Timbers out to avoid season sweep by Austin FC

The Portland Timbers already have clinched a home game in the MLS playoffs that begin next week and will look to build momentum for the postseason when they host Austin FC in a regular-season finale Sunday.

The Timbers (16-13-4, 52 points) will try to do something they have never accomplished - beat expansion Austin FC, who have handled Portland with ease in the first two meetings.

Portland secured fourth place in the W