The Whitecaps won their last road match against the Timbers, a 3-2 victory in October 2021. The win was just Vancouver’s third away victory in Portland in MLS play (D5 L8), with the Timbers responding to each of the first two defeats with a win in the Whitecaps next trip.
Portland extended its unbeaten run to a season-high five straight games (W3 D2) with a 3-0 win over Seattle on Saturday. The Timbers have taken 11 points from their last five games after collecting just 10 from their previous 12 league contests (W2 D4 L6).
After starting the season with six straight losses on the road, Vancouver has lost just once in its last four away matches (W2 D1) following its 2-2 draw at Cincinnati on Wednesday. The match was the eighth time the Whitecaps have conceded multiple goals in a road game this season, which is tied for the most such games by any MLS team (with San Jose).
The Timbers’ second goal in their 3-0 win over Seattle on Saturday came from the penalty spot. It was the fourth consecutive game in which Portland scored a penalty, the first team in MLS history to achieve that feat.
On Wednesday, Ryan Gauld tied the match in the fifth minute, while Cristian Dájome scored a game-tying in the 82nd minute. It was the first time in MLS history that a team had a game-tying goal in the first five minutes and another one in the last 10 minutes of the same match.
