The first meeting of 2022 between the Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers is finally here. This fixture is always a special one, and it will surely produce fireworks. Here are five things to know about the match:

Celebrating Seattle’s CCL victory

Saturday’s match between the bitter rivals will be special for a variety of reasons. Rivalry weekends are always suspenseful and neither team wants to exit the match with an L in the history books. The Sounders have one thing that the Timbers don’t have, though. And that is a Concacaf Champions League trophy.