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Chicago Fire 2-2 Portland Timbers - March 31, 2018 / MLS 2018

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MLS 2018 - Round 5 - Eastern Conference

Toyota Park - Bridgeview - United States

March 31, 2018 - 17:00

13 678

2 - 2

Portland Timbers

Assist by Brandon VincentNemanja Nikolics

50'

Assist by Bastian SchweinsteigerBrandon Vincent

84'

Diego ValeriAssist by Sebastián Blanco

55'

Sebastián BlancoAssist by Andrés Flores

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6' - Goal Diego Valeri

12' - Yellow card Aleksandar Katai12

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46' - Substitution Aleksandar Kataiis substituted by Diego Campos46

50' - Goal Nemanja Nikolics50

52' - Yellow card Diego Valeri

55' - Goal Sebastián Blanco

59' - Substitution Tony Tchaniis substituted by Drew Conner59

75' - Substitution Kevin Ellisis substituted by Alan Gordon75

82' - Substitution Marco Farfanis substituted by Vytautas Andriuskevicius

84' - Goal Brandon Vincent84

87' - Substitution Andrés Floresis substituted by Julio Cesar Cascante

91' - Substitution Fanendo Adiis substituted by Samuel Armenteros

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Chicago Fire

2 - 2

Portland Timbers

Chicago Fire Portland Timbers

Team line-ups

Chicago Fire

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

23Nikolics50

Nemanja Nikolics

Hungary

B.date31/12/1987

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentre forward

28Collier

Elliot Collier

New Zealand

B.date22/02/1995

Age23 years

H1m93

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

12Tchani59

Tony Tchani

Cameroon

B.date13/04/1989

Age28 years

H1m93

positionCentre Midfield

10Katai4612

Aleksandar Katai

Serbia

B.date06/02/1991

Age27 years

H1m82

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

6McCarty

Dax McCarty

United States

B.date30/04/1987

Age30 years

H1m75

positionBox-to-box midfielder

31Schweinsteiger

Bastian Schweinsteiger

Germany

B.date01/08/1984

Age33 years

H1m83

positionBox-to-box midfielder

3Vincent84

Brandon Vincent

United States

B.date01/05/1994

Age23 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

26Dean

Christian Dean

United States

B.date14/03/1993

Age25 years

H1m92

positionCentral defender

4Kappelhof

Johan Kappelhof

Netherlands

B.date05/08/1990

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

5Ellis75

Kevin Ellis

United States

B.date30/06/1991

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

45Sanchez

Richard Sanchez

Mexico

B.date05/04/1994

Age23 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
45	G	Richard Sanchez		23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Kevin Ellis	75	26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Johan Kappelhof		27	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Christian Dean		25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Brandon Vincent	84	23	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Tony Tchani	59	28	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Dax McCarty		30	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
31	M	Bastian Schweinsteiger		33	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Aleksandar Katai	4612	27	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Elliot Collier		23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Nemanja Nikolics	50	30	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Portland Timbers

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Adi90+1

Fanendo Adi

Nigeria

B.date10/10/1990

Age27 years

H1m93

positionStriker

10Blanco55

Sebastián Blanco

Argentina

B.date15/03/1988

Age30 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

8Valeri652

Diego Valeri

Argentina

B.date01/05/1986

Age31 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

22Paredes

Cristhian Paredes

Paraguay

B.date18/05/1998

Age19 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

21Chará

Diego Chará

Colombia

B.date05/04/1986

Age31 years

H1m72

positionCentre Midfield

14Flores87

Andrés Flores

El Salvador

B.date31/08/1990

Age27 years

H1m71

positionVersatile Midfielder

32Farfan82

Marco Farfan

United States

B.date12/11/1998

Age19 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

25Tuiloma

Bill Tuiloma

New Zealand

B.date27/03/1995

Age23 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

33Mabiala

Larrys Mabiala

DR Congo

B.date08/10/1987

Age30 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

16Valentin

Zarek Valentin

Puerto Rico

B.date06/08/1991

Age26 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

90Gleeson

Jake Gleeson

New Zealand

B.date26/06/1990

Age27 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
90	G	Jake Gleeson		27	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
33	D	Larrys Mabiala		30	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Bill Tuiloma		23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	D	Marco Farfan	82	19	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Zarek Valentin		26	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Andrés Flores	87	27	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Cristhian Paredes		19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Diego Chará		31	224	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Diego Valeri	652	31	175	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Sebastián Blanco	55	30	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Fanendo Adi	90+1	27	134	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
32	G	Patrick McLain		29
15	D	Grant Lillard		22
18	D	Drew Conner	59	24	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Brandt Bronico		22
17	M	Diego Campos	46	22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Alan Gordon	75	36	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Jon Bakero		21

