Portland Timbers thump Seattle Sounders 5-1 in Seattle

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The Portland Timbers beat the Seattle Sounders 5-1 at Lumen Field on Thursday, July 16, 2026, with Kevin Kelsy scoring a brace in a dominant road performance. David da Costa created two assists to fuel Portland’s attack, and Jack Cassidy drew praise after what posts called the biggest Portland win over Seattle. Expected goals posted for the match showed Seattle 0.53 xG and Portland 2.31 xG. Fans inside Lumen Field reportedly closed the game with a “We want six” chant, while commentators framed the result as a major swing in the Cascadia Cup race. The margin and manner of the victory leave Seattle with urgent questions about their form and selection ahead of upcoming fixtures.

andré

@andre-carlisle.bsky.social

The Portland Timbers Got Good Immediately After I Was Fired, Here's How Spain Can Beat Lionel Messi by Phil Neville

30945d ago

@likkitp.ynyaproductions.com

The Sounders had over a month to rest up and prepare for this match. The let a coach-less Timbers team that had been struggling beat them 1-5 in their own house. There should be heads rolling after this.

8945d ago

Paul7

Can one of the heads be Merritt Paulson?

Trump U Admittance Office3

Second time Brian has been beat by an interm coach this season, Sounders have been outscored 8-1 in last 3 games….Roster is a mess, coaching is a mess, FO needs to be cleared out

Outshinered1

Ok, but who are they firing to improve things here?

Bethany1

They hate the nice grass Get the grass out of there and see if that helps

Ms. Beckles1

We have an interim coach?? But it does go to show everyone how awful Phil Neville is at coaching.

Tom Bogert

@tombogert.bsky.social

🟢 Gigantic win for the Portland Timbers last night, beating rivals Seattle Sounders on the road 5-1 (!) Timbers excellent in transition. 🇻🇪 Kevin Kelsy— 2g 🇵🇹 David da Costa— 2a More news 🔜

9444d ago

KUNA4

yeah, transition game was on point. da Costa's assist numbers are insane this season

senorfern3.bsky.social3

who’s the new coach 🤔

Adam Susman

@adam-susman.bsky.social

FINAL | POR 5-1 SEA #RCTID Jack Cassidy just wrote his name in Timbers history with the biggest ever Portland over Seattle win. “We want six” ringing across Lumen to end the game from incredible traveling support.

7145d ago

Rye2

Vocal cords shredded, happy to be a part of it. RCTID

Jeremy Peterman𓅪

@jeremypeterman.bsky.social

BACK FROM THE WORLD CUP BREAK WITH A HISTORIC 5-1 DESTRUCTION OF THE STUPID AND HATED SEATTLE SOUNDERS. BACK IN THE CASCADIA CUP RACE. YOU'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT. JACK CASSIDY, TAKE A BOW. FISH L TREE W. #RCTID

6545d ago

GOLIKEHELLMACHINE

@golikehellmachine.com

also, lol, one more thing for me to be absolutely insufferable about, now i'm going to get back into following the timbers and the thorns, because portland is the capital of american soccer

7445d ago

jajajaboo.bsky.social20

Been teaching our son about sportsmanship and how we don’t have to root against the opponent just be positive for our teams except seattle (and UW) fuck the sounders

Sol Feggio5

The Fire game I went to was rocking. Rose city is a sports city.

Nick S5

Definitely go to the match, man, Timbers and Thorns have the muse of the terrace, a match in Portland has most of the good stuff of my early days as a fan in England and none of the really shitty stuff.

Byrd Turgler4

To me this is awesome. This is mainly because I *loath* the Sounders. lmao. Eat shit, losers.

Colin Durant4

I was there in the club seats (wife’s employer) below a very loud Timbers Army contingent and smiled when I heard “we are green, we are white, we are fucking dynamite” louder than any home chant had to take the kids home at half and saw a bunch of Flounder fans file out. GUTTED.

Pseudotsuga3

Praying that the Caps stay 😢

Quoting this

GOLIKEHELLMACHINE29

anyway, where's MLS twitter, i want to go see some cope

Ryan W Enslow2

This reminds me how much I love discovering really specific regional sports dedications. You could REALLY feel that Portland gives a shit about soccer when I was working there in the same way that San Jose, California got me into hockey

Sheba

@shebainpdx.bsky.social

These boys staying behind to watch the highlights are giving me life #RCTID

Two boys, one in a Timbers kit and one in an Argentina kit, watching the highlights of the Seattle-Portland soccer match. The boy in the Timbers kit is pointing at the screen as it shows a goal replay.

6245d ago

ke11y.bsky.social

@ke11y.bsky.social

In honor of Timbers vs Sounders, I went to the bad place to retrieve this all timer from @kabest.bsky.social

A tweet from Katelyn Best saying “Jordan Morris is 180 pounds of boneless chicken breasts pretending to be a guy”

3945d ago

Stumptown Footy

@stumptownfooty.bsky.social

Happy Victory Friday, Rose City! Hey Kamal, remind me, how many goals did the Timbers score against the Sounders last night? #RCTID

4144d ago

Sam Svilar

@sammich923.bsky.social

So that was... a... pretty darned good half of soccer... from the Portland Timbers. Huh. Cool. #RCTID

3745d ago

Douglas Reyes-Ceron

@dreyesceron.bsky.social

Seattle Sounders playing like they all ate the poisoned lettuce tonight

1845d ago

TrustedReveler

@trustedreveler.bsky.social

Here’s my game summary for last night: Portland Timbers are better than the Belgium National Team when playing on grass in Seattle.

1744d ago

soccer watcher

@soccerwatcher.bsky.social

Timbers need to inquire about shipping that grass field down to Portland. 5-1 #RCTID

1745d ago

Jeremiah Oshan

@jeremiah.sounderatheart.com

This is just the second time that Sounders-Timbers have played each other on grass. The other time was in the 2018 U.S. Open Cup at Cheney Stadium. Cc: @jeremypeterman.bsky.social

1845d ago

Melina Melinae

@melinae07.bsky.social

I haven’t seen the Timbers play in a while and now that I do they’re winning 4-0 in a Cascadia Rivalry game playing in Seattle? You’re welcome, Portland. #RCTID

1845d ago

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