Sunday , 16 August 2026

New York City FC vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2024
New York City FC
1 – 2
Full Time
Portland Timbers
Sat 9 Mar 2024 · 19:00 UTC Yankee Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 19' Zac McGraw
Y 31' Cristhian Paredes
Santiago Rodriguez 76' Y

Overview

Match Preview

New York City FC vs Portland Timbers — MLS at Yankee Stadium.

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 18 40
2 Internacional CF Miami 18 38
3 New England Revolution 18 30
4 Chicago Fire FC 17 29
5 New York City FC 18 26
6 FC Cincinnati 18 26
7 Charlotte FC 18 25
8 New York Red Bulls 18 25
9 D.C. United SC 18 23
10 Columbus Crew SC 18 20
11 Orlando City SC 18 20
12 Toronto FC 18 17
13 Philadelphia Union 18 16
14 Montreal Impact FC 18 16
15 Atlanta United FC 18 12
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 34
17 Los Angeles FC 19 34
18 San Jose Earthquakes 18 33
19 Houston Dynamo 18 32
20 FC Dallas 18 27
21 Real Salt Lake 17 27
22 St. Louis City 18 26
23 Portland Timbers 18 24
24 Seattle Sounders FC 17 24
25 Minnesota United FC 18 24
26 Colorado Rapids SC 18 22
27 Los Angeles Galaxy 19 22
28 San Diego FC 18 21
29 Austin FC 18 17
30 Sporting Kansas City 18 14

Head-to-Head

1
4
New York City FC 5 games · Avg 2.6 goals Portland Timbers
Last 5 meetings
2024-03-09 New York City FC 1–2 Portland Timbers 2023-06-25 Portland Timbers 1–1 New York City FC 2020-08-02 New York City FC 1–3 Portland Timbers 2019-07-07 New York City FC 0–1 Portland Timbers 2018-04-22 Portland Timbers 3–0 New York City FC

Recent Form

New York City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
09 Mar Portland Timbers H 1–2 L
03 Mar St. Louis City A 0–2 L
25 Feb Charlotte FC A 0–1 L
21 Oct Chicago Fire FC H 1–0 W
07 Oct D.C. United SC A 0–2 L
30 Sep Internacional CF Miami A 1–1 D
Portland Timbers
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
09 Mar New York City FC A 2–1 W
03 Mar D.C. United SC H 2–2 D
25 Feb Colorado Rapids SC H 4–1 W
22 Oct Houston Dynamo H 1–3 L
07 Oct Montreal Impact FC A 1–4 L
01 Oct Los Angeles Galaxy A 3–3 D

Season Stats

New York City FC Portland Timbers
#5 Position #23
26 Points 24
18 Played 18
7 / 5 / 6 W / D / L 7 / 3 / 8
31 Scored 33
24 Conceded 33
+7 GD +0
1.44 PPG 1.33
39% Win % 39%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)
60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
17% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season
6% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

