{"id":273176,"date":"2026-05-16T05:22:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T05:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/273176\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T05:22:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T05:22:27","slug":"inter-miami-vs-portland-timbers-what-to-know-for-sunday-night-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/273176\/","title":{"rendered":"Inter Miami vs. Portland Timbers: What to know for Sunday Night Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inter Miami CF<\/a> seek their first win at Nu Stadium when they host the Portland Timbers<\/a> to begin Matchday 14’s Sunday Night Soccer presented by Continental Tire doubleheader.<\/p>\n

\n How to watch & stream<\/p>\n

\n When<\/p>\n

\n Where<\/p>\n

Nu Stadium | Miami, Florida<\/p>\n

2nd in Eastern Conference
\n25 points, 7W-2L-4D<\/p>\n

Miami continue to get it done on the road, following up last weekend’s 4-2 win<\/a> at Toronto FC<\/a> with a 5-3 victory<\/a> over FC Cincinnati<\/a> on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Back-to-back Landon Donovan MLS MVP Lionel Messi<\/a> led the way in both matches with a combined 3g\/3a. He’s now the fastest player in league history to 100 goal contributions<\/a>, and is firmly in the Golden Boot presented by Audi hunt with 11g\/5a this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now, the question remains: Can Miami get it done at Nu Stadium?\u00a0<\/p>\n

The reigning MLS Cup presented by Audi champions are winless in their past four home matches (0W-3D-1L) since opening their new venue last month, including a painful Florida Derby loss<\/a> to Orlando City<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lionel Messi: The legendary No. 10 is in fantastic form before Argentina begin their title defense at the 2026 FIFA World Cup<\/a>.\u00a0
\nRodrigo De Paul: Messi’s Argentina teammate is also heating up, notching two straight multi-assist games to reach 3g\/7a on the season.\u00a0
\nGerm\u00e1n Berterame: Miami’s marquee winter signing scored midweek, making it 4g\/3a in 13 appearances as he seeks a spot on Mexico’s World Cup roster.
\nDayne St. Clair: The 2025 MLS Goalkeeper of the Year is looking to clinch the No. 1 job for Canada<\/a> at the World Cup.\u00a0
\nLuis Su\u00e1rez: The legendary Uruguayan striker has played himself back into the starting lineup, notching 1g\/3a in his last three starts.<\/p>\n

Interim head coach Guillermo Hoyos has utilized homegrown Ian Fray<\/a> and Facundo Mura<\/a> at right back. Who will get the start on Sunday?<\/p>\n

12th in Western Conference
\n14 points, 4W-6L-2D<\/p>\n

After a slow start to the season, Portland appear to be hitting their stride ahead of the World Cup pause.<\/p>\n

Undefeated in two, the Timbers are coming off a 2-2 draw<\/a> at CF Montr\u00e9al<\/a> on Wednesday, courtesy of goals from Kevin Kelsy<\/a> and Cole Bassett<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Both Kelsy and Bassett also scored in last week’s historic\u00a06-0 home rout<\/a> of Sporting Kansas City<\/a>. In particular, Kelsy had 2g\/2a to guide Portland to their largest margin of victory<\/a> in club history.<\/p>\n

Kevin Kelsy:\u00a0Portland’s uptick in form has coincided with Kelsy’s 4g\/2a in the last four matches. The Venezuelan striker has a club-best 5g\/3a this season.
\nDavid Da Costa: A fellow Designated Player, Da Costa<\/a> also appears to be getting hot with three assists in his last two games.
\nKristoffer Velde: The Norwegian forward joined the Timbers on a DP deal<\/a> in August 2025. He has 4g\/2a this year.
\nCole Bassett:\u00a0The USMNT<\/a> midfielder has 2g\/3a in his debut season with Portland, who acquired<\/a> the Colorado Rapids<\/a> homegrown for up to $3.7 million.
\nFinn Surman: The New Zealand international center back will represent the All Whites<\/a> at this summer’s World Cup.<\/p>\n

After getting benched midweek for Alexander Aravena<\/a>, will Antony<\/a> return to Portland’s starting XI?<\/p>\n

The market heavily favors Inter Miami, who have nearly 75% of the moneyline. Perhaps that shouldn’t be surprising given the teams’ place in the overall table (4th for Miami, 21st for Portland).<\/p>\n

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Market insights shared are current as of Thursday, May 14 at 3:30 pm ET.<\/p>\n

Will Miami shake their Nu Stadium curse?\u00a0<\/p>\n

If the Herons perform to expectations and avoid any surprises from the Timbers, it should be three points for the hosts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inter Miami CF seek their first win at Nu Stadium when they host the Portland Timbers to begin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[5429,123,125,124,116809,14240,76891,4959,80458],"class_list":["post-273176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-inter-miami-cf","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-miavspor-05-17-2026","tag-portland-timbers","tag-priority-match","tag-sendtonews","tag-sunday-night-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}