Friday, October 17, 2014

Timbers Held To Scoreless Home Stalemate By RSL; Draw Level On Points With Caps For Final Western Conference Playoff Berth

At Portland, Oregon:

In the lone Friday Major League Soccer contest, Real Salt Lake held the home-standing Portland Timbers to a 0-0 draw.  RSL goalkeeper Nick Rimando (who made six saves) and his Portland counterpart Donovan Ricketts each delivered a shutout in the match.

The Timbers are now level on points with Vancouver for the final Western Conference playoff berth (with Portland having the superior goal differential) with one regular-season contest left.  The Whitecaps, with a game in hand,  will travel to Santa Clara, California for the San Jose Earthquakes' final game at Buck Shaw Stadium on Saturday night.

The Timbers will close out the regular season next Saturday at FC Dallas in Frisco, Texas (5:30 PM Pacific Time, ROOT Sports Northwest).

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