PORTLAND, Ore. – Playing the final game of a two-match home stand, T2 will play host to Swope Park Rangers at Providence Park on Sunday, July 16. Set to begin at 2 p.m. (Pacific), Sunday’s match will be available via a live, high-definition web stream at www.timbers2.com.
The match on Sunday marks the second and final regular-season game between the two clubs in 2017. In the first meeting between the two teams this season, T2 fell 1-0 on the road to Swope Park at Children’s Mercy Victory Field on March 29. In three all-time meetings, T2 trail the series 1-2-0 against the Rangers.
T2 (1-14-2, 5pts) enter Sunday’s match after falling 4-3 at home to LA Galaxy II at Providence Park on July 9. Portland opened the scoring in the 25th minute when defender Marco Farfan played a perfect cross from the left wing into the six-yard box that found forward Jeremy Ebobisse, whose leaping header found the back of the net for his first goal of the campaign. T2 doubled their lead in the 33rd minute when defender Max Ornstil went on a long run from midfield, cut inside onto his right foot and sent a curling shot from just outside the six-yard box into the top right corner of the net to give T2 a 2-0 lead. After LA took a 4-2 lead in the second half, T2 got a goal back when Farfan played a ball in behind the LA defense towards the path of midfielder Victor Arboleda, who blasted a powerful curling effort from the left edge of the penalty area into the far corner of the net to make it a 4-3 game.
Swope Park (10-4-2, 32pts) enters Sunday’s contest following a 1-0 victory on the road over Whitecaps FC 2 at Thunderbird Stadium on Wednesday. The Rangers currently sit in third place in the Western Conference standings and are on a five-game winning streak. Forward Kharlton Belmar and midfielder Mark Gonzalez are tied for the team lead with five goals this season. Midfielder Kévin Oliveira leads the team and ranks tied for third in the USL with five assists, while goalkeeper Adrian Zendejas leads the team with 32 saves and four shutouts in 11 appearances in 2017.
Individual-game tickets for the 2017 season start at $10 and are available at the Providence Park box office on gameday or by visiting www.timbers.com/tickets.
Following Sunday’s match, T2 travel to face Reno 1868 FC at Greater Nevada Field on Saturday, July 22; kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. (Pacific).
