Watch Portland Timbers Vs. San Jose Earthquakes Live Online: Western Battle For MLS Playoff Spot
Can’t get enough soccer action after the thrilling USA victory at the Women’s World Cup? There’s more soccer to watch live online Sunday night as the Portland Timbers and San Jose Earthquakes play a crucial Major League Soccer match as they jockey for one of the final playoff spots out of the Western Conference.
The top six teams in each MLS conference qualify for the league’s postseason tournament. Portland now sits at fifth place with 28 points from 18 games played of the MLS 34-game schedule.
San Jose is lower on the table, in seventh place, but with two games in hand on the Timbers. But taking the full three points from the match in Portland Sunday night would vault the Earthquakes over Sporting Kansas City into a tie with Portland on points.
But the conference is tightly bunched — Portland is only four points behind leaders Seattle Sounders.
To find out how to watch the Portland Timbers vs. San Jose Earthquakes Major League Soccer game live online, see the information at the bottom of this article. Kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. at Providence Park in Portland, Oregon — 11 p.m. Eastern Time.
Both teams are coming out of the MLS “Rivalry Week” with wins over their arch-rivals. Portland stopped the Seattle Sounders in convincing fashion, tallying a 4-1 victory behind yet ßanother brace from Fanendo Adi, who now has seven two-goal games in MLS.
In San Jose’s last game, the Earthquakes were nearly as definitive in winning the North vs. South battle of California, dispatching the Los Angeles Galaxy 3-1 at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, California.
Chris Wondolowski scored his ninth goal of the season, good enough second on the MLS leader board. But the 32-year-old striker Wondolowski will now depart the Earthquakes for the remainder of July as he joins Team USA for the national men’s side’s CONCACAF Gold Cup campaign.
Because Sunday’s match will be televised by ESPN2, WatchESPN — or the WatchESPN app for mobile devices — is the primary way to watch this important MLS Western Conference matchup live online at this link. Subscribers who paid the $74 fee for the MLS Live streaming service will find the that game has been blacked out online.
There is one method to watch Portland Timbers vs. San Jose Earthquakes live online free without login info from a TV provider. The Sling TV internet package includes ESPN and is available with a one week free trial, an offer that can be accessed at this link.
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