PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland Timbers 2 and Orange County Blues SC will both try to bounce back from setbacks in their last outings when they meet on Saturday night at Providence Park. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. PT.
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Portland Timbers 2 news and notes
Current record: 0-3-0, 0pts
Portland fell to its third consecutive defeat to start the season last Sunday when it fell 2-1 to Seattle Sounders FC 2 at Starfire Stadium.
Villyan Bijev gave T2 the lead, but then had a penalty kick saved by S2’s Bryan Meredith with 12 minutes to go after S2 had rallied with two goals in three minutes to take the lead.
Portland also opened the 2016 USL regular season on a three-game losing streak, but won its fourth game, a 1-0 victory against Sacramento Republic FC at Merlo Field.
T2 goalkeeper Kendall McIntosh leads the USL with 19 saves in three games, and is on pace to record more than 200 stops in a 32-game regular season.
Orange County SC news and notes
Current record: 1-1-0, 3pts
Orange County fell 4-0 to Sacramento Republic FC last Saturday night, evening its record for the season after its opening win in Reno two weeks ago.
Orange County held 60 percent of possession against Sacramento, but only put two of its 11 total shots on target as a pair of goals by Sammy Ochoa led the hosts to victory at Papa Murphy’s Park.
Saturday’s game continues a four-game road trip to open the season for Orange County, which visits its I-405 Derby rival the LA Galaxy II on April 22 in its next outing.
Orange County has completed 79 percent of its passes this season, tied for fourth in the USL.
Series Notes
Squads
Portland – GK: Wade Hamilton, Christian Herrera, Kendall McIntosh; D: Michael Amick, Lamar Batista, Kyle Bjornethun, Rennico Clarke, Alan Cruz, Marco Farfan, Harold Hanson, Shaquille Jimenez, Max Ornstil; M: Victor Arboleda, Villyan Bijev, Blake Bodily, Neco Brett, Russell Cicerone, Dylan Damraoui, Tomas Granitto, Andre Lewis, Omar Mohamed, Jacob Montes, Jose Perez; F: Lucas Cini, Jeremy Ebobisse, Augustine Williams
Orange County – GK: Charlie Lyon, Casey Beters, Michael Suchy; D: Oscar Sorto, Joe Franco, Alberto Navarro, Salomon Wbias, Oluwanisola Abolaji, Juan Pablo Ocegueda, Roy Meeus; M: Victor Pineda, Richard Chaplow, Gustavo Villalobos, Carlos Alvarez, Jerry van Ewijk, Dusan Stevanovic, Amirgy Pineda, Kevin Jeon, Zachary Kobayashi; F: Duke Lacroix, Wuiilito Tavares Fernandes
Discipline
Portland – None
Orange County – None
Officials
REF: JOSEPH DICKERSON
AR1: Cephas Quartson
AR2: Billy Baldwin
4TH: Ian Miller
Game hashtag:
#PORvOC
Twitter social handles
Portland Timbers 2 – @TimbersFC2
Orange County SC – @OrangeCountySC