Real Salt Lake vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Match Preview
Real Salt Lake vs Portland Timbers — MLS at Rio Tinto Stadium.
- Real Salt Lake 10 games · 19 pts (2026/26)
- Portland Timbers 10 games · 10 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Rosendo Mendoza (USA)
- Assistant 1 Brooke Mayo (USA)
- Assistant 2 Matthew Nelson
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 10 23 2 New England Revolution 10 19 3 Internacional CF Miami 11 19 4 Chicago Fire FC 10 17 5 D.C. United SC 11 15 6 FC Cincinnati 11 15 7 Charlotte FC 11 14 8 Toronto FC 11 14 9 New York City FC 11 12 10 Columbus Crew SC 11 12 11 New York Red Bulls 11 12 12 Atlanta United FC 11 10 13 Orlando City SC 11 10 14 Montreal Impact FC 10 9 15 Philadelphia Union 11 6 16 San Jose Earthquakes 11 28 17 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 10 25 18 Los Angeles FC 11 21 19 Seattle Sounders FC 9 20 20 Minnesota United FC 11 20 21 Real Salt Lake 10 19 22 FC Dallas 11 16 23 Houston Dynamo 10 15 24 Colorado Rapids SC 11 13 25 Los Angeles Galaxy 11 13 26 Austin FC 11 13 27 San Diego FC 11 12 28 Portland Timbers 10 10 29 St. Louis City 10 6 30 Sporting Kansas City 10 5 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May Portland Timbers H 2–0 W 26 Apr Los Angeles Galaxy A 1–2 L 23 Apr Internacional CF Miami H 0–2 L 19 Apr San Diego FC H 4–2 W 04 Apr Sporting Kansas City H 3–1 W 22 Mar San Diego FC A 2–2 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 May Real Salt Lake A 0–2 L 26 Apr San Diego FC A 2–1 W 19 Apr Minnesota United FC A 0–2 L 11 Apr Los Angeles FC H 2–1 W 05 Apr Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 2–3 L 22 Mar Los Angeles Galaxy H 1–1 D Season Stats
Real Salt Lake Portland Timbers #21 Position #28 19 Points 10 10 Played 10 6 / 1 / 3 W / D / L 3 / 1 / 6 19 Scored 13 14 Conceded 21 +5 GD -8 1.90 PPG 1.00 60% Win % 30% Key Stats
58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)68% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history10% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season0% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this seasonReal Salt Lake are 21st (19 pts). Portland Timbers are 28th (10 pts).
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Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Rio Tinto Stadium will turn into a battlefield for Real Salt Lake and Portland Timbers.
- 5' Sam Junqua needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 10' Goal! Zavier Gozo scores his 6 goal in 259 matches.
- 15' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 20' It looks surprising Real Salt Lake does not make any changes. Kevin Kelsy has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 25' It looks like no one’s ball. Portland Timbers is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 28' GOAL! Diego Luna scores on 28. Assisted by Juan Sanabria
- 33' Portland Timbers seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 38' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Real Salt Lake winning 100% of all matches.
- 43' Antony has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 17 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 48' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 53' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 53 minutes.
- 58' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Juan Sanabria made 508 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 60' It’s gonna be a card for Jimer Fory.
- 65' It’s high time Pablo Mastroeni made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 70' The travelling Portland Timbers supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 75' Real Salt Lake looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Diego Luna scoring 1 goals.
- 80' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Real Salt Lake needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 82' It’s gonna be a card for Ian Smith.
- 85' It’s a booking for Real Salt Lake player. Juan Sanabria gets a card.
- 90' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- That’s it! Another goalless match for Real Salt Lake and Portland Timbers (для сухой ничьи).
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Real Salt Lake
3-4-2-1Starting XI- 2
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- 29
- 6
- 9
- 8
- 10
- 1
- 92
- 72
- 22
Bench- 7
- 98
- 31
- 26
- 17
- 23
- 27
- 11
- 39
Coach Pablo MastroeniPortland Timbers
4-2-3-1Starting XI- 5
- 17
- 41
- 99
- 10
- 11
- 20
- 6
- 19
- 27
- 30
Bench- 21
- 25
- 4
- 7
- 9
- 16
- 28
- 23
- 88
Coach Phil Neville -
Head to Head
Real Salt Lake Form
Portland Timbers Form
2026-05-02 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Portland Timbers L 2026-04-26 San Diego FC 1–2 Portland Timbers W 2026-04-19 Minnesota United FC 2–0 Portland Timbers L 2026-04-11 Portland Timbers 2–1 Los Angeles FC W 2026-04-05 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–2 Portland Timbers L 2026-03-22 Portland Timbers 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy D