A late chance came back off the post for the Timbers as the two sides finished the first leg as they started it.
The Portland Timbers had two quality chances in the second half against the Vancouver Whitecaps, but a brilliant save and a cruel post kept the home side from squeaking out a win in the first leg of the Western Conference semifinal and left the teams at 0-0 after 90 minutes.
The Cascadian rivals seemed evenly matched throughout a game that had the familiar feeling of a first leg, with neither side overly interested in committing numbers forward, though both worked out some halfway decent chances in before the break.