>Posting Saturday for Sunday spot for Sunday match...
Sunday, March 8, 2020—209898 Timbers -185 (BetCRIS)
7 pm EDT/4 pm PDT (ESPN, WatchESPN, MLS Live, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Deportes+)—Expansion MLS side Nashville SC (0-0-1, 1 GF-2 GA) head west to Providence Park (FieldTurf Revolution) in Portland to face Diego Valeri (1 goal) and the Timbers (0-0-1, 1 GF-3 GA)
on Sunday night in Week 2 action. Nashville lost in Week 1 in Atlanta, 2-1, as Walker Zimmerman notched the first-ever MLS goal for the visitors who are a continuation of the Nashville USL franchise with the same name.
In Week 1, Portland was beaten by Minnesota United in Portlandia, making this a must-win, or at least must-not-lose spot for Sebastián Blanco and the hosts (-190; NASH +550, DRAW +310; 3u -125;
Westgate Lost Wages SupperClub). Last MLS Regular Season, G Steve Clark and the Timbers were only 8-4-5 (W-D-L) at Home where Joey Timbers saws Logs for fun and Portland finished in 6h place in the Western Conference, making the Postseason.
Ground control to Major Tom. My god, does a lot happen in a week these strange days.

The Site, the need to rebound from a Loss and nature of
Nashville SC being an expansion club are the perceived handicapping edges in this fixture for the Timbers who, in Week 1, under Head Coach Giovanni Savarese, had a Starting XI (4-2-3-1) of GK Clark; D Moreira-Mabiala-Zuparic-Villafaña; DMF Parades-Diego Chara; AMF Yimmi Chará-Valeri-Blanco; F Mora vs the Loons. In his opener, Nashville Head Coach Gary Smith went with a Starting XI (4-2-3-1) of: GK Willis; D Miller-Zimmerman-Romney-Lovitz; DMF McCarty-Godoy; AMF Accam-Mukhtar-Leal; F Badji.
I don’t know what you expect staring into the TV set ©.
Valeri should be the most important player on the pitch in this one and with Chilean
Felipe Mora up top and a
Charra (Yimmi) and the talented
Blanco on his flanks, Portland should have twice as many scoring opportunities as Nashville, a city which saw nasty Tornadoes rip through it this wild week leaving at least
24 dead. So maybe Nashville FC will be glad to be out of Tennessee, but will it still have long Travel involved (2,350 miles) and that dreaded 3-hour Time Difference from EST to PST, meaning this one will end around 9 p.m. for their Body Clocks in their second game ever that counts. It seems it may have better for Nashville if Portland won in Week 1’s season lidlifter.
Timbers 2 Nashville FC 0