After taking home the Cascadia Cup in 2017, the Portland Timbers now know what they will need to do in order to keep the trophy. The supporter run Cascadia Cup Council released the rules for the 2018 Cascadia Cup this morning, adjusting the competition for the ongoing expansion of Major League Soccer.
Thanks to the addition of Los Angeles FC to the Western Conference, the Timbers and Seattle Sounders face each other three times this season, while both sides only face the Vancouver Whitecaps twice. This year’s Cascadia Cup will account for the imbalance by eliminating one of the matches between the Timbers and Sounders from the competition.