Portland Timbers vs San Diego 3-1
- K. Velde29'
- A. Lassiter51'
- D. Da Costa68'
- Gabriel Pirani45+1'
- Kick-off
- Thu, 20 Aug 2026 · 02:30 (UTC)
- Referee
- Rubiel Vazquez, USA
Match timeline
- 90+7’Yellow card
Portland Timbers - 90+1’Yellow card
San DiegoO. Verhoeven - 83’Substitution
Portland TimbersD. Chara OND. Da Costa OFF - 83’Substitution
Portland TimbersV. Janssen ONA. Lassiter OFF - 74’Substitution
San DiegoO. Verhoeven OND. Thorhallsson OFF - 74’Substitution
San DiegoL. Bombino ONK. Sargeant OFF - 74’Substitution
Portland TimbersAntony ONK. Velde OFF - 74’Substitution
Portland TimbersJ. Ortiz ONC. Bassett OFF
Show 9 earlier events
- 74’Substitution
San DiegoA. Pellegrino ONM. Ingvartsen OFF - 68’Goal!
Portland TimbersD. Da CostaAssist: K. Velde3 – 1 - 62’Substitution
Portland TimbersE. Miller ONB. Bye OFF - 59’Substitution
San DiegoA. Alvarado Jr ONO. Valakari OFF - 59’Substitution
San DiegoE. Achouri ONA. Mighten OFF - 51’Goal!
Portland TimbersA. LassiterAssist: J. Fory2 – 1 - 45+1’Goal!
San DiegoGabriel PiraniAssist: L. Morgan1 – 1 - 29’Goal!
Portland TimbersK. VeldeAssist: C. Bassett1 – 0 - 17’Yellow card
Portland TimbersA. Lassiter - 1’Kick-off
Key stats
- 30%Possession70%
- 11Shots21
- 1.60xG1.38
- 5Shots on Target6
- 0Corners7
- 83%Pass Accuracy92%
- 3Offsides1
- 5Saves2
- 315Passes730
- 14Fouls9
- 1Yellow Cards1
Lineups
Confirmed selections
Portland Timbers4 - 2 - 3 - 1
- 41Pantemis
- 5Bye
- 20Surman
- 4Miller
- 27Fory
- 17Bassett
- 30Caicedo
- 7Lassiter
- 10Costa
- 99Velde
- 19Kelsy
Substitutions
- 62’↑15 Eric Miller↓5 Brandon Bye
- 74’↑ Antony↓99 Kristoffer Velde
- 74’↑80 Joao Ortíz↓17 Cole Bassett
- 83’↑21 Diego Chará↓10 David Pereira Da Costa
- 83’↑14 Vincent Janssen↓7 Ariel Lassiter
Unused substitutes 25 Trey Muse, 23 Ian Smith, 11 Antony Alves, 88 Gage Guerra, 22 Omir Fernandez
Coach Jack Cassidy
San Diego4 - 3 - 3
- 1Santos
- 3Þórhallsson
- 26Duah
- 32Murphy
- 5Sargeant
- 12Pirani
- 6Tverskov
- 8Valakari
- 9Morgan
- 7Ingvartsen
- 77Mighten
Substitutions
- 59’↑70 Alejandro Alvarado Jr↓8 Onni Valakari
- 59’↑99 Elias Achouri↓77 Alex Mighten
- 74’↑33 Oscar Verhoeven↓ D. Thorhallsson
- 74’↑27 Luca Bombino↓5 Kieran Sargeant
- 74’↑90 Amahl Pellegrino↓7 Marcus Ingvartsen
Unused substitutes 18 Duran Ferree, 97 Christopher McVey, 20 Aníbal Godoy, 19 David Vazquez
Coach Mikey Varas
Match facts
- Competition
- Major League Soccer - United States and Canada
- Date
- Thu, 20 Aug 2026
- Kick-off
- 02:30 (UTC)
- Referee
- Rubiel Vazquez, USA
- Portland Timbers coach
- Jack Cassidy
- San Diego coach
- Mikey Varas
League table
Major League Soccer - United States and Canada · Western Conference
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 33 | 18 | 7 | 8 | +38 | 61 | |
| 2 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 8 | +9 | 55 | |
| 3 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 9 | +8 | 52 | |
| 4 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 10 | +10 | 51 | |
| 5 | 33 | 14 | 9 | 10 | +1 | 51 | |
| 6 | 33 | 12 | 11 | 10 | +13 | 47 | |
| 7 | 33 | 11 | 11 | 11 | -6 | 44 | |
| 8 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | -1 | 43 | |
| 9 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | -1 | 43 | |
| 10 | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 43 | |
| 11 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 42 | |
| 12 | 33 | 10 | 11 | 12 | -4 | 41 | |
| 13 | 33 | 9 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 38 | |
| 14 | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | -21 | 34 | |
| 15 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 22 | -42 | 23 |
Match related news
Team form comparison
Last 5 matches, all competitions
- W-D-L
- 3-1-1
- Scored / match
- 2.4
- Conceded / match
- 1.4
- W-D-L
- 2-1-1
- Scored / match
- 0.8
- Conceded / match
- 0.5
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Portland Timbers beat San Diego 3-1 in the Major League Soccer - United States and Canada.
K. Velde 29', A. Lassiter 51' and D. Da Costa 68' scored for Portland Timbers, Gabriel Pirani 45+1' for San Diego.
Portland Timbers had 30% of the ball to San Diego's 70%; the sides had 11 and 21 shots (5 and 6 on target).
The referee showed 3 yellow cards and no reds.
Match record
- Competition
- Major League Soccer - United States and Canada
- Kick-off
- Match ID
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17 events
- 17’Yellow card
Portland TimbersA. Lassiter - 29’Goal!
Portland TimbersK. VeldeAssist: C. Bassett1 – 0 - 45+1’Goal!
San DiegoGabriel PiraniAssist: L. Morgan1 – 1 - 51’Goal!
Portland TimbersA. LassiterAssist: J. Fory2 – 1 - 59’Substitution
San DiegoA. Alvarado Jr ONO. Valakari OFF - 59’Substitution
San DiegoE. Achouri ONA. Mighten OFF - 62’Substitution
Portland TimbersE. Miller ONB. Bye OFF - 68’Goal!
Portland TimbersD. Da CostaAssist: K. Velde3 – 1 - 74’Substitution
San DiegoO. Verhoeven OND. Thorhallsson OFF - 74’Substitution
San DiegoL. Bombino ONK. Sargeant OFF - 74’Substitution
Portland TimbersAntony ONK. Velde OFF - 74’Substitution
Portland TimbersJ. Ortiz ONC. Bassett OFF - 74’Substitution
San DiegoA. Pellegrino ONM. Ingvartsen OFF - 83’Substitution
Portland TimbersD. Chara OND. Da Costa OFF - 83’Substitution
Portland TimbersV. Janssen ONA. Lassiter OFF - 90+1’Yellow card
San DiegoO. Verhoeven - 90+7’Yellow card
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