LA Galaxy Starting XI: GK John McCarthy; D Miki Yamane, D Emiro Garcés, D Zanka, D John Nelson; M Edwin Cerrillo, M Isaiah Parente, M Diego Fagundez (C), F Joseph Paintsil, F Gabriel Pec, F Christian Ramirez
Substitutes: GK Novak Mićović; D Julián Aude, D Mauricio Cuevas, D Maya Yoshida, M Tucker Lepley, M Marco Reus, M Lucas Sanabria, F Miguel Berry, F Matheus Nascimento
Lineup Notes:
- Two-time MLS Cup Champion (2022, 2024) John McCarthy starts in goal in tonight's match against the Timbers. McCarthy has posted 21 shutouts and 334 saves in 105 career regular-season appearances (104 starts) across 10 seasons played in MLS (2015-25). The Philadelphia, Penn., native made a career-high 32 appearances (32 starts), finished second in MLS in saves (127) and posted six shutouts during the 2024 MLS Regular Season.
- Japanese International defender Miki Yamane, 31, makes his 50th career appearance across all competitions for LA in tonight's match against the Portland Timbers. Yamane has tallied two assists in six appearances (5 starts) during the 2025 MLS Regular Season. Yamane has 10 assists in 49 appearances (47 starts) across all competitions in two seasons played with the Galaxy (2024-Present).
- Colombian defender Emiro Garcés, 23, who has tallied two goals and one assist in 12 appearances (9 starts) across all competitions for the Galaxy during the 2025 campaign, starts in tonight's match against the Timbers. Garcés has recorded two goals and three assists in 27 career appearances (19 starts) across all competitions for the LA Galaxy (2024-Present).
- Danish defender Zanka, 35, makes his 11th career appearance (9th start) across all competitions for the LA Galaxy in tonight's match against Portland. Zanka tallied the game-tying assist in LA's 1-1 draw against the Timbers at Providence Park on March 16. In 37 career appearances (22 starts) for the Denmark Men’s National Team, Zanka recorded two goals, one of which came in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Round of 16 match against Croatia.
- John Nelson, who has made nine appearances (8 starts) across all competitions this season for LA, starts at left back in tonight's match. The Medina, Ohio, native recorded one goal and four assists in 31 matches played (20 starts) across all competitions for LA in 2024.
- Edwin Cerrillo, who recorded an assist against Orlando City SC on March 29, starts as the holding midfielder in tonight's match against Portland. The Waco, Texas, native tallied one goal and four assists in 41 matches played (32 starts) across all competitions during the 2024 season. Cerrillo, 24, has tallied one goal and five assists in 65 matches played (54 starts) across all competitions with the LA Galaxy (2023 - Present).
- Midfielder Isaiah Parente, 25, who tallied two assists in LA's 4-1 win over C.S. Herediano on March 12, starts against Portland in tonight's match. The Medina, Ohio, native has tallied two assists in 12 matches played (7 starts) across all competitions during the 2025 campaign. Parente, a Columbus Crew Academy product, tallied three goals and one assist in 21 appearances (21 starts) with Ventura County FC during the 2024 MLS NEXT Pro Regular Season.
- Diego Fagundez, who scored the AT&T Goal of the Week in his 400th career MLS regular season appearance against Houston on April 12, captains the Galaxy in tonight's match against the Timbers. Fagundez has seven goals and 10 assists in 66 matches played (39 starts) across all competitions in three seasons with LA. Fagundez has tallied 74 goals and 76 assists in 401 career MLS regular-season games played (296 starts). With his next goal scored, Fagundez would become the eighth player in MLS history to record at least 75 career goals and 75 assists in regular season play. Fagundez recorded two assists in the 3-2 win over the Timbers on July 20, 2024.
- 2024 MLS Newcomer of the Year Gabriel Pec, 24, who finished the 2024 MLS Regular Season with 30 goal contributions (16 goals, 14 assists) in 33 appearances (30 starts), starts on the right wing against Portland. Pec has totaled 41 goal contributions (23 goals, 18 assists) in 53 appearances (50 starts) across all competitions in two seasons with the LA Galaxy (2024 - Present). In his last home match against Portland, Pec scored the opening goal in the 3-2 win over the Timbers on July 20, 2024.
- Ghanaian international forward Joseph Paintsil, who recorded 26 goal contributions (15 goals, 11 assists) in 37 matches played (36 starts) across all competitions for LA during the 2024 campaign, makes his seventh appearance (6th start) across all competitions for LA this season in tonight's match. In two career matches played against the Timbers, Paintsil has logged two goals and three assists.
- Christian Ramirez, who leads the Galaxy with four goals scored across all competitions during the 2025 campaign, makes his 10th start (13th appearance) across all competitions during the 2025 campaign in tonight's match. Ramirez, 33, scored the game-tying goal in the 1-1 draw against Portland on March 16, 2025.
