ROUND OF 16 PORTLAND MARATHÓN - - TIMBERS SCCL 2021 April 6th | 4 PM ET | Venue: Olímpico Metropolitano
* Data is from 2008-2009 to the present.
They will square-off for the first time in the SCCL.
MARATHÓN
Sixth participation in the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League: 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2012/13, 2019 and 2021.
In their debut (2008-09) Marathon qualified to the Quarterfinals as in the following edition: 2009-10 being the only time they achieved it.
SCCL record: GP-32 W-14 D-3 L-15 (GF-48 GA-62). To date, Marathon has used 82 players, has 58 yellow cards and 7 players sent off.
Top scorer in SCCL history: Mario Berríos (HON) 7 goals.
Players with the most SCCL appearances: Mariano Acevedo (HON) and Erick Norales (HON) with 26 and 25 appearances respectively.
Top scorer in SCCL Round of 16: Yustin Arboleda (COL) and Marlon Ramírez (HON) with 1 goal each.
SCCL KO Phase Record: GP-6 W-1 D-0 L-5.
Last game in SCCL: 5-0 loss vs. Santos Laguna (Marlos Moreno, Julio Furch, Ulises Rivas, Eduardo Aguirre and Diego De Buen Juárez), at the Nuevo Corona Stadium, MEX, SCCL round of 16 (Feb 27, 2019).
Home record in SCCL: GP-16 W-11 D-0 L-5 (GF-29 GA-19). SCCL 2021 Qualification: Placed 6th place in the 2020 Scotiabank Concacaf League (Play-in Round winners vs Forge FC of Canada).
SERIES vs. MLS TEAMS
Record vs MLS: GP-8 W-4 D-0 L-4 (GF-14 GA-15).
Portland Timbers will be their third rival, previously faced DC United and Seattle Sounders before. * MD (Match Day)
1. SCCL 2008/09 (MD4 - Group A): Marathón 2-0 DC United (Milton Núñez and Erick Norales), Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula, HON (24 Sep 2008).
2. SCCL 2008/09 (MD10 - Group A): DC United 2-4 Marathón (Francis Doe and Greg Janicki; Saúl Martínez, Mario Berríos, Milton Núñez and Marvin Chávez), R.F. Kennedy Memorial in Washington, DC, USA (Oct 29, 2008).
3. SCCL 2009/10 (MD1 - Group B): Marathón 3-1 DC United (Walter Martínez, Jerry Palacios and Mario Berríos; Luciano Emilio), Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano de San Pedro Sula, HON (18 Aug 2009).
4. SCCL 2009/10 (MD8 - Group B): DC United 3-0 Marathón (Luciano Emilio x2 and Jaime Moreno), R.F. Kennedy Memorial in Washington, DC, USA (Sep 24, 2009).
5. SCCL 2010/11 (MD2 - Group C): Marathon 2-1 Seattle Sounders (Orvin Paz, Nicolás Cardozo; Roger Levesque), San Pedro Sula Metropolitan Olympic Stadium, HON (Aug 19, 2010).
6. SCCL 2010/11 (MD10 - Group C): Seattle Sounders 2-0 Marathon (Mike Fucito x2), Century Link Stadium in Seattle, WA, USA (29 Sep 2010).
7. SCCL 2012/13 (MD4 - Group 4): Marathon 2-3 Seattle Sounders (Mario Berrios x2; Samuel Ochoa, Eddie Johnson and Brad Evans), San Pedro Sula Metropolitan Olympic Stadium, HON (Sep 19, 2012).
8. SCCL 2012/13 (MD6 - Group 4): Seattle Sounders 3-1 Marathon (Samuel Ochoa, Steve Zakuani and David Estrada; Mitchel Brown), Century Link Stadium in Seattle, WA, USA (24 Oct 2012).
TOP PLAYERS:
Héctor Vargas (ARG) The Argentine coach will face Portland Timbres for the second time in his career, previously he did it with CD Olimpia winning the aggregate series by the away goals rule after a 5-5 tie in the Group's 5 SCCL 2014-15.
