| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester Rhinos | 15 | W2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10/15 | 7-3 |
| Portland Timbers (USSF) | 15 | W1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8/15 | 11-5 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Aggregated from 2 finished meetings (2005-06-02 – 2007-05-12) in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-05-12 | Portland Timbers (USSF) | 2-0 | Rochester Rhinos |
| 2005-06-02 | Rochester Rhinos | 3-1 | Portland Timbers (USSF) |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester Rhinos | 4 | 28 | 41 | 4 | WWWWL | 1 | +3 |
| Portland Timbers (USSF) | 9 | 29 | 31 | -6 | LWLLL | 10 | -1 |
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 2008-09-06
Rochester Rhinos went into the game 4th in the table on 41 points; Portland Timbers (USSF) sat 9th on 31 — a 10-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Rochester Rhinos 1.21 scored and 1.07 conceded per game, Portland Timbers (USSF) 0.9 and 1.1, with the league averaging 1.16.
The match was played at Capelli Sport Stadium (capacity 13,768). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-0.
