Edmonton Aviators Men VS. Portland Timbers
July 6, 2004 - USL First Division (USL-1)
Edmonton Aviators News Release
Edmonton, July 6, 2004 â The Edmonton Aviators Men (2W-6D-4L as of July 5) play their fourteenth game of the season on July 8th (7pm MST) against the Portland Timbers (8W-0D-5L) at PGE Park.
The Portland Timbers currently sit in second place in the Western Conference with 24 points from 13 games played. In those 13 games, the Timbers have scored 25 goals while surrendering 17.
Forward Alan Gordon is leading the A-League in points this season with 23 points, including 11 goals, in just 13 games played.
Byron Alvarez is seventh in the league with 14 points in 11 games played. Alex Bengard has three goals and three assists for nine points.
The Timbers have not been as strong as they'd like to be defensively this season. Goalkeeper Josh Saunders has a goals against average of 1.193 while back-up goalkeeper Bayard Elfvin has a goals against average of 2.250.
The last time these teams met, Portland embarrassed the Aviators 6-0. Since then, the Aviators have tied A-League leading Montreal and earned their first two wins of the season, including an impressive 3-2 victory over Western Conference leaders Vancouver.
All statistics are current as of July 4.
The Edmonton Aviators Men have played 7 road games and 5 home games so far this season. On the road, the team has 1 win, 4 ties, and 2 losses. At home the team has 1 win, 2 ties, and 2 losses. (As of July 5)
The Edmonton Aviators Men have recorded the following results so far in the 2004 season:
Edmonton Aviators Men 0 â 0 Vancouver Whitecaps (April 30)
Edmonton Aviators Men 1 â 1 Seattle Sounders (May 8)
Edmonton Aviators Men ppd. Milwaukee Wave United (May 14)
Edmonton Aviators Men 0 â 2 Minnesota Thunder (May 15)
Edmonton Aviators Men 1 - 1 Calgary Mustangs (May 28)
Edmonton Aviators Men 0 â 0 Minnesota Thunder (May 30) (Home)
Edmonton Aviators Men 0 â 1 Seattle Sounders (June 3) (Home)
Edmonton Aviators Men 0 â 6 Portland Timbers (June 10)
Edmonton Aviators Men 1 â 1 Montreal Impact (June 15) (Home)
Edmonton Aviators Men 0 â 1 Vancouver Whitecaps Men (June 21) (Home)
Edmonton Aviators Men 1 â 1 Calgary Mustangs (June 25)
Edmonton Aviators Men 1 â 0 Calgary Mustangs (June 28) (Home)
Edmonton Aviators Men 3 â 2 Vancouver Whitecaps (July 4)
Edmonton Aviators Men n/a Seattle Sounders (July 7)
This is the seconds of four meeting between the two clubs this year. The first game ended as a 6-0 home win for Portland on June 10. The teams will face each other again in Edmonton on July 20 (7pm MST) and August 7 (2pm MST).
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