PORTLAND TIMBERS vs. VANCOUVER WHITECAPS Live Stream Online: 2014 MLS Standings, Live Coverage From Portland, Projected Lineups and TACTICAL PREVIEW

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Two clubs in the Western Conference of MLS will do battle today in a league match between the Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps. The first-division clash scheduled for 9 p.m. ET will be held at Providence Park in Portland and can be live streamed here.

After a sluggish start to the season, the Portland Timbers are beginning to find their groove. Six points in four days allowed the club to surge up the Western Conference standings. A repeat performance in tonight's Cascadia clash would see the Timbers return to playoff positioning. For head coach Caleb Porter, it was the perfect rotation and professionalism that allowed them to succeed.

"It's good to know that when we rotate our team we get the same high level in terms of performance," Porter told the media in his postgame comments (via MLS's official website). "I thought it was a really professional performance. I thought over the course of the two games, I thought every single guy put a shift in, and that's great," he added.

"And we're going to need that to win games moving forward."

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Tactical Preview

Player to Watch: No midfielder in MLS has the tenacious tendencies as Portland's Diego Chara. The 28-year-old enters today's match averaging 4.7 tackles and two interceptions per match.

Portland's Projected Lineup (4-3-3): Ricketts; Harrington, Kah, Paparatto, Jewsbury; Johnson, Chara, Valeri; Zakuani, Fernandez, Nagbe

Vancouver's Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Ousted, Harvey, Leveron, O'Brien, Beitashour; Coker, Laba; Fernandez, Morales, Teibert; Manneh

Standings

EASTERN CONFERENCE
  Rnk   Team MP W D L GF GA +/- Pts  
  1   New England Revolution 13 7 2 4 21 16 5 23  
  2   DC United 13 6 3 4 18 14 4 21  
  3   Sporting Kansas City 14 5 4 5 19 14 5 19  
  4   Houston Dynamo 14 5 2 7 16 24 -8 17  
  5   Columbus Crew 13 4 4 5 17 17 0 16  
  6   Toronto FC 10 5 1 4 14 13 1 16  
  7   New York Red Bulls 14 3 6 5 20 22 -2 15  
  8   Philadelphia Union 15 3 5 7 19 24 -5 14  
  9   Chicago Fire 12 2 7 3 20 22 -2 13  
  10   Impact Montreal 12 2 4 6 11 22 -11 10  
WESTERN CONFERENCE
  Rnk   Team MP W D L GF GA +/- Pts  
  1   Seattle Sounders 14 9 2 3 29 21 8 29  
  2   Real Salt Lake 13 6 6 1 23 17 6 24  
  3   FC Dallas 15 5 3 7 23 24 -1 18  
  4   Colorado Rapids 12 5 3 4 16 15 1 18  
  5   Vancouver Whitecaps 11 4 5 2 18 14 4 17  
  6   Portland Timbers 13 3 7 3 20 20 0 16  
  7   LA Galaxy 11 4 4 3 15 10 5 16  
  8   San Jose Earthquakes 12 4 4 4 15 13 2 16  
  9   Chivas USA 13 2 4 7 13 25 -12 10

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