TUKWILA, Wash. – Seattle Sounders FC 2 and the Portland Timbers 2 will meet for the second time this season at Starfire Stadium on Friday night with S2 looking to build on a big road victory and T2 hoping to bounce back from its heaviest defeat of the season so far. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. PT.
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Seattle Sounders FC 2 news and notes
Current record: 3-4-0, 9pts
Seattle earned a 3-2 victory on the road against Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC this past Saturday, handing the Switchbacks their first home defeat of the season.
Felix Chenkam scored twice for S2 in the win, and on Tuesday was named to the USL Team of the Week for his performance.
S2 rallied to take a 2-1 victory when the teams met on April 2 as goals two minutes apart by Seyi Adekoya and Zach Mathers earned the victory.
Seattle ranks fifth in the USL with 87 shots this season, but also leads the league with 15 goals against in seven outings.
Portland Timbers 2 news and notes
Current record: 1-6-0, 3pts
Portland suffered a 4-0 defeat against San Antonio FC last Friday night at Providence Park as it recorded only one shot on target despite holding 72 percent of possession.
The defeat was the first for T2 this season that came by more than one goal, as the side conceded four goals for the first time since a 4-0 loss to Sacramento on Aug. 20, 2016.
Midfielder Andre Lewis leads the USL with 441 attempted passes this season, and holds an accuracy rate of 89.3 percent.
Villyan Bijev leads T2 with 10 chances created this season, but has yet to record an assist after leading the league in that category a season ago.
Series Notes
Squads
Seattle – GK: Bryan Meredith, Tyler Miller, Trey Muse, Sam Fowler; D: Tony Alfaro, Brian Nana-Sinkam, Denso Ulysse, Sam Rogers, Ethan Lotenero, Jackson Ragen, Riley Grant, Rodrigue Ele; M: Jordy Delem, Lorenzo Ramos, Zach Mathers, Jamie Dimitroff, Paul Rothrock, Milo Barton, Francisco Narbon, Ray Saari; F: Seyi Adekoya, Javorn Stevens, Shandon Hopeau, Irvin Parra, David Olsen, Felix Chenkam, Azriel Gonzalez
Portland – GK: Wade Hamilton, Christian Herrera, Kendall McIntosh; D: Michael Amick, Lamar Batista, Kyle Bjornethun, Rennico Clarke, Zarek Valentin, 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, Ben Zemanski, Jose Perez; F: Lucas Cini, Jeremy Ebobisse, Augustine Williams, Gio Calixtro
Discipline
Seattle – None
Portland – Accumulation Warning: Rennico Clarke
Officials
REF: FARHAD DADKHO
AR1: Cephas Quartson
AR2: Christian Clerc
4TH: Chuck Spaniola
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Seattle Sounders FC 2 – @SoundersFC2
Portland Timbers 2 – @TimbersFC2
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