Portland Timbers vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC Prediction, 7/17/2022 MLS Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Guy Bruhn - 7/14/2022

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Game: Portland Timbers vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date: Sunday, July 17, 2022

Location: Providence Park in Portland, OR

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Portland (-173) Vancouver (+500)

Brian White and the Vancouver Whitecaps FC (7-3-9, 10th in Western Conference) are headed to Providence Park on Sunday where they'll meet the Portland Timbers (6-8-6, 9th in Western Conference). The men protecting the net are Aljaz Ivacic for the Portland Timbers and Thomas Hasal for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC. The Whitecaps are priced at +500 while the Timbers are at -173. The over/under has been set at 2.5.

Portland faced off with Seattle in their last match and earned the victory with a final of 3-0. In regard to passing, they finished this match with a 90.5% passes received rate by converting 352 out of their 389 targeted passes in their last match. The Timbers tried 11 dribbles in this outing and completed 7 of the tries for a rate of 63.6%.

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Concerning shot accuracy, Portland walked away from the pitch at a 70.0% rate by putting 7 SoT out of 10 total shots. Portland sports an average of 1.60 goals per 90 (32 goals in total) and have 22 assists in all competitions this year.

Yimmi Chara is a player who should be able to impact this match for the Portland Timbers. Chara has started 181 outings so far in his pro soccer career and has 0.23 G/90. The forward hailing from Columbia has recorded 40 goals in 15,843 professional minutes played. He has totaled 36 assists while tallying 7 yellow card warnings so far in his pro soccer career.

Another player who could decide the outcome is Dairon Asprilla, the forward representing Colombia. He has helped a teammate on a goal 12 times during his pro soccer career while he has scored 34 total goals. Asprilla has earned 9,382 mins in 107 career starts and has been given 24 yellow cards. He has an average of 0.33 G/90 for his pro soccer career.

The guy protecting the net for Portland Timbers is Aljaz Ivacic. Ivacic (9-9-14 mark in his career) has accounted for 4 clean sheets, which has him sitting with a 12.5% clean sheet percentage. The keeper from Slovenia has seen 169 shots tried against him in 32 career starts. His goals allowed per 90 mins is 2.00 (65 goals allowed) and he has a save % of 63.3. Ivacic has played for a total of 2,931 mins and has accumulated 106 saves thus far in his career.

For their last match, Vancouver took a defeat with a final score of 3-1 against Minnesota. They wrapped up this match by completing 418 out of their 446 passes they tried earning a percentage of 93.7%. The Whitecaps finished with a 57.1% successful dribble rate by converting 8 out of the 14 dribbles they attempted. Vancouver connected on 3 shots on target out of the team's 11 shots attempted which gave them a 27.3% rate when they last stepped onto the pitch. Having tallied 20 goals and 7 assists in all their contests, Vancouver has an average of 1.05 goals and 0.37 assists per 90 min.

Brian White should provide solid play for Vancouver Whitecaps FC. He is currently averaging 0.48 goals per 90 minutes and has been in the starting lineup in 86 matches so far in his pro soccer career. The forward hailing from the United States has 7,309 mins and has scored 39 goals. He has totaled 6 yellow cards so far in his career and has helped a teammate on a goal 13 times. Be sure to watch out for Cristian Dajome, the forward who is from Colombia. Dajome has been handed a total of 26 yellow card warnings in 14,629 minutes played (164 career starts). His goals per 90 average thus far in his career is 0.22. He has 36 goals during his soccer career while assisting a teammate on a goal 16 times.

Thomas Hasal will be looking after the goal for Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Hasal has totaled 5 shutouts while seeing 122 shots attempted against him in 2,172 career minutes. He holds a save percentage of 64.8 and his clean sheet rate is 20.8%. He has conceded 1.91 goals per 90 while earning a mark of 8-4-12. Thus far in his career, Hasal has allowed 46 goals while totaling 80 stops in 24 starts.

Who will win tonight's MLS game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Vancouver (+500)

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