12 ORLANDO CITY SC L 0-2 Sun., April 19 @New York City FC W 1-0 Sun., April 26 @Seattle L 0-1 Sat., May 2 VANCOUVER T 0-0 Sat., May 9 @Montreal W 2-1 Sat., May 16 @Houston L 1-3 Sat., May 23 @Toronto FC L 0-1 Wed., May 27 D.C. UNITED W 1-0 Sat., May 30 @Colorado W 2-1 Sat., June 6 NEW ENGLAND W 2-0 Tues., June 16 @Seattle^ W 3-1 (AET) Sat., June 20 HOUSTON W 2-0 Wed., June 24 @LA Galaxy L 0-5 Sun., June 28 SEATTLE W 4-1 Wed., July 1 @Real Salt Lake^ L 0-2 Sun., July 5 SAN JOSE W 1-0 Sat., July 11 @Philadelphia L 0-3 Sat., July 18 VANCOUVER T 1-1 Sat., July 25 @FC Dallas L 1-4 Sun., Aug. 2 @San Jose T 0-0 Fri., Aug. 7 CHICAGO W 1-0 Sat., Aug. 15 @Real Salt Lake W 1-0 Fri., Aug. 21 HOUSTON T 2-2 Sun., Aug. 30 @Seattle L 1-2 Wed., Sept. 9 SPORTING KC 7:30 p.m. Sun., Sept. 20 NY RED BULLS 2 p.m. Sat., Sept. 26 @Columbus 4:30 p.m. Sat., Oct. 3 SPORTING KC 7:30 p.m. Wed., Oct. 14 @Real Salt Lake 6:30 p.m. Sun., Oct. 18 @LA Galaxy TBD Sun., Oct. 25 COLORADO 4 p.m. ^ - 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup match *dates and times subject to change

TV/ATTENDANCE 21,144 21,144 20,848 22,500 21,144 21,144 21,891 41,451 21,144 13,020 20,844 23,569 21,144 18,209 21,144 4,022 21,144 21,207 21,144 15,840 21,144 18,722 21,144 15,992 18,000 21,144 20,338 21,144 64,358 KPTV ESPN KPDX KPDX ROOT SPORTS TBD ROOT SPORTS

NO PLACE LIKE HOME ESPN2 FOX Sports 1

LAST MATCH RECAP Despite controlling the majority of the match and registering a 20-6 advantage in total shots, including a 6-3 edge in shots on goal, the Portland Timbers could not overcome a two-goal, first-half deficit in a 2-1 loss against Cascadia-rival Seattle Sounders FC on Aug. 30 before 64,358 fans at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. Trailing 2-0 at halftime, midfielder Jack Jewsbury cut the deficit in half with a goal in the 58th minute, converting a corner kick from midfielder Diego Valeri inside the goal box with a right-footed effort. The goal marked Jewsbury’s third of the season, while Valeri registered an assist in a third consecutive match.

Providence Park opened on April 14, 2011, in front of a sold-out crowd in the Timbers first-ever home match as an MLS team. The club proceeded to sell out all of its regular-season home games in the team’s first four MLS seasons. Spanning the 2013 and 2014 seasons, the Timbers compiled an MLS-club record 22-game unbeaten streak (12-0-10) at Providence Park from April 6, 2013 to June 1, 2014. The streak ranks as the third-longest all-time in MLS history.

CONSECUTIVE REGULAR-SEASON HOME SELLOUTS:

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