BEAVERTON, Ore. – Sunday’s Decision Day, presented by AT&T game at Providence Park will be the last of the 2019 season to count in Major League Soccer’s standings, but for both the Portland Timbers and visiting San Jose Earthquakes, the consequences will have playoff importance (1pm PT, TICKETS, ESPN).
For San Jose, a victory (or a draw and some help) is the only way 2018’s worst team can definitively complete an improbable climb into the postseason, and while the Timbers could still make a third-straight postseason with a loss, a point or three is the only way head coach Giovanni Savarese’s team can guarantee they’ll have a 35th game of the season.