New York City FC are 5th (26 pts). Portland Timbers are 23rd (24 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC
0-15
4/–
16-30
3/4
31-45
2/4
46-60
3/2
61-75
2/2
76+
2/6
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Portland Timbers
0-15
2/5
16-30
4/5
31-45
4/4
46-60
3/2
61-75
5/–
76+
5/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York City FC
Nicolas Fernandez Marcau 11 G 3 A
Hannes Wolf 5 G 1 A
Agustin Ojeda 4 G 3 A
Portland Timbers
Kevin Kelsy 8 G 2 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Here we go! The referee blows the whistle and New York City FC launch into their encounter with Portland Timbers.
  • 5' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 10' The deadlock is broken! Santiago Rodriguez gets on the scoresheet on 10 minutes.
  • 15' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 19' Zac McGraw catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 19.
  • 24' With 0 assists to his name this season, Tayvon Gray is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Portland Timbers.
  • 29' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both New York City FC and Portland Timbers are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 31' Cristhian Paredes picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 36' Cristhian Paredes is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for New York City FC tonight.
  • 41' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Keaton Parks made 286 appearances and scored 16 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 46' Portland Timbers fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 51' It looks surprising Portland Timbers does not make any changes. Eric Miller has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 56' Diego Chara, a Colombia , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 61' Portland Timbers is showing some good football. However, Portland Timbers are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 66' New York City FC have won 454 goals from 286 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 68' Fresh legs for New York City FC! Justin Haak comes on to replace Andres Jasson.
  • 69' Portland Timbers make a change. Dairon Asprilla trudges off to be replaced by Nathan on 69 minutes.
  • 74' New York City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 74.
  • 76' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Santiago Rodriguez on 76 minutes.
  • 78' New York City FC make a change. Monsef Bakrar trudges off to be replaced by Jovan Mijatovic on 78 minutes.
  • 79' It is a substitution in New York City FC team. Mitja Ilenic is replaced by Tayvon Gray on 79 minute.
  • 84' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 85' GOAL! Antony scores on 85. Assisted by Juan Mosquera
  • 90' Portland Timbers manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. David Ayala is hanging Cristhian Paredes on the field on 90 minute.
  • The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Portland Timbers to claim maximum points.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Nick Cushing

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Phil Neville

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Sebastian Blanco 3
Evander 2
Fanendo Adi 1
Jesus Medina 1
Andy Polo 1
Diego Valeri 1
Santiago Rodriguez 1
Larrys Mabiala 1

Head to Head

2024-03-09 New York City FC 1–2 Portland Timbers 2023-06-25 Portland Timbers 1–1 New York City FC 2020-08-02 New York City FC 1–3 Portland Timbers 2019-07-07 New York City FC 0–1 Portland Timbers 2018-04-22 Portland Timbers 3–0 New York City FC

New York City FC Form

2024-03-09 New York City FC 1–2 Portland Timbers L 2024-03-03 St. Louis City 2–0 New York City FC L 2024-02-25 Charlotte FC 1–0 New York City FC L 2023-10-21 New York City FC 1–0 Chicago Fire FC W 2023-10-07 D.C. United SC 2–0 New York City FC L 2023-09-30 Internacional CF Miami 1–1 New York City FC D

Portland Timbers Form

2024-03-09 New York City FC 1–2 Portland Timbers W 2024-03-03 Portland Timbers 2–2 D.C. United SC D 2024-02-25 Portland Timbers 4–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2023-10-22 Portland Timbers 1–3 Houston Dynamo L 2023-10-07 Montreal Impact FC 4–1 Portland Timbers L 2023-10-01 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–3 Portland Timbers D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.77 New York City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.64 Portland Timbers xG
I would bet for: New York City FC or Portland Timbers 75% + Both teams to score 67%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
New York City FC37% Draw25% Portland Timbers38%
Actual: Portland Timbers win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes67% 0% No33%
Avg goals/match: 3.41
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 85%
15%
± 2.5 65%
35%
± 3.5 44%
56%
± 4.5 26%
74%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw
63%
Draw or Portland Timbers
63%
New York City FC or Portland Timbers
75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
New York City FC31% Draw41% Portland Timbers28%
Actual: New York City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.5%
2 – 1
8.2%
1 – 2
Actual
2 – 2
6.6%
2 – 0
5.2%
1 – 0
5.2%
3 – 1
4.8%
0 – 0
4.8%
0 – 1
4.7%
0 – 2
4.4%
1 – 3
4.1%
3 – 2
4%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap New York City FC covers Push Portland Timbers covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 12% 78%
-1.5 22% — 78%
-1 22% 19% 60%
-0.5 40% — 60%
+0.5 65% — 35%
+1 65% 17% 18%
+1.5 82% — 18%
+2 82% 11% 7%
+2.5 93% — 7%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet
20% ✓
Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet
18% ✓

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