Preview: Portland Timbers vs Seattle Sounders | Timbers Test Their Mettle In First Cascadia Cup Match
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By Will Conwell
GAME 9: Portland Timbers (4W-3L-1T) @ Seattle Sounders (3W-3L-4T)
Saturday, May 14, 8:00 p.m. ESPN2
Previous match-up(s): 3/4/11, Timbers 2 – Seattle 0 (Cascadia Summit)
The rivalry between Portland and Seattle has existed for decades, played out time and again between different incarnations of the Timbers and Sounders. It has simmered away for the last three years since the Sounders left the USL and joined Major League Soccer only to come to a boil in time for this match. Five hundred members of the Timbers Army will be traveling north to represent Portland, brave the cavernous Qwest Field, and face down the 36,000 Sounders fans contained within.
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