REAL SALT LAKE AT TIMBERS
When/where: 7:30 p.m. today at Jeld-Wen Field, Portland.
TV: Live on Root Sports (Comcast cable Ch. 34, 734).
Radio: FM 95.5 (AM 940 Spanish broadcast).
Records: Portland has 2 wins, 3 losses and 1 tie. Real Salt Lake is 4-0-0.
Why to watch: Unbeaten in league play, RSL is perhaps the league’s best team right now and is unbeaten over its last 18 MLS regular-season. The Timbers will try to continue their home-turf success.
POTENTIAL TIMBERS LINEUP
Forwards: Kenny Cooper, Jorge Perlaza.
Midfielders: Kalif Alhassan, Jack Jewsbury, Diego Chará, Darlington Nagbe.
Defenders: Rodney Wallace, Mamadou “Futty” Danso, Eric Brunner, Jeremy Hall.
Goalkeeper: Troy Perkins.
Key alternatives: MF James Marcelin, MF Adam Moffat, MF Ryan Pore, MF Sal Zizzo, D Kevin Goldthwaite, D Steve Purdy, D David Horst, GK Adin Brown.
ABOUT REAL SALT LAKE
Real Salt Lake has been one of the top franchises in MLS, since winning the league title in 2009, its fifth season. Coach Jason Kreis was the team’s captain before he shifted to head coach in May of 2007. At that time, he was the career scoring leader in MLS. Real Salt Lake plays in Rio Tinto Stadium (cap. 20,000) in Sandy, Utah.