Los Angeles FC vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2026 MLS IS BACK GROUP STAGE

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MLS · 2026

Los Angeles FC

2 – 2

Full Time

Portland Timbers

Fri 24 Jul 2020 · 02:30 UTC ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex HT 45+4' · FT 45+6'

Y 29' Chris Duvall

Y 54' Sebastian Blanco

Eduard Atuesta 60' Y

Y 65' Cristhian Paredes

Overview

Match Preview

Los Angeles FC vs Portland Timbers — MLS at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.

Los Angeles FC 34 games · 47 pts (2026/26)
Portland Timbers 34 games · 46 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Alex Chilowicz
Referee Drew Fischer
Referee Matthew Nelson
Referee Silviu Petrescu
Referee Jose Da Silva

3 games this season 🟨 4.3/game ⚽ 9.7 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Los Angeles FC 21 games · Avg 3.3 goals Portland Timbers

Last 5 meetings

2020-07-24 Los Angeles FC 2–2 Portland Timbers 2019-06-02 Portland Timbers 2–3 Los Angeles FC 2019-03-10 Los Angeles FC 4–1 Portland Timbers 2018-07-15 Los Angeles FC 0–0 Portland Timbers 2018-05-19 Portland Timbers 2–1 Los Angeles FC

Recent Form

Los Angeles FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Jul	Portland Timbers	H	2–2	D
19 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	6–2	W
14 Jul	Houston Dynamo	H	3–3	D
09 Mar	Philadelphia Union	H	3–3	D
01 Mar	Internacional CF Miami	H	1–0	W
06 Oct	Colorado Rapids SC	H	3–1	W

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Jul	Los Angeles FC	A	2–2	D
19 Jul	Houston Dynamo	H	2–1	W
14 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–1	W
08 Mar	Nashville SC	H	1–0	W
02 Mar	Minnesota United FC	H	1–3	L
20 Oct	Real Salt Lake	A	1–2	L

Season Stats

Los Angeles FC		Portland Timbers
#21	Position	#22
47	Points	46
34	Played	34
12 / 11 / 11	W / D / L	13 / 7 / 14
52	Scored	62
40	Conceded	61
+12	GD	+1
1.38	PPG	1.35
35%	Win %	38%

Key Stats

86% Both Teams to Score
H2H (21 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

38% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

9% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

Los Angeles FC are 21st (47 pts). Portland Timbers are 22nd (46 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles FC

0-15

4/5

16-30

6/6

31-45

10/8

46-60

7/7

61-75

7/6

76+

8/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Portland Timbers

0-15

7/10

16-30

8/10

31-45

9/9

46-60

6/5

61-75

10/4

76+

12/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Los Angeles FC

Denis Bouanga	18 G	5 A
Heung-min Son	7 G	11 A
Esteban David Martinez	4 G

Portland Timbers

Kristoffer Velde	12 G	6 A
Ariel Lassiter	9 G	4 A
Kevin Kelsy	9 G	2 A

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Los Angeles FC to score. At the same time, Portland Timbers does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' It looks surprising Portland Timbers does not make any changes. Tristan Blackmon has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
7' Jaroslaw Niezgoda does the damage! The net is bulging and Portland Timbers surge ahead!
12' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
17' Both keepers have barely been tested. Los Angeles FC and Portland Timbers are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
22' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
27' Portland Timbers is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
29' Chris Duvall is having his name booked by the referee on 29.
34' It’s high time Bob Bradley made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
36' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Bradley Wright-Phillips makes no mistake. 1-1!
40' Mark-Anthony Kaye doubles the advantage! 2-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
45' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 45 minutes.
46' Portland Timbers manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Yimmi Chara is hanging Marvin Loria on the field on 46 minute.
51' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
54' Portland Timbers player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
58' It is a substitution in Portland Timbers team. Jaroslaw Niezgoda is replaced by Jeremy Ebobisse on 58 minute.
60' Eduard Atuesta catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 60.
65' The referee calls foul for Cristhian Paredes. He receives a Yellow card.
67' Bradley Wright-Phillips makes way for Andy Najar at the 67 minute mark. A tactical switch from Los Angeles FC.
69' The whistle greets Andy Polo as he departs to be replaced by Diego Valeri.
74' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Los Angeles FC and Portland Timbers are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
79' The crowd applauds Mark-Anthony Kaye as he leaves the pitch. Bryce Duke steps in for Los Angeles FC.
81' Magnificent from Jeremy Ebobisse! That is 69 goals in 302 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
86' Pablo Sisniega has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
89' Portland Timbers ring the changes. Marco Farfan has done his job and it is now time for Jorge Villafana to step up.
It finishes all square. Los Angeles FC and Portland Timbers share the spoils 2-2.

Lineups

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

12
Diego Palacios ↓ Mohamed El Mounir 67'
66
Bradley Wright-Phillips ↓ Andy Najar 67'
20
Eduard Atuesta
9
Diego Rossi
7
Latif Blessing
14
Mark-Anthony Kaye C ↓ Bryce Duke 79'
27
Tristan Blackmon
4
Eddie Segura
23
Pablo Sisniega
17
Brian Rodriguez
8
Francisco Ginella ↓ Jose Cifuentes 67'

Bench

Coach Bob Bradley

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

7
Andy Polo ↓ Diego Valeri 69'
21
Diego Chara C
25
Bill Tuiloma
22
Cristhian Paredes ↓ Diego Valeri 69'
12
Steve Clark
10
Sebastian Blanco
32
Marco Farfan ↓ Jorge Villafana 89'
44
Marvin Loria ↓ Yimmi Chara 46'
11
Jaroslaw Niezgoda ↓ Jeremy Ebobisse 58'
15
Chris Duvall
13
Dario Zuparic

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Carlos Vela	7
Denis Bouanga	4
Jeremy Ebobisse	4
Felipe Mora	4
Dairon Asprilla	4
Cristhian Paredes	4
Mark-Anthony Kaye	3
Bradley Wright-Phillips	2

Head to Head

Los Angeles FC Form

2020-07-24 Los Angeles FC 2–2 Portland Timbers D 2020-07-19 Los Angeles FC 6–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2020-07-14 Los Angeles FC 3–3 Houston Dynamo D 2020-03-09 Los Angeles FC 3–3 Philadelphia Union D 2020-03-01 Los Angeles FC 1–0 Internacional CF Miami W 2019-10-06 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC W

Portland Timbers Form

2020-07-24 Los Angeles FC 2–2 Portland Timbers D 2020-07-19 Portland Timbers 2–1 Houston Dynamo W 2020-07-14 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–2 Portland Timbers W 2020-03-08 Portland Timbers 1–0 Nashville SC W 2020-03-02 Portland Timbers 1–3 Minnesota United FC L 2019-10-20 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Portland Timbers L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.14 Los Angeles FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.51 Portland Timbers xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles FC50% Draw23% Portland Timbers27%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.65

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	49%	51%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

Los Angeles FC or Draw

73%

Draw or Portland Timbers

50%

Los Angeles FC or Portland Timbers

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles FC38% Draw39% Portland Timbers23%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.2%

2 – 1

8.7%

2 – 2

Actual

1 – 2

6.2%

3 – 1

6.1%

2 – 0

1 – 0

5.1%

3 – 2

4.6%

3 – 0

4.2%

0 – 0

3.9%

0 – 1

3.4%

4 – 1

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles FC

Handicap	Los Angeles FC covers	Push	Portland Timbers covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	15%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	20%	49%
-0.5	51%	—	49%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	14%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	8%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.