St. Louis City vs Portland Timbers 2-3

Portland Timbers won 3-2 at Citypark after taking control before and just after the break, then holding on through a late St. Louis City rally. Kristoffer Velde scored twice and David Da Costa was involved in both of Portland's first-half goals.

Velde opened the scoring in the 42nd minute from Cole Bassett's assist, then Da Costa made it 2-0 three minutes into first-half stoppage time with Jímer Fory providing the pass. St. Louis City had already made a change at the interval, sending on Sang-bin Jung for Damion Downs on 45 minutes, and the half-time score was 0-2.

Portland stretched the lead to 3-0 on 48 minutes when Velde scored his second of the match from Da Costa's assist. Daniel Edelman pulled one back in the 58th minute from Carlo Holse's pass, and Jung, who came on in the 45th minute, scored on 90+1 minutes from Christopher Durkin to leave it 3-2. Portland made two changes on 60 minutes, two more on 75 minutes and another on 83 minutes, while St. Louis City made two changes on 79 minutes as they chased the game, but the visitors saw out the final minutes before Kamal Miller was sent off in stoppage time.

St. Louis City had 61% of the ball, 435 passes to Portland's 280 and 1.71 expected goals to 0.89, yet Portland had the sharper edge in front of goal with 6 shots on target to 5 and the same number of saves at 3 apiece. St. Louis City also had more shots, 13 to 12, more corners, 5 to 4, and more fouls, 16 to 11.

Portland's bookings went to Eric Izoita on 62 minutes, Kamal Miller on 71 minutes, Vincent Janssen on 84 minutes and Ian Smith on 88 minutes. Miller was then shown a red card in the 90+6th minute.