Carlo Costly (HON) the 38-year-old Honduran forward has scored 7 goals in 14 Concacaf club games: 3 at SCCL 2016/17 and 4 at SCL 2017 with CD Olimpia. Wilmer Crisanto (HON) played 4 editions of the SCCL: 2013/14 (CD Victoria), 2015/16, 2018 and 2020 (FC Motagua). Additionally, he was runner-up in the Scotiabank SCL Concacaf League in 2018 and 2019 with FC Motagua. It will be his debut in SCCL with CD Marathón.
Marlon Ramírez (HON) the forward was part of the Marathon team in SCCL 2019 scoring 1 goal vs. Santos Laguna (defeat 2-6).
PORTLAND TIMBERS
Third participation in the SCCL: 2014/15, 2016/17 and 2021.
They did not advance from the group stage in their two previous SCCL appearances (* on both occasions they were second when only the top of each group qualified).
SCCL record: GP-8 W-5 D-1 L-2 (GF-22 GA-13). To date, they have used 36 players, 20 yellow cards and no player sent off.
Top scorer in SCCL: Fanendo Adi (NIG) 4 goals.
Players with the most SCCL appearances: Fanendo Adi (NIG) and Jake Gleeson (NZL) with 7 and 6 appearances respectively.
Top scorer in SCCL Round of 16: No.
Portland Timbers has 63% of victories, in 8 games they scored goals and in 1 and did not concede goals in SCCL (Triumph 6-0) vs. Alpha United (Jack Jewsbury, Gastón Fernández, Michael Nanchoff, Norberto Paparatto x2 and Fanendo Adi), Match day 5 Group 5 2014/15 edition, at Providence Park Stadium, USA (23 Sep 2014).
SCCL KO Phase Record: First time playing in the Round of 16.
Last game in SCCL: 1-1 vs. Saprissa (Jack McInerney; Rolando Blackburn), Providence Park Stadium, USA (19 Oct 2016) Match Day 6 Group B 2016/17 edition.
SCCL away record: GP-4 W-2 D-0 L-2 (GF-9 GA-9).
Qualification to SCCL 2021: MLS is Back Champion 2020.
Games vs Central American rivals in SCCL: 6
Record vs Central American rivals: GP-6 W-3 D-1 L-2 (GF-12 GA-12).
Of the 8 matches in SCCL history, 6 were against Central American clubs and 2 against Caribbean rivals. (* MD Match Day)
1. SCCL 2014/15 (MD4 - Group 5): Portland Timbers 4-2 Olimpia (Maximiliano Urruti x2, Will Johnson and Rauwshan McKenzie; Kevin Álvarez and Romell Quioto), Providence Park, USA (Sep 16, 2014). 2. SCCL 2014/15 (MD6 - Group 5): Olimpia 3-1 Portland Timbers (Romell Quioto and Anthony Lozano x2; Ben Zemanski), at the Estadio Nacional, HON (Oct 21, 2014).
3. SCCL 2016/17 (MD1 - Group B): Portland Timbers 2-1 Dragon (Jack McInerney and Diego Váleri; Kenroy Howell), Providence Park, USA (3 Aug 2016).
4. SCCL 2016/17 (MD4 - Group B): Saprissa 4-2 Portland Timbers (Jermaine Taylor e / c, Marvin Angulo x2 and Fabrizio Ronchetti; Diego Váleri and Fanendo Adi), Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Stadium, CRC (Sep 14, 2016 ).
5. SCCL 2016/17 (MD5 - Group B): Dragon 1-2 Portland Timbers (Kevin Melara; Fanendo Adi and Darlington Nagbe), Estadio Cuscatlán, SLV (27 Sep 2016).
6. SCCL 2016/17 (MD6 - Group B): Portland Timbers 1-1 Saprissa (Jack McInerney; Rolando Blackburn), Providence Park, USA (19 Oct 2016).
TOP PLAYERS:
Diego Váleri (ARG) He has been in MLS for 9 uninterrupted seasons (he scored 91 goals and is one of the leaders in assists). He was present in Portland's 2 previous SCCL appearances, scoring 2 goals in 4 games (vs. Dragon and Saprissa in Group B 2016/17).
Sebastián Blanco (ARG) was the leader of assists of the MLS is Back 2020 (5) together with the Spanish Alejandro Pozuelo (Toronto).
Jeremy Ebobisse (USA) was the team's top scorer in the MLS is Back 2020 Tournament (4 goals). Ebobisse was crowned champion at the U20 level with the USA in Costa Rica in 2017.