Reigning MLS Cup champion LAFC kick off their season on Saturday when the club hosts the Portland Timbers at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. Last season LAFC won the Supporters' Shield for the best regular season record and then advanced through the playoffs, capped by a thrilling, penalty-shootout victory over the Philadelphia Union in the MLS Cup to earn the franchise's first league title. Meanwhile the Timbers narrowly missed out on the playoffs last season, finishing eighth in the Western Conference.
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