Guess the Starting XI - Match 21 vs. Portland

Welcome back everyone.

Similar to last weekend against Minnesota, the Vancouver Whitecaps will have an opportunity to take crucial points off of a Western Conference rival when visiting the Portland Timbers this upcoming Sunday night at Providence Park.

The Timbers currently sit one point above Vancouver, 9th in the West on 26 points, with both teams level in terms of matches played. Back on April 10th, the Timbers took all three points at BC Place with a 3-2 victory. The Timbers are undefeated in their last five matches and coming off of a huge road win in Cascadia over the Seattle Sounders.

In terms of the Whitecaps’ lineup, we will have to monitor which players who were not available midweek will be eligible to start on Sunday night. While the Whitecaps were able to survive on Wednesday with nine absences, their depth could be tested even further this weekend.

A big shout-out to Island Life who smashed the prediction midweek with a perfect score!

Ok, on to rules and standings.

• Predictions will be ‘valid’ if posted HERE (or more accurately, whichever is the correct match thread) before the lineup is officially announced, usually about an hour before kickoff.
• You receive 1 point for every player you correctly guess to be in the Starting XI. You receive 4 bonus points for correctly predicting all 11 starters.
• You get 5 points for correctly guessing Win/Lose/Draw, this doubles to 10 if you also predict the right score-line along with the result.
• All this means, if you correctly predict the Starting XI, Final Score, and Winner, you can earn 25 points!
• At the end of each half, the contestant’s lowest two scores of that period will be deducted from the cumulative standings.