| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portland Timbers (USSF) | 14 | D2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8/15 | 9-5 |
| Miami | 9 | L1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3/15 | 4-6 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portland Timbers (USSF) | 9 | 29 | 31 | -6 | LWLLL | 10 | -1 |
| Miami | 11 | 28 | 28 | -8 | WLDLL | 8 | +3 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2008-09-05
Miami (11th, 28 pts) visited Portland Timbers (USSF) (9th, 31 pts) with 3 points between them. Per game in the league, Portland Timbers (USSF) were scoring 0.9 and conceding 1.1, Miami 0.93 and 1.21, against a competition average of 1.16 goals per team per game.
Miami were winless in 6.
The venue was Providence Park, with room for 20,323 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 4-0.
