Match Preview: Vancouver Whitecaps @ Portland Timbers

After two very different 2-2 draws over the past week, the Vancouver Whitecaps dive headlong this Saturday into a crucial Cascadia clash against the Portland Timbers at Providence Park.

Just like NYCFC last weekend, the Portland Timbers are undefeated at home this season with a record of 7-0-3 following a decisive victory over the Philadelphia Union last Saturday. Portland could not be in better form at the moment, undefeated in their last 15 league games, tied for the sixth-longest such streak in MLS history and the longest since the Red Bulls went 18 straight unbeaten from July 2016 to March 2017.

Meanwhile the Whitecaps will surely have mixed emotions from their midweek Canadian…