MLS is Back Tournament final: Portland Timbers v Orlando City

Teams face off as league prepares to return to regular season
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12.30am BST

It’s August 11.

A first-round NHL playoff game is in triple overtime.

⚽ @OrlandoCitySC faces the Portland Timbers tonight in the #MLSisBack Tournament Final. To show our support the @LakeEolaPark fountain will be purple and we will be cheering them on virtually. #VamosOrlando

: Taylor Rahn pic.twitter.com/kmwGnudNlm

4.55pm BST

Beau will be here shortly. In the meantime, here’s a look at fans returning to MLS stadiums:

The five-month wait has been hard for Luis Dollar, president of El Matador, an FC Dallas supporters’ group. “Man, not seeing our team out there was brutal,” he said. “We miss our team.”