The 2018 Major League Soccer schedule had been released and there are plenty of big dates to look forward to for fans of the Portland Timbers, but one surprising omission.
Despite closing out the season against the Vancouver Whitecaps for the third straight year, the Timbers will only play the Canadian Cascadians twice in 2018. While MLS’s uneven scheduling has always added an element of chance to the table, this is the first time in the current format that the Timbers have not faced both of their Cascadian rivals three times in a season.