MATCHUP QUICK FACTS

·     Minnesota United’s last game was a 1-0 win over the Seattle Sounders at Allianz Field.

·     The win over the Sounders was the first in Minnesota’s MLS history, and snapped Seattle’s 13-game unbeaten streak since the start of the season.

·     The game marked Head Coach Adrian Heath’s 50th regular season win with MNUFC.

·     Head Coach Adrian Heath was named to the Team of the Week following the Week 13 win, and midfielder Robin Lod made an appearance on the bench for scoring the game-winning goal.

·     Lod’s strike gave him three on the year and the goalscoring lead for the Loons. He and Franco Fragapane each have 5 points on the year with three goals and two assists and two goals and three assists, respectively.

·     Chase Gasper continues to pace the Loons in minutes, having played all 1,170 possible minutes so far in 2021.

·     The Portland Timbers have yet to win in Minnesota, and have not beaten the Loons in the last five games.

·     The Loons’ all-time record against the Timbers is 5-2-1, but the goal differential is much tighter, with MNUFC having scored 14 goals to Portland’s 13.

·     The Timbers and Loons are 26th and 27th in shots on goal percentage at 26.1% and 25.1%, respectively.

·     MNUFC have dropped into a tie with the New England Revolution for third in total shots with 195.

·     Tyler Miller is tied for second with two other players at four clean sheets and is fourth in goals against average at 0.67. His win percentage of .722 is good for fifth.

MINNESOTA CONNECTIONS

·     MNUFC Director of Player Personnel Amos Magee was on Portland Timbers’ coaching staff from 2009–2013.

·     Jeff Attinella was selected by MNUFC from Real Salt Lake in the 2016 MLS Expansion Draft but was later traded to Portland. He also played against Minnesota during his time in the NASL.

·     Michael Boxall, Noah Billingsley and Bill Tuiloma are all members of the New Zealand national team.

·     Steve Clark played with Ethan Finlay and Wil Trapp on Columbus Crew SC from 2014 through 2016.

·     Hassani Dotson and Portland’s Eryk Williamson were both part of the U23 U.S. Men’s Team in their most recent Olympic qualifying games.

·     Jacori Hayes played for the Timbers’ U23 team during the 2014 season.

·     Jeremy Ebobisse and Hayes both played for the D.C. United U23 team in 2015.

·     Ismaila Jome played for Minnesota United in the team’s inaugural season in MLS in 2017.