When Jack Elliott took the field in Portland’s hothouse atmosphere on Aug. 5, he hadn’t played a second for the Union in two months.
It sure didn’t look that way, though. Even more impressively, Elliott didn’t lose a step playing three full games in eight days: that contest at Portland, the U.S. Open Cup semifinal last Wednesday at home, and Saturday’s dramatic 3-2 win at New England.
His two goals against the Revolution got the headlines, of course — especially the brilliant backheel finish of a corner kick sequence that opened the scoring.