In what would prove to be the final 90-plus minutes of their Concacaf Champions League run, the Portland Timbers fell to Club America in the second leg 3-1. The loss put the Timbers down 4-2 in aggregate, knocking them out of CCL play.
The Timbers generated some early chances to start the match. They oscillated between building slowly out of the back — putting extra players in the midfield to make passes easier to connect on — and quickly going into transition. Transition is where players like Yimmi Chara thrive, so it was smart to get him going in such a fashion.