PORTLAND - It's a chilly and rainy night in Oregon as FC Dallas travels to Providence Park for the only time this season to face the Portland Timbers. Let's dive into tonight's lineup for the visitors:
H&H Down the Middle
With three usual starting defenders unavailable tonight, Atiba Harris and Walker Hume will patrol the middle of the back line, while Aaron Guillen draws his second straight start on the left side and Hernan Grana holds down the right. The veteran Harris will be tasked with tracking the always-dangerous Fanendo Adi and the rookie Hume will make his second appearance of 2017, looking to build on confidence gained throughout his first start two weeks ago in Chicago. The 2017 SuperDraft pick played for the Portland Timbers U-23 PDL side in 2016 before his senior campaign at the University of North Carolina.
Same Forward Six
FCD will see the same exact midfield and forward look that led to a 6-2 thrashing of Real Salt Lake last week with Roland Lamah netting a first-half hat trick and Michael Barrios tying a team record with three assists. Tesho Akindele returns to his club after a call-up to the Canadian National Team during the week and will earn his seventh start in the last nine matches.
Coy Craft in the 18
The Homegrown midfielder returns to a Dallas 18-man roster for the first time since March 18 and just the second time this season. Craft spent time earlier in the year with the U.S. U-20 Men's National Team at the CONCACAF U-20 Championship and has logged 235 minutes in six appearances with USL-affiliate OKC Energy FC in recent weeks.
