Match Thread: Portland Timbers @ Vancouver Whitecaps

Photo by Christopher Morris - Corbis/Getty ImagesThe Portland Timbers (1-2-3) are heading north of the border to face the Vancouver Whitecaps (1-3-1) in the first Cascadia Cup rivalry game of 2022. Tonight presents itself as a game in which both squads will be determined to get their 2022 campaigns back on track, and start to climb from the basement of the Western Conference table.

Portland travels to face a Vancouver side that we really don’t know quite that much about yet. After a slow start to the season, the ‘Caps just collected their first win last week at home in a 1-0 decision over Sporting Kansas City. Portland’s opponents in tonight’s affair are a team that perhaps has a bit of…