BOTTOM LINE: The Portland Timbers visit the Vancouver Whitecaps in the first round of the MLS Cup Playoffs. The Whitecaps are ...

Vancouver Whitecaps' Edier Ocampo, left, and Portland Timbers' Kamal Miller, right, vie for the ball during second half MLS ...

Sports Mole previews Thursday's Major League Soccer clash between Vancouver Whitecaps and Portland Timbers, including ...

The Vancouver Whitecaps will begin their post-season campaign with a play-in game against the Timbers in Portland on ...

The Major League Soccer playoffs are here, and Providence Park beckons for Vancouver. The results the Vancouver Whitecaps ...

Good news, Vancouver Whitecaps! You're in a position that comes with home ... the Western Conference's No. 9 seed — most ...

The Whitecaps are 12-7-4 in Western Conference play. The Whitecaps are seventh in the MLS giving up 40 goals. The Timbers are 11-8-6 against Western Conference teams. The Timbers are 6-0-3 when ...

The Timbers pressured Vancouver for much of the game ... winning 3-2 at home March 30 then losing 2-0 in Portland on June 22. The Whitecaps play three of their remaining four games at home.

Portland Timbers (12-10-8, eighth in the Western Conference) vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC (13-9-7, seventh in the Western Conference) Vancouver, British Columbia; Saturday, 10:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM ...

BOTTOM LINE: The Vancouver Whitecaps host the Portland Timbers in a conference matchup. The Whitecaps are 12-7-4 in Western Conference play. The Whitecaps are seventh in the MLS giving up 40 goals.