Portland and MLS NEXT Pro's Tacoma Defiance face-off at Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila, Wash. at 7pm PT on Tuesday, May 6.
The Portland Timbers make their Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup return on Tuesday, May 6 in a Round of 32 matchup with MLS NEXT Pro's Tacoma Defiance. Kickoff from Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila, Wash. is set for 7pm PT and will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network and streamed on Paramount+.
About the 2025 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
Now in its 110th edition, the history-filled tournament is conducted on a single-game-knockout basis and open to all professional and amateur teams affiliated with U.S. Soccer.
The 2025 U.S. Open Cup winner will earn a berth in the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup and have its name engraved on the Dewar Challenge Trophy – one of the oldest nationally contested trophies in American team sports. The 2025 tournament features a total purse worth $1 million that includes a $600,000 award for the champion.
Join us at a Timbers Pub Partners
The club's Pub Program has expanded and Timbers gamedays are now more accessible than ever! This year, the expanded program has over 70 locations spread across the Portland metro area, statewide in Eugene, Bend, Salem, Cannon Beach and McMinnville, and even overseas with PDX Taproom in Tokyo, Japan.
Many will be showing the U.S. Open Cup games but please call ahead to confirm!
Portland, Central Oregon, the Coast and even Tokyo: There's a Timbers Pub
Looking for a place to watch Timbers games? We've team up with pubs across Oregon that are committed to showing every match all season long.
Interested in becoming a Pub Partner? Email promotions@timbers.com for more information.
How To Watch
Sunday's matchup will be live on CBS Sports Network and Paramount+.
On the run? Listen to the match on the radio on 750 The Game or in Spanish on La GranD (KGDD 93.5 FM, 1520 AM).
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The Storyline
The Timbers last played in the historic tournament in 2023, reaching the Round of 32, following a 3-1 win over USL Championship side Orange County SC. Ultimately, Portland would fall to Real Salt Lake in a hard-fought 4-3 result, ending their 2023 Open Cup journey.
Following a one-year hiatus, the Timbers are once again a part of the most historic soccer tournament in the U.S. Commencing their 2024 journey in the Round of 32, Portland has been drawn with MLS NEXT Pro club Tacoma Defiance.
The Tacoma Defiance – the MLS NEXT Pro affiliate club of Seattle Sounders FC – have started off their 2025 regular season on the front foot. The Defiance currently lead the MLS NEXT Pro Western Conference after seven games (5-2-0, 15pts) and have won four-straight heading into the USOC matchup. With 22 goals netted thus far, Tacoma has the highest-scoring offense in the league. Forward Osaze De Rosario – son of former MLS great Dwayne De Rosario – leads the frontline for Tacoma, having scored eight goals in just five league appearances (all starts). His performances in April earned De Rosario MLS NEXT Pro Player of the Month honors.
