Austin vs Portland Timbers 0-2

Portland Timbers won 2-0 at Q2 Stadium, with early and second-half goals from Ariel Lassiter and Kristoffer Velde deciding it. Austin had more of the ball, but Portland made their chances count.

Lassiter opened the scoring in the 3rd minute, finishing from Vincent Janssen for 1-0, and Portland took that lead into half-time.

The visitors doubled their advantage in the 70th minute when Velde scored from Ian Smith to make it 2-0. Austin made two changes in the 71st minute, with Micah Burton going off before Myrto Uzuni came on, and Mikkel Desler being replaced by Brendan Hines-Ike. Portland later made two changes in the 77th minute and another three late substitutions as they saw out the result.

Austin had 59% possession, 520 passes and 16 shots to Portland's 41%, 386 passes and 9 shots, with the home side also finishing with 7 shots on target to 4. Austin had 5 corners to Portland's 4 and an xG of 0.68 to 0.42, but Portland's seven saves compared with Austin's two helped protect the clean sheet.

Micah Burton was booked in the 57th minute.