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March 22, 2018 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Portland Timbers News Release


PORTLAND, Ore. - Following a bye last weekend, the Portland Timbers will resume their extended road trip to start the 2018 Major League Soccer season when the team travels to face FC Dallas at Toyota Stadium on Saturday, March 24. Beginning at 12:30 p.m. (Pacific), Saturday's match against FC Dallas will be broadcast on UniMas, Univision Deportes and Twitter.

Facing FC Dallas

Saturday's match marks the 19th regular-season contest between Portland (0-2-0, 0pts) and FC Dallas (1-0-1, 4pts) since 2011. Entering Saturday's fixture, the Timbers are unbeaten in their last two league games against FC Dallas, dating back to the 2017 season. In two games played last season, Portland battled FC Dallas to a 2-2 draw at Toyota Stadium on April 29, before taking a strong 2-0 home win at Providence Park on June 10. Forward Fanendo Adi leads all active Timbers players for goals scored against FC Dallas, with four goals after recording a brace in Portland's 2-0 win last season. Adi's four goals against Dallas ranks tied as the third-most in MLS among all active players.

Extended road trip

Saturday's match against FC Dallas marks the third of five straight games on the road for the Timbers, as the club opens its eighth season in MLS. The Timbers' five-game road trip to start the 2018 season is due to the construction currently underway at Providence Park as part of phase one of the stadium expansion. During that stretch, the Timbers will travel roughly 20,000 miles, facing the LA Galaxy, New York Red Bulls, FC Dallas, Chicago Fire and Orlando City SC.

Scouting FC Dallas

Heading into Saturday's game, FC Dallas is unbeaten in its first two league games to start the season, drawing Real Salt Lake 1-1 on March 3 and defeating Seattle Sounders FC 3-0 on March 18, with both games taking place at Toyota Stadium. The 3-0 win against Sounders FC marked FC Dallas head coach Oscar Pareja's 63rd win with the club, which moved him into second place for wins in club history. Forward Roland Lamah, who scored a brace in the win against Sounders FC, leads the team in goals scored (2) so far this season. Additionally, outside of league play, FC Dallas has played two matches in the CONCACAF Champions League, falling 3-3 on aggregate to Panamanian side Tauro FC in the Round of 16.

Next match

Following Saturday's game, the Timbers will travel to face the Chicago Fire at Toyota Park on Saturday, March 31. Beginning at 3 p.m. (Pacific), the March 31 contest against the Fire will be broadcast live on FOX 12 Oregon (KPTV) with local radio broadcasts on 750 AM/102.9 FM The Game (English) and La GranD 1150 AM/93.5 FM (Spanish).

Twitter to broadcast Timbers' match against FC Dallas on Saturday

As part of Major League Soccer's partnership with Twitter, the Timbers match against FC Dallas on March 24 will be broadcast live on Twitter in addition to the national televised broadcasts on UniMas and Univision Deportes. Saturday's game against FC Dallas will be streamed live in English on Twitter via @UnivisionDeportes and @MLS.

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