Amine Bassi, Nelson Quiñónes and Corey Baird scored goals in the first 14 minutes and the Houston Dynamo cruised to a 5-0 victory over the Portland Timbers.
Douglas Martínez scored his first MLS goal, Damir Kreilach added a goal and Real Salt Lake beat the Portland Timbers 2-1, snapping a three-game losing streak.
For the second time in four years the Portland Timbers are heading back to the MSL Finals. Rallying to squeeze passed Sporting Kansas City with a 3-2 victory.
Sporting Kansas City and the Portland Timbers battling their way to a scoreless draw in game one of the Western Conference finals. Now both are preparing for game two.
The Portland Timbers knocked out FC Dallas from the playoffs thanks to Diego Valeri scored two goals, to eliminate Dallas 2-1 and will face either Kansas City or Seattle