It’s Gio Savarese’s first meeting against his former club as the new Portland Timbers coach. It’s shaping up to be a good one. Portland is coming off a lacklustre performance in a 2-0 defeat to the resurgent LA Galaxy. New York Red Bulls, meanwhile, came away with a 2-0 on-the-road win in the first leg of the CCL Quarter-Final, and have a chance to go on and win the series.
The New York Red Bulls are in the middle of a tough stretch of three games in eight days. CONCACAF Champions League play makes regular season play tricky; question for Jesse Marsch is what is most important?