The Portland Timbers announced their 2021 schedule on Wednesday. Unlike the 2020 schedule, the Timbers will be playing each team in the Western Conference at least twice, and also have two games against teams from the Eastern Conference.
The Timbers open the season with a series of twelve matches that alternate between away and home matches, including some of their longest road trips of the season, with three trips to Texas, and their lone trip to the east coast for a match at Philadelphia.
They then play five of their next seven matches at home before being on the road for five straight matches from mid-August to mid-September.
The season ends with seven of their last eleven matches at home, but there is some match congestion at the end of the season with six matches in the last 22 days of the schedule. Otherwise the only times the Timbers play three matches in a calendar week are June 19-26, July 17-24, and August 15-21.
Here is the schedule breakdown:
Western Conference Teams they play three times:
Vancouver (1 home, 2 away)
Seattle (2 home, 1 away)
Houston (1 home, 2 away)
San Jose (2 home, 1 away)
LA Galaxy (1 home, 2 away)
Austin (1 home, 2 away)
LAFC (2 home, 1 away)
Salt Lake (2 home, 1 away)
Western Conference Teams they play twice:
Dallas (1 home, 1 away)
Kansas City (1 home, 1 away)
Minnesota (1 home, 1 away)
Colorado (1 home, 1 away)
Eastern Conference Teams the Timbers will face this year:
Philadelphia (1 away)
Miami (1 home)
The Timbers schedule is heavy on weekend games this year, especially at home, with 12 of the 17 home games being on weekends, with the remainder on Wednesdays:
Home matches:
Saturday (7), Sunday (5), Wednesday (5)
Away matches:
Saturday (7), Sunday (3), Wednesday (4), Friday (3)
The schedule on the right side of this site has been updated:
Timbers announce schedule for 2021 season | Timbers website
