The Portland Timbers continue their road stretch this evening in Los Angeles, where they will face off against Los Angeles FC. Coming off of their best performance of the season since MLS is Back last Sunday, where we all got to see a good ol’ fashioned fish gutting, the listing ship that was Portland’s 2020 season seems to be righting. And they picked a swell time to do it too, because the Western Conference standings are a bit of a jumble at the moment. Portland currently sits in a four way tie for 5th place on 14 points and are 3 points off of 2nd, but also 2 points above being out of the playoff picture.