PORTLAND TIMBERS vs. SEATTLE SOUNDERS Live Stream FREE Online: 2014 MLS Cascadia Cup, Live Coverage From Portland, Projected Lineups and TACTICAL PREVIEW

Two clubs in the Western Conference of MLS will do battle today in a league match between the Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers. The first-division clash scheduled for 5 p.m. ET will be held at Providence Park in Portland and can be live streamed here free. Additional TV coverage can be found on ESPN2.

Portland Timbers head coach Caleb Porter had this to offer ahead of today's Cascadia Cup clash (via MLS's official website): "I like that fact that at the end of the year we're moving in a direction that's hopefully up, gaining momentum versus some teams that are going to have to fight off teams like us that are breathing down their necks."

"We've been playing with pretty much with that must-win—again not saying that every game is a must-win because you never know—but we've been playing that way since the beginning of the season, so it's no different," he added. "We're going to fight like hell to get three points in every game from here on out starting with Seattle; we're going to give everything we have."

Tactical Preview

Player to Watch: Destined for a future in London, Seattle's DeAndre Yedlin enters today with an average of 1.1 key passes per match.

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

Seattle Sounders' Projected Lineup (4-4-2): Frei; Gonzalez, Traore, Marshall, Yedlin; Pappa, Alonso, Pineda, Evans; Martins, Dempsey

Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (via WhoScored).

Standings

EASTERN CONFERENCE
 Rnk TeamMPWDLGFGA+/-Pts 
  1   DC United 24 13 4 7 39 26 13 43  
  2   Sporting Kansas City 25 12 6 7 36 26 10 42  
  3   Columbus Crew 25 8 9 8 35 32 3 33  
  4   Toronto FC 23 9 6 8 35 36 -1 33  
  5   New York Red Bulls 24 7 10 7 39 36 3 31  
  6   New England Revolution 24 9 3 12 31 36 -5 30  
  7   Philadelphia Union 24 6 9 9 36 39 -3 27  
  8   Chicago Fire 24 4 14 6 31 37 -6 26  
  9   Houston Dynamo 24 7 4 13 25 45 -20 25  
  10   Impact Montreal 24 4 5 15 25 45 -20 17  
WESTERN CONFERENCE
 Rnk TeamMPWDLGFGA+/-Pts 
  1   FC Dallas 25 12 6 7 45 33 12 42  
  2   Real Salt Lake 25 11 9 5 39 30 9 42  
  3   Seattle Sounders 23 13 3 7 39 31 8 42  
  4   LA Galaxy 23 11 7 5 41 26 15 40  
  5   Vancouver Whitecaps 24 7 12 5 33 31 2 33  
  6   Portland Timbers 24 7 10 7 39 39 0 31  
  7   Colorado Rapids 25 8 6 11 37 39 -2 30  
  8   San Jose Earthquakes 22 6 7 9 26 28 -2 25  
  9   Chivas USA 24 6 6 12 21 37 -16 24  

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