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Quick Strikes | Timbers have four players with seven or more goals

Jaroslaw Niezgoda #2, Timbers vs. LA, 10.28.20

The Portland Timbers will take on Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Sunday night at Providence Park (7pm PT, FOX 12 PLUS). Here are five numbers to know for #PORvVAN in the latest Quick Strikes. 


4 In Portland's last match, Yimmi Chara tied an MLS record with four assists in a single match. Chara was the sixth player to accomplish the feat in league history and the first Timbers player. 


4X7 The Timbers have four different players who have scored seven or more goals this season with Jeremy Ebobisse and Diego Valeri each having scored eight and Felipe Mora and Jaroslaw Niezgoda both having seven goals. No other MLS team has more than two players with seven or more goals in 2020. 


14 Both Niezgoda and Pablo Bonilla contributed their first assists of the season in Portland's win over LA. The Timbers have now had 14 different players notch an assist this season. 


44 Averaging 2.2 goals per game, the Timbers have scored 44 goals this season. Portland is tied for the most goals scored in 2020 in MLS with LAFC.


11 Sunday's match will be the first time the Timbers have ever played a regular-season match in November. Portland is 6-4-3 in 13 November playoff games.