TUKWILA, Wash. – When it comes to the Cascadia rivalry between the Seattle Sounders and the Portland Timbers, there’s nothing manufactured about it.
These two franchises have genuine history and animosity that date back decades, long before the MLS era. When the Sounders and Timbers meet for the final time of the 2018 regular season at Providence Park this Sunday (6:30 p.m. PT; FS1, YouTube TV, 950 KJR AM, El Rey 1360 AM), that contentious dynamic figures to be the same as it always is.
Sounders goalkeeper Stefan Frei has been a part of a few of these fixtures dating back to when he first arrived in Seattle in 2014.