The Zlatan show is coming to Cascadia as the Portland Timbers get set to host the LA Galaxy on Saturday night. The Galaxy, one of the Western Conference’s stronger road teams, will prove a stiff challenge for the Timbers as the home side tries to find their footing at Providence Park.
The Timbers will be without Diego Chara due to yellow card accumulation after a foul late in last weekend’s match against the Seattle Sounders put him in the referee’s book. Chara’s absence has been a killer for the Timbers for years now, but with a stronger-than-ever group of up and coming central midfielders the side have some hope of breaking their winless streak of matches in which Chara does not play.