Juan “Cucho” Hernández and Steven Moreira each scored a goal to help the Columbus Crew play the Portland Timbers to a 2-2 tie on Saturday. Moreira blasted a right-footer from about 30-yards out that slipped in the top-left corner of the net to make it 2-2 in the 71st minute. It was the 29-year-old defender's second career MLS goal and his first since he scored in a 2-2 tie against Cincinnati on Aug. 27, 2022. Columbus (3-1-5) is winless, with just one loss, in five straight since a 3-0 win over the New York Red Bulls on March 16 ..read more

Announced earlier in the week, MLS has implemented three new rules, which were tested at the MLS NEXT Pro level, started with this weekend's matches ..read more

Portland Timbers (2-3-3, 10th in the Western Conference) vs. Columbus Crew (3-1-4, third in the Eastern Conference) Columbus, Ohio; Saturday, 7:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK : LINE Columbus -167, Portland +400, Draw +311; over/under is 2.5 goals BOTTOM LINE: The Columbus Crew host the Portland Timbers after playing to a draw in three straight games. The Crew are 3-0-1 at home. The Crew lead the MLS giving up just seven goals. The Timbers are 1-2-1 on the road. The Timbers have an even goal differential, scoring and giving up 16. The matchup Saturday is the first meeting this season between th ..read more

The soft-spoken attacking midfielder will tell you it's “the way I take to life”: calmly and free of needless complications. Evander does fancy himself a bit of a car enthusiast, though. A sleek matte black Dodge Challenger represents his newest personal automotive fad ..read more

The three rules will impact substitutions, VAR review and more ..read more

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Mateusz Bogusz scored a goal in each half to guide LAFC to a 2-2 draw with the Portland Timbers , who lost goalkeeper Maxime Crépeau to a red card early in the second half on Saturday. Evander had a goal and an assist to lead the Timbers (2-3-4), who are winless in their last five matches. - Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, NWSL more (U.S.) Portland opened the scoring for the first time in five matches when Felipe Mora took a through ball from Evander in the 11th minute and drilled a right-footed shot from the center of the box to the bottom left corner of the net. It wa ..read more

Without the chance to express himself, a match isn't much of a match at all for Maxime Crepeau. Emotion-laced play is the manner in which the freshly-signed Portland Timbers goalkeeper has gone about ingratiating himself to his new supporters, to his new home. “It's the way to give back,” he said a month ago after his season debut, “to give my best out there, to make a chance to have points ..read more

After successfully snapping their three-game skid against Sporting Kansas City last week, the Portland Timbers (2-3-2, 8 points) return home to host Los Angeles FC (3-3-1, 10 points), who are looking to break their own losing streak. The match begins at 1:45 p.m. PST/4:45 p.m. EST on Saturday, April 13 with a live broadcast on Apple TV and on FOX Sports. • WATCH: Timbers vs. LAFC streaming on Apple TV . Here are the match details and how to watch: ODDS (via DraftKings ) : Portland Timbers (-190) | Draw (+255) | LAFC (+125) What: Portland Timbers vs. LAFC in an MLS regular-season match When: 1 ..read more

Stability was the message in training this week as LAFC seeks its first positive away result following losses in Salt Lake City, Minnesota and Colorado. “We need to go prove that we can win on the road,” defender Ryan Hollingshead said. “In this league, to set yourself up for a good run in the playoffs you need home-field advantage, you need a high seed in the conference, so these road games are going to be huge for that.” In the afterglow of a hard-fought 2-1 victory over the Galaxy at BMO Stadium last weekend, LAFC visits Providence Park and the Portland Timbers seeking to curtail those loo ..read more

Ryan Raposo scored the winning goal in the 87th minute and the Vancouver Whitecaps nearly squandered an early lead but prevailed 3-2 over the rival Portland Timbers on Saturday night. Ryan Gauld and Fafa Picault scored first-half goals in Vancouver's first win at home this season. Brazilian Evander and Felipe Mora scored for the Timbers (2-3-1), who have lost three straight ..read more