PORTLAND TIMBERS vs. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES Live Stream FREE Online: 2014 MLS Standings, 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 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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