#PORvCOL Starting XI and Game Thread (9.8.2018)

The Colorado Rapids (6-14-6, W-L-T) travel to the Pacific to face Western Conference foe Portland Timbers (12-9-5) at Providence Park, where the Timbers are on a seven-game winning streak against the boys in burgundy. The Rapids all-time are 7-9-3 against the Timbers.

August wasn’t all that kind to the Timbers, as they dropped four straight games, but are on better form with a win and a draw in the last two games. This has left them sixth in the West, one point above the playoff line, one point ahead of Vancouver and three points ahead of LA Galaxy.

Colorado hopes to get in a better run of form and recover from the atrocity of their last match against Real Salt Lake, where they were reduced…