OKLAHOMA CITY – OKC Energy FC will aim for its first back-to-back league wins of the season when it welcomes the Portland Timbers 2 to Taft Stadium on Wednesday night. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. CT.
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OKC Energy FC news and notes
Current record: 2-4-1, 7pts
Energy FC earned its second league win of the season this past Saturday as it defeated Orange County SC 1-0 at Taft Stadium.
Alex Dixon scored the only goal of the game for OKC, giving him three goals in the past two games in all competitions.
Dixon’s goal was OKC’s fifth goal of the season, with the side currently sitting with a chance conversion rate of only 7.1 percent this season.
Michael Daly has had a strong season defensively since joining OKC this offseason, and leads the team with 34 clearances and 22 interceptions this season.
Portland Timbers 2 news and notes
Current record: 1-7-1, 4pts
Portland is looking to move off the bottom of the Western Conference against the side sitting one place above it as it visits OKC on Wednesday.
T2 is winless in its last three games, but did earn a 0-0 draw against Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC in its last outing on May 10.
Portland welcomed a club-record crowd of 7,277 fans for the game against the Switchbacks at Providence Park.
T2 has also only found the net five times this season, and has been held scoreless throughout its current winless streak.
Series Notes
Squads
OKC – GK: Cody Laurendi, Jacob Lissek, Carl Cochran Jr.; D: Richard Dixon, Kyle Hyland, Sam Fink, Mickey Daly, Michael Harris, Anthony Wallace, Coady Andrews; M: Philip Rasmussen, Juan Pablo Guzman, Daniel Gonzalez, Jose Barril, Luis Martinez; F: Miguel Gonzalez, Alex Dixon, Daniel Jackson, Wojciech Wojcik
Portland – GK: Wade Hamilton, Christian Herrera, Kendall McIntosh; D: Michael Amick, Lamar Batista, Kyle Bjornethun, Rennico Clarke, Max Ornstil, Marco Farfan, Harold Hanson, Shaquille Jimenez; M: Ben Zemanski, Victor Arboleda, Villyan Bijev, Blake Bodily, Neco Brett, Russell Cicerone, Dylan Damraoui, Tomas Granitto, Andre Lewis, Omar Mohamed, Jacob Montes, Terrell Lowe; F: Jose Perez, Augustine Williams, Lucas Cini, Gio Calixtro
Discipline
OKC – Suspended: Andy Craven
Portland – Accumulation warning: Lamar Batista, Rennico Clarke
Officials
REF: CALIN RADOSAV
AR1: Shane Kennard
AR2: Tony Obas
4TH: Eric Bares
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Twitter social handles
OKC Energy FC – @EnergyFC
Portland Timbers 2 – @TimbersFC2
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