Major League Soccer · USA · Round 1

Portland Timbers
2 - 1 Full time
Columbus Crew

Providence Park

Lineups

Portland Timbers4-3-3
AL12Kwarasey
AE2Powell
NB7Borchers
LR24Ridgewell
JT4Taylor
DN6Nagbe
DC21Chara
DV8⚽↓87'Valeri
DA11Asprilla
FA9âš½Adi
LS26Melano
SC1Clark
HA25Afful
MP4↓85'Parkhurst
GS22Sauro
WF14Francis
TT6Tchani
WT20Trapp
HJ16↓67'Jimenez
FH10âš½Higuain
EF13↓81'Finlay
KA23Kamara
Columbus Crew4-2-3-1

Portland Timbers substitutes

13 Jack Jewsbury ↑87'
14 Ben Zemanski
99 Jack McInerney
90 Jacob Gleeson
25 Neco Brett
10 Ned Grabavoy
16 Zarek Valentin

Coach: Caleb Porter

Columbus Crew substitutes

9 Justin Meram ↑67'
11 Cedrick Mabwati ↑81'
27 Conor Casey ↑85'
33 Amro Tarek
41 Brad Stuver
3 Corey Ashe
8 Mohammed Saeid

Coach: Gregg Berhalter

Match events

24'Diego Valeri 1 - 0âš½
Second half
67'↑ Justin Meram ↓ Hector Jimenez⇄
68'Federico Higuain assist: Ethan Finlay 1 - 1âš½
79'Fanendo Adi 2 - 1âš½
81'↑ Cedrick Mabwati ↓ Ethan Finlay⇄
85'↑ Conor Casey ↓ Michael Parkhurst⇄
87'↑ Jack Jewsbury ↓ Diego Valeri⇄

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Match details

CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Kick-off (UTC)Sunday, 6 March 2016, 22:00 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

5Portland Timbers wins3Draws3Columbus Crew wins

11 past meetings on record. Biggest Portland Timbers win: Portland Timbers 3–2 Columbus Crew (2018). Biggest Columbus Crew win: Columbus Crew 1–3 Portland Timbers (2019).

18 Sep 2022Columbus Crew 1 - 1 Portland TimbersMajor League Soccer
21 Apr 2019Columbus Crew 1 - 3 Portland TimbersMajor League Soccer
20 Sep 2018Portland Timbers 3 - 2 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
25 Mar 2017Columbus Crew 3 - 2 Portland TimbersMajor League Soccer
6 Dec 2015Columbus Crew 1 - 2 Portland TimbersMajor League Soccer Playoff
27 Sep 2015Columbus Crew 1 - 2 Portland TimbersMajor League Soccer
18 May 2014Portland Timbers 3 - 3 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
7 Jul 2013Columbus Crew 1 - 0 Portland TimbersMajor League Soccer
6 May 2012Portland Timbers 0 - 0 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer
24 Jul 2011Columbus Crew 1 - 0 Portland TimbersMajor League Soccer
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22 May 2011Portland Timbers 1 - 0 Columbus CrewMajor League Soccer