Red Bull New York vs Portland Timbers MLS Football Match Live!

After both teams presented mid-week fixtures Major League Soccer, Red Bull New York and Portland Timbers site out of Red Bull Arena Saturday with major playoff implications threatening. After an impressive victory over FC Dallas last week, won in New York a 3-1 home defeat against Real Salt Lake humiliation on Wednesday. Portland yielded a goal in the second half to pull Khari Stephenson San Jose Earthquakes in the clash in midweek.

Portland The results point ahead of New York for the last wild card playoffs. With four of New York in five games remaining against teams come sit in the position of the playoffs, coach Hans Backe believes that winning three or four to complete the task. "We have to pick up wins, sure," said head coach Hans Backe MLSsoccer.com Red Bulls. "I think it's good for us to play against teams in the playoffs now I really know what we have to do. Probably three or four wins in five of the playoffs." For Luke Rodgers, a victory against Portland to help the team launches a defeat Wednesday in Salt Lake through the window.

"If someone had told us at the beginning of [last] week, you will win two and lose one, I would have had," said Rodgers MLSsoccer.com. "If we can get a win Saturday, we have two good results. It is also against Portland and the need for us, which is classified as double points. So if we can win on Saturday, we can forget this. "Saturday is a real lean" six pointer "not only see the winner claim three points, but playoff hopes are denied the opportunity to advance. Despite the importance of the game, the Portland coach John Spencer is the focus as usual.

"It is not always the style and content, sometimes you just going to dig deep and try to get something hidden and win," said Spencer. "We will approach the game against the Red Bulls this weekend in the same way as we approached the game [Wednesday], try to get three points." Mentality seems to Portland and has worked recently because of their Timbers are unbeaten in their last five games. They have posted a 3-0-2 record on the whole range.

Wood and Red Bulls were tied 3-3 at the Jeld-Wen field this season, a match that began with five goals in the second half. Austin Da Luz, Thierry Henry and Dwayne De Rosario scored for all of New York, while Portland got goals from Jack Jewsbury, Kevin Goldthwaite, and his goal against Stephen Keel.