Major League Soccer · USA · Round 1

Portland Timbers
2 - 1 Full time
Philadelphia Union

Providence Park

Lineups

Portland Timbers4-2-3-1
JG90Gleeson
AE2Powell
ST27Taylor
LR24Ridgewell
VA5Andriuskevicius
DC21Chara
JJ13Jewsbury
DN6Nagbe
DV8⚽↓90'Valeri
DM22Mattocks
FA9âš½Adi
AB1Blake
KR12Rosenberry
JY15Yaro
RM16Marquez
F33Fabinho
AB11Bedoya
BC7↓79'Carroll
FH14↓67'Herbers
TB10Barnetta
CP13âš½Pontius
CS17↓74'Sapong
Philadelphia Union4-2-3-1

Portland Timbers substitutes

14 Ben Zemanski ↑90'
1 Chris Konopka
23 Jack Barmby
99 Jack McInerney
4 Jermaine Taylor
26 Lucas Santiago Melano
16 Zarek Valentin

Coach: Caleb Porter

Philadelphia Union substitutes

25 Ilsinho 5.4 ↑67'
9 Charlie Davies ↑74'
6 Roland Alberg 5.7 ↑79'
27 John McCarthy
4 Ken Tribbett
28 Raymon Gaddis
2 Warren Creavalle

Coach: Jim Curtin

Match events

26'Joshua Yaro
35'Alejandro Bedoya
Second half
46'Diego Valeri assist: Darren Mattocks 1 - 0âš½
47'Chris Pontius assist: Fabian Herbers 1 - 1âš½
53'Fanendo Adi assist: Darren Mattocks 2 - 1âš½
67'↑ Ilsinho ↓ Fabian Herbers⇄
74'↑ Charlie Davies ↓ Charles Sapong⇄
79'↑ Roland Alberg ↓ Brian Carroll⇄
79'Brian Carroll
85'Joshua Yaro
90'↑ Ben Zemanski ↓ Diego Valeri⇄

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Match details

CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 17 September 2016, 22:10 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

6Portland Timbers wins3Draws3Philadelphia Union wins

12 past meetings on record. Biggest Portland Timbers win: Philadelphia Union 3–0 Portland Timbers (2021). Biggest Philadelphia Union win: Portland Timbers 0–2 Philadelphia Union (2022).

23 May 2022Portland Timbers 0 - 2 Philadelphia UnionMajor League Soccer
31 May 2021Philadelphia Union 3 - 0 Portland TimbersMajor League Soccer
6 Aug 2020Philadelphia Union 1 - 2 Portland TimbersMajor League Soccer Championship Playoff
26 May 2019Philadelphia Union 1 - 3 Portland TimbersMajor League Soccer
5 Aug 2018Portland Timbers 3 - 0 Philadelphia UnionMajor League Soccer
9 Apr 2017Philadelphia Union 1 - 3 Portland TimbersMajor League Soccer
12 Jul 2015Philadelphia Union 3 - 0 Portland TimbersMajor League Soccer
9 Mar 2014Portland Timbers 1 - 1 Philadelphia UnionMajor League Soccer
21 Jul 2013Philadelphia Union 0 - 0 Portland TimbersMajor League Soccer
13 Mar 2012Portland Timbers 3 - 1 Philadelphia UnionMajor League Soccer
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11 Sep 2011Philadelphia Union 0 - 0 Portland TimbersMajor League Soccer
7 May 2011Portland Timbers 1 - 0 Philadelphia UnionMajor League Soccer