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Portland
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2 - 2
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St. Louis
Portland vs St. Louis: match report
Portland Timbers hosted St. Louis CITY SC at Providence Park on Thursday 10 September 2026, in the MLS. Portland are without 1 player (Alexander Aravena); St. Louis are missing 1 (Conrad Wallem). Fotis Bazakos is the referee, averaging 4.3 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.2.
Result and scorers
Portland 2-2 St. Louis. Goals: Rafael Navarro 1' for St. Louis; Kristoffer Velde 33' for Portland; Rafael Navarro 51' for St. Louis; Kristoffer Velde 89' for Portland.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 1' Goal: Rafael Navarro (St. Louis) 0-1
- 31' Yellow card: Dante Polvara (St. Louis)
- 33' Goal: Kristoffer Velde (Portland) 1-1
- 36' Yellow card: Jaziel Orozco (St. Louis)
- 45'+2' Yellow card: Tomas Totland (St. Louis)
- 51' Goal: Rafael Navarro (St. Louis) 1-2
- 58' Yellow card: Eric Miller (Portland)
- 67' Yellow card: Rafael Navarro (St. Louis)
- 89' Goal: Kristoffer Velde (Portland) 2-2
Match stats (contains the result)
| 51.5% | Possession | 48.5% |
| 16 | Shots | 10 |
| 3 | Shots on target | 4 |
| 9 | Corners | 2 |
| 10 | Fouls | 21 |
| 3 | Offsides | 1 |
| 2 | Saves | 1 |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 4 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
Portland 4-3-3
Coach: Martí Cifuentes
- 41 James Pantemis GK
- 15 Eric Miller DEF
- 20 Finn Surman DEF
- 4 Kamal Miller DEF
- 27 Jimer Fory DEF
- 10 David Da Costa MID
- 80 Joao Ortiz MID
- 17 Cole Bassett MID
- 7 Ariel Lassiter FWD
- 14 Vincent Janssen FWD
- 99 Kristoffer Velde FWD
Bench
- 21 Diego Chará MID
- 12 Ronald Hernández DEF
- 11 Antony FWD
- 23 Ian Smith DEF
- 22 Omir Fernandez FWD
- 88 Gage Guerra FWD
- 26 Hunter Sulte GK
- 6 Alex Bonetig DEF
- 2 Joel Waterman DEF
St. Louis 3-4-3
Coach: Yoann Damet
- 1 Roman Bürki GK
- 99 Jaziel Orozco DEF
- 32 Timo Baumgartl DEF
- 21 Dante Polvara DEF
- 14 Tomas Totland MID
- 8 Christopher Durkin MID
- 24 Daniel Edelman MID
- 20 Rafael Santos MID
- 23 Alexandru Mățan MID
- 9 Rafael Navarro FWD
- 77 Sang-Bin Jeong FWD
Bench
- 5 Lukas MacNaughton DEF
- 27 Fallou Fall DEF
- 11 Simon Becher FWD
- 19 Carlo Holse MID
- 59 Mykhi Joyner FWD
- 42 Damion Downs FWD
- 39 Benjamin Lundt GK
- 28 Miguel Perez MID
- 7 Tomás Ostrák FWD
Injuries and suspensions
Portland
- Alexander Aravena injury, back Early October 2026
St. Louis
- Conrad Wallem suspension, back Early September 2026
Previous meetings
- Sunday 13 July 2025: St. Louis CITY SC 2-1 Portland Timbers
- Sunday 8 June 2025: Portland Timbers 2-1 St. Louis CITY SC
- Sunday 25 August 2024: Portland Timbers 4-4 St. Louis CITY SC
- Saturday 10 August 2024: St. Louis CITY SC 3-1 Portland Timbers
- Sunday 9 June 2024: St. Louis CITY SC 0-0 Portland Timbers