The Portland Timbers are back in the Rose City and set to take on their final Eastern Conference opponents of the season, the Philadelphia Union. With the Timbers still just above the red line it is vital that thy keep all three points from this match.
Coming off a tough, mid-week trip to Costa Rica where the Timbers lost 4-2 to Deportivo Saprissa on Wednesday, Portland must bounce back quickly against a rested Union side. The Timbers kept several key players home during Wednesday’s match and should be reintegrating Darlington Nagbe, Alvas Powell, Liam Ridgewell, and Jack Jewsbury into the XI, potentially giving the side the same starting group that we saw in the team’s 1-0 win over Real Salt Lake last weekend.