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jeff Attinella		29
18	D	Julio Cesar Cascante	87	24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Vytautas Andriuskevicius	82	27	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Andy Polo		23
23	M	Jack Barmby		23
99	F	Samuel Armenteros	90+1	27	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Dairon Asprilla		25

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Christian Dean

Luis Solignac

OUT

Bastian Schweinsteiger

Rafael Ramos

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Andrés Flores

Lawrence Olum

OUT

Marco Farfan

Alvas Powell

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Veljko Paunovic

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Paunovic vs Portland Timbers

0 victory

3 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 2018

Paunovic vs Savarese

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 2018

Manager

Age

Match num

Giovanni Savarese

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Savarese vs Chicago Fire

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 2018

Savarese vs Paunovic

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 2018

Referee

Drew Fischer

2 victories	4 draws	4 losses	Chicago Fire10 matches	General total	Portland Timbers25 matches	14 victories	5 draws	6 losses
0 victory	1 draw	2 losses	Chicago Fire3 matches	Season total	Portland Timbers3 matches	2 victories	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on August 31, 2019					Latest figure on May 25, 2024

4th official

Rubiel Vazquez

3 victories	2 draws	7 losses	Chicago Fire12 matches	General total	Portland Timbers3 matches	0 victory	1 draw	2 losses
1 victory	2 draws	4 losses	Chicago Fire7 matches	Season total	Portland Timbers1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on September 30, 2023					Latest figure on March 31, 2018

Video referee

Alan Kelly

1 victory	2 draws	2 losses	Chicago Fire5 matches	General total	Portland Timbers1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Chicago Fire1 match	Season total	Portland Timbers1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on August 25, 2020					Latest figure on March 31, 2018

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Chicago Fire keeps its 3 consecutive draws vs Portland Timbers running (since 28/05/2016). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 16/03/2014 (2 matches)

Chicago Fire keeps its 9 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Portland Timbers running (since 14/04/2011). It's a record streak. The first of history

Chicago Fire keeps its 34 matches with at least one goal scored at home in Major League Soccer running (since 02/04/2016). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 19/07/2014 (21 matches)

Read the next 15 key stats

General ranking

-2	7	Philadelphia Union	4 pts	3 rd
+2	8	Orlando City	4 pts	4 rd
-1	9	Toronto FC	3 pts	3 rd
-1	10	D.C. United	2 pts	5 rd
	11	Chicago Fire	1 pt	3 rd

General ranking

No ranking available

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DChicago Fire 1-1 New York Red Bulls09/09/2017

VChicago Fire 3-0 D.C. United16/09/2017

DChicago Fire 1-1 New York City FC30/09/2017

VChicago Fire 3-2 Philadelphia Union15/10/2017

LChicago Fire 0-4 New York Red Bulls25/10/2017

LChicago Fire 3-4 Sporting Kansas City10/03/2018

Overall

DChicago Fire 1-1 New York City FC30/09/2017

VChicago Fire 3-2 Philadelphia Union15/10/2017

LHouston Dynamo 3-0 Chicago Fire22/10/2017

LChicago Fire 0-4 New York Red Bulls25/10/2017

LChicago Fire 3-4 Sporting Kansas City10/03/2018

LMinnesota United 2-1 Chicago Fire17/03/2018

Current form

Away

LReal Salt Lake 2-1 Portland Timbers16/09/2017

LSan Jose Earthquakes 2-1 Portland Timbers30/09/2017

DHouston Dynamo 0-0 Portland Timbers30/10/2017

LLos Angeles Galaxy 2-1 Portland Timbers04/03/2018

LNew York Red Bulls 4-0 Portland Timbers10/03/2018

DFC Dallas 1-1 Portland Timbers24/03/2018

Overall

VPortland Timbers 2-1 Vancouver Whitecaps22/10/2017

DHouston Dynamo 0-0 Portland Timbers30/10/2017

LPortland Timbers 1-2 Houston Dynamo05/11/2017

LLos Angeles Galaxy 2-1 Portland Timbers04/03/2018

LNew York Red Bulls 4-0 Portland Timbers10/03/2018

DFC Dallas 1-1 Portland Timbers24/03/2018

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	4
Winless streak	2	4
Drawless streak	3	5
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	4	8

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	6	5
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	3	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

816	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	867
12	FBDB index ranking (National)	15

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	3
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
0	Victories (Competition total)	0
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
2	Losses (Competition total)	2
1	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	2
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
6	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
4	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	7
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.67
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.67
3	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.33
4	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.33

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
3-4 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (1 times)

