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# Portland Timbers host Charlotte in MLS matchday 31

Portland Timbers face visitors Charlotte in matchday 31 of MLS, in a meeting between two teams from different regions in the overall standings.

[Kareem Al-Saleh](https://riyadaty.com/en/author/kareem-al-saleh-2) Editor Published 23 October 2026، 17:35 Saudi time

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Portland Timbers host Charlotte in MLS matchday 31

The matchday 31 game in [MLS](https://riyadaty.com/en/competition/mls-33) between [Portland Timbers](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/portland-timbers-494) and visitors [Charlotte](https://riyadaty.com/en/team/charlotte-480) takes place on 25 October 2026 at 05:30 Saudi Arabia time (the same as Damascus time), and will be broadcast on Apple TV.

In the last round, Portland Timbers drew 0-0 with Colorado Rapids at home, and before that lost 0-2 to LA Galaxy away, drew 3-3 with Sporting Kansas City away, lost 1-3 to San Jose Earthquakes, and lost 0-1 to Atlanta United at home.

For their part, Charlotte go into the match after drawing 2-2 with Philadelphia Union away, and before that lost 1-3 to Columbus Crew, won 3-2 against Dallas at home, then lost 0-1 to Chicago Fire also at home, and won 2-1 against DC United away.

In previous meetings between the two sides, Charlotte won the last two encounters, beating Portland Timbers 2-0 on 15 February 2025, and repeating the same 2-0 scoreline on 5 May 2024, with both matches played at Charlotte's ground.

Portland Timbers will be without Anthony, Alexander Bonitieg, Brandon Scott Bay, Zachary Lewis McGraw, J. Moscardelli, Hunter Pendleton Sult and F. Sorman through injury until matchday.

On the other hand, Charlotte will be missing N. Birchimas, Archie Stewart, Wynn Goodwin and E. John through injury, in addition to A. Dukouri for other reasons.

In the standings, Charlotte are in fifth place in the Eastern Conference with 47 points from 30 matches, with 13 wins, 8 draws and 9 losses, and a goal difference of 53 for and 45 against. Portland Timbers, meanwhile, are in eleventh place in the Western Conference with 34 points from 30 matches, with 9 wins, 7 draws and 14 losses, and a goal difference of 51 for and 56 against.

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