The Portland Timbers’ busiest stretch of 2019 started with one of the campaign’s biggest wins, a 1-0 victory at Yankee Stadium that handed New York City FC their second defeat of the season.
The Timbers became the first team to win in the Bronx this year, the first team to hold NYCFC scoreless since April 6, and the first team to hand Domènec Torrent’s team a loss since the fourth game of his team’s season. NYCFC also had the best points-per-game rate in MLS’ Eastern Conference coming into the match, and were 9-0-5 in their last 14 games, in all competitions.