FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Two teams mired in the playoff race will meet in a massive early September match on Saturday night at Gillette Stadium, where the New England Revolution will host the Portland Timbers.
New England (7-10-8, 29 pts.) sit four points below the playoff line in the Eastern Conference – although they have two games in hand on the sixth-place Montreal Impact – while Portland (11-7-7, 40 pts.) just climbed back above the line in the Western Conference with a midweek win over Toronto FC.
Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. on Saturday night with NBC Sports Boston televising the match and streaming the action live on NBCSportsBoston.