Bookings

4	Yellow cards (Competition total)	4
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	4
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Nemanja Nikolics	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Sebastián Blanco
Nemanja Nikolics	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Sebastián Blanco
Bastian Schweinsteiger	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Fanendo Adi
Bastian Schweinsteiger	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Fanendo Adi
Nemanja Nikolics	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Sebastián Blanco

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

0 v

2 d

1 l

3 gf

4 ga

Away

5 matches

0 v

2 d

3 l

6 gf

10 ga

Total

8 matches

0 v

4 d

4 l

9 gf

14 ga

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

3 v

2 d

0 l

10 gf

6 ga

Away

3 matches

1 v

2 d

0 l

4 gf

3 ga

Total

8 matches

4 v

4 d

0 l

14 gf

9 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 2	April 14, 2011
Away	1 - 0	July 16, 2011

Latest head to head

July 05, 2017 - MLS 2017

Portland Timbers

2 - 2

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

May 28, 2016 - MLS 2016

Chicago Fire

1 - 1

Portland Timbers logo Portland Timbers

August 07, 2015 - MLS 2015

Portland Timbers

1 - 0

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

March 16, 2014 - MLS 2014

Portland Timbers

1 - 1

Chicago Fire logo Chicago Fire

June 08, 2013 - MLS 2013

Chicago Fire

2 - 2

Portland Timbers logo Portland Timbers

Best historical scorers against Portland Timbers

Jeff Larentowicz	1 goal	2014 - 2014
David Accam	1 goal	2016 - 2016
Arturo Alvarez	1 goal	2017 - 2017
Marco Pappa	1 goal	2011 - 2011
Mike Magee	1 goal	2013 - 2013
Brandon Vincent	1 goal	2017 - 2017

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/04/2011. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Chicago Fire

Diego Valeri	2 goals	2013 - 2016
Fanendo Adi	2 goals	2015 - 2017
Jorge Perlaza	2 goals	2011 - 2011
Ben Zemanski	1 goal	2013 - 2013
Rodney Wallace	1 goal	2011 - 2011
Eric Brunner	1 goal	2012 - 2012

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/04/2011. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Portland Timbers

Sean Johnson	7 matches	2011 - 2016
Patrick Nyarko	6 matches	2011 - 2015
Gonzalo Segares	5 matches	2011 - 2014
Jalil Anibaba	4 matches	2011 - 2013
Dominic Oduro	3 matches	2011 - 2012
David Accam	3 matches	2015 - 2017

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/04/2011. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chicago Fire

Darlington Nagbe	7 matches	2011 - 2017
Diego Chará	6 matches	2011 - 2016
Diego Valeri	5 matches	2013 - 2017
Jack Jewsbury	5 matches	2011 - 2015
Rodney Wallace	4 matches	2011 - 2015
Sal Zizzo	4 matches	2011 - 2013

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/04/2011. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Lovel Palmer

56 matches

34 matches

2011 - 2015

Michael Harrington

29 matches

70 matches

2013 - 2017

Peter Lowry

29 matches

4 matches

2008 - 2011

Leonard Griffin

25 matches

63 matches

2004 - 2008

Will Johnson

10 matches

80 matches

2005 - 2015

Ryan Johnson

3 matches

35 matches

2006 - 2013

Total : 8 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/06/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Will Johnson

10 matches

80 matches

2005 - 2015

Michael Harrington

29 matches

70 matches

2013 - 2017

Leonard Griffin

25 matches

63 matches

2004 - 2008

Ryan Johnson

3 matches

35 matches

2006 - 2013

David Hayes

3 matches

35 matches

2001 - 2009

Lovel Palmer

56 matches

34 matches

2011 - 2015

Total : 8 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/06/2001. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	New York City FC	13	5	4	1	0	10	4	+6
2	Columbus Crew	10	5	3	1	1	9	5	+4
+13	Atlanta United	9	4	3	0	1	8	6	+2
+24	New England Revolution	7	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1
-25	New York Red Bulls	6	4	2	0	2	10	5	+5
+16	Impact de Montréal	6	4	2	0	2	5	5	0
-27	Philadelphia Union	4	3	1	1	1	2	3	-1
+28	Orlando City	4	4	1	1	2	6	8	-2
-19	Toronto FC	3	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1
-110	D.C. United	2	5	0	2	3	5	10	-5
11	Chicago Fire	1	3	0	1	2	6	8	-2

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Chicago Fire 2-2 Portland Timbers - March 31, 2018 / MLS 2018

Chicago Fire

2 - 2

Portland Timbers

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Paunovic vs Portland Timbers

Paunovic vs Savarese

Manager

Savarese vs Chicago Fire

Savarese vs Paunovic

Referee

4th official

Video referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Portland Timbers

Best historical scorers against Chicago Fire

Players with most games played vs Portland Timbers

Players with most games played vs Chicago Fire

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

Post-match general ranking