The Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers renew what's widely considered the best rivalry in MLS when the two teams collide on Saturday at Lumen Field in Seattle. The Sounders (8-7-2), who won MLS' first Concacaf Champions League title in May, entered Thursday in seventh place in the Western Conference with 26 points. Meanwhile the Timbers (5-6-8) are in 10th place in the West with 23 points.
Kickoff is 4:30 p.m ET. Seattle is the -111 mon ey line favorite (risk $111 to win $100) in the latest Sounders vs. Timbers odds from Caesars Sportsbook, with Portland the +285 underdog. A draw is priced at +275. The Over/Under for total goals scored is 2.5. (For more soccer coverage, click here.)
Before locking in your Sounders vs. Timbers picks or 2022 MLS predictions, you NEED to see what soccer insider Martin Green has to say.
After working in the sports betting industry for several years, Green became a professional sports writer and handicapper and has covered the game worldwide. Since then, his European'soccer picks'have been spot-on.'Green has generated more than $37,000 for $100 bettors since the 2017-18 season. He has his finger on the pulse of the game all over the globe.
Green knows the Sounders are playing arguably their best soccer of the season. They are 4-1-1 in their last six matches, having beaten Charlotte (2-1), Vancouver (4-0), Kansas City (3-0) and Toronto (2-0) and drawn with LAFC (1-1), the top team in the Western Conference. Over its last nine matches, Seattle has six wins, two losses and one draw.