D.C. United heads to the Pacific coast to face the Portland Timbers in a rare Sunday afternoon game. The Black-and-Red and their hosts are both looking to jump back into a spot that guarantees a home playoff game, while also warily looking down the table due to some uncomfortable proximity to the red line. Portland is hoping to emulate United’s 2018, which saw a backlogged schedule full of home games spark some outstanding form in the final games of the regular season.
For their part, D.C. has managed to get some kind of result in 9 of their 15 road games (5W-4D-6L).