**Seattle Sounders** hold the edge with **24 points** from **13 games**, sitting well above **Portland Timbers** who have **14 points** from **14 games**. The **Sounders** also won the most recent H2H meeting, while the **Timbers** have lost **8** of their **14** matches this season.

**Portland Timbers** midfield anchor **D. Chará** must disrupt **Seattle Sounders** playmaker **C. Roldan** to prevent service to attacker **P. Arriola**. **Seattle’s** compact defense, anchored by **S. Frei** in goal, will test **Portland’s** attack which has conceded **28** goals this season.

For **Portland Timbers**, attacker **F. Mora** must convert chances against a **Seattle** side that has conceded just **11** goals in **13** games. For **Seattle Sounders**, midfielder **C. Roldan** and attacker **P. Arriola** will drive the attack against a **Portland** defense that has shipped **28** goals.

**Portland Timbers** are missing defender **D. Da Costa**, midfielder **O. Fernandez**, and defender **Z. McGraw** for this fixture. **Seattle Sounders** will be without defender **Kim Kee-Hee**, midfielder **S. Hawkins**, and attacker **J. Morris**.