As any Portland Timbers fan knows, every match of the season is a “can’t miss” event. But here are five that stand out as one’s you’ll definitely want to catch om 2015:
March 7, 2015: Portland Timbers vs. Real Salt Lake – 7:30pm PT
The home opener and curtain raiser to the 2015 campaign, the match also marks the first time new Timbers defender
Nat Borchers
will face his former RSL team.
April 12, 2015: Portland Timbers vs. Orlando City SC – 2pm PT on ESPN2
The Lions make their Portland debut bringing Kaka, Brek Shea, and Aurélien Collin along with them. Former Timbers keeper Donovan Ricketts returns to the Rose City.
April 19, 2015: New York FC vs. Portland Timbers – 4pm PT on FOX Sports 1
A week later, the Timbers travel to the Big Apple to take on David Villa and NYCFC. A nationally televised game on FOX Sports 1, Portland will do battle in famous Yankee Stadium.
June 28, 2015: Portland Timbers vs. Seattle Sounders FC – 4pm PT on FOX Sports 1
One of the greatest rivalries in sports continues with Portland hosting the Sounders for the only time in the 2015 regular season. Tifo, Cascadia Cup battle, thunderous crowd, intense atmosphere on the field…what’s not to love?
July 18, 2015: Portland Timbers vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC – 7:30pm PT
The Timbers battle Vancouver—their other historic Northwest rival—in July with Portland’s final game in the season’s Cascadia Cup competition. Could this match decide who takes home the trophy?
- DOWNLOAD: Timbers 2015 eCal Schedule
BONUS: Timbers lead MLS with six games on ESPN2 in 2015
The aforementioned April 12 game against Orlando City along with June 24 at LA, July 5 at home versus San Jose, August 2 at the Quakes' new Avaya Stadium, August 30 in Seattle and September 20 at Providence Park against the Red Bulls are all Timbers matches on national television throughout the 2015 season.
