Austin FC hope to snap skid against visiting Timbers

Time is running out on Austin FC to make a move up the Western Conference standings, and that urgency must be a part of the game plan when the expansion side hosts the Portland Timbers in a Western Conference match on Saturday evening.

Austin (4-11-4, 16 points) has dropped three straight matches, including a 2-1 home defeat on Wednesday to Vancouver, and is 1-6 over its past seven outings, a run that has sent it to the