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

• The two teams split the regular-season series last year, with each team winning on its home turf.

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