BEAVERTON, Ore. – The Portland Timbers scored six times in their mid-week, 6-3, victory at the LA Galaxy. Their Sunday opponent, the visiting San Jose Earthquakes, gave up the same number of goals to Portland the last time the teams faced each other, on September 19 at Earthquakes Stadium (7pm PT, FOX 12 PLUS (KPDX)). Combine’s Portland’s form with that precedent and you have a worrying scenario for Matías Almeyda’s Earthquakes.
“San Jose is going to be very competitive,” Timbers head coach Giovanni Savarese reassured on Friday. “It is going to be very difficult.