D.C. United SC vs Portland Timbers, 2018
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Match Preview
D.C. United SC vs Portland Timbers — MLS .
- D.C. United SC 11 games · 15 pts (2026/26)
- Portland Timbers 10 games · 10 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Mark Geiger
- Referee Fotis Bazakos
- Referee Robert Sibiga
- Referee C.J. Morgante
- Referee Logan Brown
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 10 23 2 New England Revolution 10 19 3 Internacional CF Miami 11 19 4 Chicago Fire FC 10 17 5 D.C. United SC 11 15 6 FC Cincinnati 11 15 7 Charlotte FC 11 14 8 Toronto FC 11 14 9 New York City FC 11 12 10 Columbus Crew SC 11 12 11 New York Red Bulls 11 12 12 Atlanta United FC 11 10 13 Orlando City SC 11 10 14 Montreal Impact FC 10 9 15 Philadelphia Union 11 6 16 San Jose Earthquakes 11 28 17 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 10 25 18 Los Angeles FC 11 21 19 Seattle Sounders FC 9 20 20 Minnesota United FC 11 20 21 Real Salt Lake 10 19 22 FC Dallas 11 16 23 Houston Dynamo 10 15 24 Colorado Rapids SC 11 13 25 Los Angeles Galaxy 11 13 26 Austin FC 11 13 27 San Diego FC 11 12 28 Portland Timbers 10 10 29 St. Louis City 10 6 30 Sporting Kansas City 10 5 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 16 Aug Portland Timbers H 4–1 W 13 Aug Orlando City SC H 3–2 W 04 Aug Montreal Impact FC A 1–1 D 29 Jul Colorado Rapids SC H 2–1 W 26 Jul New York Red Bulls H 0–1 L 21 Jul Atlanta United FC A 1–3 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 16 Aug D.C. United SC A 1–4 L 12 Aug Vancouver Whitecaps FC H 1–2 L 05 Aug Philadelphia Union H 3–0 W 29 Jul Houston Dynamo H 2–1 W 22 Jul Montreal Impact FC H 2–2 D 15 Jul Los Angeles FC A 0–0 D Season Stats
D.C. United SC Portland Timbers #5 Position #28 15 Points 10 11 Played 10 4 / 3 / 4 W / D / L 3 / 1 / 6 13 Scored 13 15 Conceded 21 -2 GD -8 1.36 PPG 1.00 36% Win % 30% Key Stats
67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history36% Clean Sheets
D.C. United SC this season0% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this seasonD.C. United SC are 5th (15 pts). Portland Timbers are 28th (10 pts).
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Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Portland Timbers kicks off things out of here…
- 5' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 15' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Portland Timbers needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
- 25' D.C. United SC is showing some good football. However, D.C. United SC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 30' The travelling Portland Timbers supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 35' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 40' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 45' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Kofi Opare suffering a number of foals already.
- 50' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 55' It looks like no one’s ball. Portland Timbers is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 60' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 65' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Wayne Rooney made 257 appearances and scored 40 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 70' Portland Timbers seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 75' It’s high time Giovanni Savarese made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 80' D.C. United SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 85' Portland Timbers started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 85.
- 90' Supporters expect more eagerness from Andy Polo, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- Another three points for D.C. United SC.
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D.C. United SC
Starting XI- 9
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Paul Arriola ↓ Zoltan Stieber 70'
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Luciano Acosta ↓ Ulises Segura 81'
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Ulises Segura ↑ 81'
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Zoltan Stieber ↑ 70'
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Darren Mattocks ↑ 86'
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Coach Ben OlsenPortland Timbers
Starting XI-
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Andy Polo ↓ Andres Flores 61'
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Bench- 20
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Tomas Conechny ↑ 73'
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Dairon Asprilla ↑ 78'
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Andres Flores ↑ 61'
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Head to Head
D.C. United SC Form
Portland Timbers Form
2018-08-16 D.C. United SC 4–1 Portland Timbers L 2018-08-12 Portland Timbers 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2018-08-05 Portland Timbers 3–0 Philadelphia Union W 2018-07-29 Portland Timbers 2–1 Houston Dynamo W 2018-07-22 Portland Timbers 2–2 Montreal Impact FC D 2018-07-15 Los Angeles FC 0–0 Portland Timbers D