Match Preview: Portland Timbers at Vancouver Whitecaps

Craig Mitchelldyer-USA TODAY Sports Match Information

Teams: Portland Timbers vs Vancouver Whitecaps

Location: Providence Park, Portland

Date and Time: September 27th, 10:00 pm EST, 7:00 pm PST

Watching: TSN 2 (in Canada) & MLS Live on ESPN+ (in US); Radio: TSN 1040

What to expect

The Caps will be in Portland Sunday night for a, er, home game, and Caps fans better get used to it because this is going to be the arrangement for “home” matches the rest of the season.

It isn’t clear to me how this is going to impact the team’s play, if at all (neither Montreal nor Toronto have played their “home” matches yet). It is likely there are bigger things on the players’ minds, with their psyche is perhaps a…