USL Tacoma Defiance

Game Notes: Sounders FC 2 at Portland Timbers 2 - August 19, 2018

Published on August 19, 2018 under United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Tacoma Defiance News Release


Sounders FC 2 midfielder Azriel Gonzalez
Sounders FC 2 midfielder Azriel Gonzalez
(Tacoma Defiance, Credit: Charis Wilson / Sounders FC)

Sounders FC 2 (5-14-2, 17 points) on Sunday travels to take on Portland Timbers 2 at Merlo Field (12-10-3, 39 points) at 7:00 p.m. PT on ESPN+. Sunday's contest was originally slated for 2:00 p.m. PT before being rescheduled to 7:00 p.m. PT earlier this week. The match is the third and final meeting between the teams this season. The clubs have split the first two meetings in 2018, with each side totaling two goals.

In November of 2017, Seattle Sounders FC and the Tacoma Rainiers announced that beginning in 2018, Sounders FC 2's previously-announced transition to Tacoma is accelerating, allowing S2 to play its home matches at Cheney Stadium while progress continues toward a new soccer-specific facility. The two clubs previously reached a historic agreement to build a 5,000-seat facility in Central Tacoma on the footprint of Cheney Stadium. While that process moves forward, South Sound soccer fans are now able to see their USL side play in Tacoma several seasons ahead of schedule.

BROADCAST INFORMATION

Match: S2 at Portland Timbers 2 - Sunday, August 18 (7:00 p.m. PT)

Venue: Merlo Field I Portland, Oregon

Live Stream: ESPN+

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Sounders FC 2 midfielder Azriel Gonzalez
Sounders FC 2 midfielder Azriel Gonzalez
(Charis Wilson / Sounders FC)		   



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