Portland's first cross-conference matchup since late April, they welcome Chicago to Providence Park.
Currently on a three-game unbeaten/shutout streak, the Portland Timbers are back home Wednesday night for a midweek cross-conference matchup with Chicago Fire FC (7:30pm PT, TICKETS, Free on MLS Season Pass via Apple TV).
Portland (9th, 5-7-6, 21pts) currently hangs on to the final playoff spot in the Western Conference amidst a compact mid-table where just five points separate positions 6-12. The visiting Fire (14th, 3-6-8, 17pts), are in the midst of a battle with Inter Miami to leave the bottom of the Eastern Conference, sitting penultimate in the standings, but only five points from playoffs territory. Wednesday is the first regular-season matchup between the two clubs since August 2019, and 10th all-time. It's the Rose City and the Windy City meeting at Providence Park on matchday 19.
Here are five facts to know ahead of this cross-conference, midweek matchup.
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Portland is undefeated all-time against Chicago. Over the 10 matches disputed in MLS, the Timbers hold a record of five wins, zero losses, and five draws with the Fire (4-0-2 at Providence Park, 1-0-3 on the road).
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The Timbers played the Earthquakes to a 0-0 draw on Saturday, their fourth scoreless draw this season. Only once have the Timbers had more 0-0 matches in a full regular season and that was in the team's MLS Cup-winning season in 2015.
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The Fire are currently on a six-game winless streak (0-3-3), and are also winless in their last six matches on the road (0-4-2).
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Centerback Zac McGraw made a team-high seven clearances against San Jose and has 105 defensive clearances in the 2023 regular season. The next-most clearances by any MLS player in the 2023 regular season is 94 by Cincinnati's Matt Miazga. McGraw also recently received his first international call-up for the Canadian MNT this summer as part of their Concacaf Gold Cup squad.
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The Timbers have not allowed a goal over the past 270 minutes of regular-season play. Sporting Kansas CIty's last-minute stoppage-time strike in a 4-1 loss on May 28 was the last time any opponent has scored against Portland. Over that same stretch, the Timbers have allowed only five shots on goal.
