The Claret and Cobalt will travel northwest to face another Cascadia club, hoping to obtain another 3 points. The defending MLS Cup Champions have some classy players along with familiar faces that are missed among the Rio Tinto faithful. Portland will look to get more points up on the board after dropping last week's road matchup with San Jose 2-1.
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Goalkeeper
Between the sticks for the Timbers will be the recently re-called Ghanaian national team member Adam Kwarasey. The defining moment in the shot stopper's MLS career was the standout performance versus Sporting Kansas City in last year's playoff matchup.