PORTLAND TIMBERS vs. REAL SALT LAKE Live Stream FREE 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 Real Salt Lake. The first-division clash scheduled for 10 p.m. ET will be held at Providence Park in Portland and can be live streamed here. Additional TV coverage can be found on NBC Sports.

Portland Timbers head coach Caleb Porter had this to offer ahead of today's league encounter (via MLS's official website): "It's been a tough year in terms of things not going the way maybe we think it should. Maybe it's unfair, maybe it's fair. But at the end of the day, there have been a lot of times where we've had to look at ourselves in the mirror and realize and acknowledge, myself included, it's not been good enough. Maybe it's because last year went so smooth."

"I don't know why that's been, but this team has fought through it and here we are," he added. "And I think we are a team that can make a run, and you've seen it, we are a team that can beat anybody. We are team that if we do get in the playoffs, we are talented enough to potentially make a run, but we are two steps away. We're not there yet, we are nowhere close to being there."

Tactical Preview

Player to Watch: Alvaro Saborio enjoyed a successful spell with Costa Rica during the international break. Returning to club duty, the 32-year-old has five goals in 13 appearances and is averaging three shots per match.

Portland Timbers' Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Ricketts - Harrington, Paparatto, Ridgewell, Villafana - Chara, Zemanski - Nagbe, Valeri, Wallace - Adi

Real Salt Lake's Projected Lineup (4-4-2 diamond): Attinella - Beltran, Borchers, Salcedo, Wingert - Mulholland, Beckerman, Grabavoy - Velasquez - Plata, Saborio

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

32

16

7

9

49

35

14

55

2

New England Revolution

33

16

4

13

50

46

4

52

3

Sporting Kansas City

32

14

7

11

47

37

10

49

4

New York Red Bulls

32

12

11

9

52

47

5

47

5

Columbus Crew

32

12

10

10

47

40

7

46

6

Toronto FC

32

11

7

14

43

52

-9

40

7

Philadelphia Union

32

9

12

11

48

48

0

39

8

Houston Dynamo

33

11

6

16

38

56

-18

39

9

Chicago Fire

32

5

18

9

38

48

-10

33

10

Impact Montreal

32

6

8

18

36

56

-20

26

Rnk

Team

MP

W

D

L

GF

GA

+/-

Pts

1

LA Galaxy

32

17

9

6

67

33

34

60

2

Seattle Sounders

32

19

3

10

61

48

13

60

3

Real Salt Lake

32

14

10

8

52

39

13

52

4

FC Dallas

32

15

6

11

54

43

11

51

5

Vancouver Whitecaps

32

11

13

8

41

40

1

46

6

Portland Timbers

32

11

12

9

59

52

7

45

7

Colorado Rapids

32

8

8

16

43

60

-17

32

8

Chivas USA

32

8

6

18

28

59

-31

30

9

San Jose Earthquakes

32

6

11

15

35

49

-14

29

 

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