Two clubs in the Western Conference of MLS will do battle today in a league match between the Portland Timbers and San Jose Earthquakes. The first-division clash scheduled for 10:30 p.m. ET will be held at Providence Park in Portland and can be live streamed here. Additional TV coverage can be found on Roots Sports.
Portland Timbers head coach Caleb Porter had this to offer ahead of today's league encounter (via MLS's official website): "All these guys have heart. Otherwise, we wouldn't have them on our team. We pick players for their talent, but we make sure they have the intangible qualities too."
"And I don't care what level it is," he added. "[The] best teams in the world, they have talent, best teams in this league have talent, but the difference is always the character as well in the locker room and all the intangible things, the mentality."
Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: San Jose Earthquakes midfielder Shea Salinas has seven assists this season and is averaging two key passes per match.
Portland Timbers' Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Ricketts - Powell, Paparatto, Ridgewell, Villafana - Chara, Zemanski - Nagbe, Fernandez, Wallace - Urruti.
San Jose Earthquakes' Projected Lineup (4-4-1-1): Busch - Barklage, Bernardez, Hernandez, Stewart - Thompson, Cronin, Pierazzi, Salinas - Garcia - Cato.
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (via WhoScored).
Standings
|
Rnk |
Team |
MP |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
+/- |
Pts |
|||
|
1 |
DC United |
31 |
15 |
7 |
9 |
46 |
34 |
12 |
52 |
|||
|
2 |
New England Revolution |
31 |
15 |
3 |
13 |
46 |
43 |
3 |
48 |
|||
|
3 |
Sporting Kansas City |
31 |
13 |
7 |
11 |
45 |
37 |
8 |
46 |
|||
|
4 |
New York Red Bulls |
31 |
11 |
11 |
9 |
49 |
46 |
3 |
44 |
|||
|
5 |
Columbus Crew |
31 |
11 |
10 |
10 |
44 |
38 |
6 |
43 |
|||
|
6 |
Toronto FC |
30 |
11 |
7 |
12 |
42 |
48 |
-6 |
40 |
|||
|
7 |
Philadelphia Union |
31 |
9 |
12 |
10 |
46 |
45 |
1 |
39 |
|||
|
8 |
Houston Dynamo |
30 |
10 |
6 |
14 |
35 |
51 |
-16 |
36 |
|||
|
9 |
Chicago Fire |
31 |
5 |
18 |
8 |
38 |
46 |
-8 |
33 |
|||
|
10 |
Impact Montreal |
31 |
6 |
7 |
18 |
34 |
54 |
-20 |
25 |
|
Rnk |
Team |
MP |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
+/- |
Pts |
|||
|
1 |
LA Galaxy |
31 |
17 |
9 |
5 |
66 |
31 |
35 |
60 |
|||
|
2 |
Seattle Sounders |
31 |
19 |
3 |
9 |
61 |
47 |
14 |
60 |
|||
|
3 |
Real Salt Lake |
31 |
13 |
10 |
8 |
50 |
39 |
11 |
49 |
|||
|
4 |
FC Dallas |
31 |
14 |
6 |
11 |
52 |
42 |
10 |
48 |
|||
|
5 |
Vancouver Whitecaps |
31 |
10 |
13 |
8 |
40 |
40 |
0 |
43 |
|||
|
6 |
Portland Timbers |
31 |
10 |
12 |
9 |
56 |
52 |
4 |
42 |
|||
|
7 |
Colorado Rapids |
31 |
8 |
8 |
15 |
42 |
58 |
-16 |
32 |
|||
|
8 |
San Jose Earthquakes |
30 |
6 |
11 |
13 |
35 |
44 |
-9 |
29 |
|||
|
9 |
Chivas USA |
31 |
7 |
6 |
18 |
26 |
58 |
-32 |
27 |
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