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MLS Playoffs Predict the Lineup: Sporting Kansas City vs. Portland Timbers

Sporting Kansas City are one win away from the MLS Cup final. Who should be in their starting lineup against the Portland Timbers?

By Ben Gartland
MLS: Sporting Kansas City at Portland Timbers Jaime Valdez-USA TODAY Sports

The Match

Who: Sporting Kansas City (1st in the West) vs. Portland Timbers (5th in the West)

Date: Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018

Time: 8:30 p.m. Sporting Time.

Location: Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kansas

How to Watch: ESPN, ESPN+

Behind Enemy Lines

Stumptown Footy

How They Got Here

Sporting Kansas City

  • First in the West
  • Knockout round bye
  • Defeated Real Salt Lake in the Western Conference semifinal

Portland Timbers

  • Fifth in the West
  • Defeated FC Dallas in the knockout round
  • Defeated the Seattle Sounders in the Western Conference semifinals

Bracket

Weather

Lineups

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