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THE BASICS
Houston Dynamo vs. Portland Timbers
Saturday, April 6, 9:30 p.m. CT
JELD-WEN Field, Portland, OR
BROADCAST INFORMATION
CSN Houston - 9:30 p.m.
Yahoo! 1560 AM - 9 p.m.
La Ranchera 850 - 9 p.m.
MLS Stream of the Week - 9:30 p.m.
REFEREES
REF: Ricardo Salazar. SAR (bench): Ian Anderson; JAR (opposite): Mike Kampmeinert; 4th: Alejandro Mariscal MLS Career: 162 games; FC/gm: 26.9; Y/gm: 3.5; R: 47; pens: 58
INJURY REPORT
HOUSTON DYNAMO -- OUT: Calen Carr - Left knee; Will Bruin - Left hamstring strain
HEAD-TO-HEAD
- ALL-TIME (3 meetings): Timbers 0 wins, 1 goal ... Dynamo 2 wins, 4 goals ... Ties 1
- AT PORTLAND (1 meeting): Timbers 0 wins, 0 goals ... Dynamo 1 win, 2 goals ... Ties 0
- LAST YEAR (MLS): 5/15: HOU 0, POR 0
- This is the only league meeting between the teams this season.
- The Timbers have yet to defeat the Dynamo since coming into MLS. A year ago, the teams played to a scoreless draw at BBVA Compass Stadium; Houston won both meeting in Portland's inaugural MLS season of 2011.
- Coaches record: Dominic Kinnear vs. POR: P3 W2 L0 D1... Caleb Porter vs. HOU: first game
PREGAME READING:
STARTING LINEUPS:
Houston Dynamo
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Dynamo lineup: Hall, Ashe, Taylor, Boswell, Sarkodie, Davis, Moffat, Clark, Driver, Barnes, Weaver. <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23PORvHOU">#PORvHOU</a></p>— Dynamo Theory (@dynamotheory) <a href="https://twitter.com/dynamotheory/status/320718329046249472">April 7, 2013</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Available subs: Deric, Creavalle, Brunner, Ching, Chabala, Cummings, Camargo <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23PORvHOU">#PORvHOU</a></p>— Dynamo Theory (@dynamotheory) <a href="https://twitter.com/dynamotheory/status/320718926122213376">April 7, 2013</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Portland Timbers