PORTLAND, Ore. – It was a level of joy that usurped any other at Providence Park this season; and, perhaps, in the way it happened, it was a type of joy the Major League Soccer Portland Timbers haven’t been able to enjoy on home ground, before.
To this point, the MLS era’s most memorable scenes have happened in Columbus, Ohio, where the team clinched its 2015 MLS Cup league title, or in Frisco, Texas, where Portland sealed its first Western Conference title the week before. Huge rivalry wins against Seattle Sounders FC and Vancouver Whitecaps FC are regular events in Goose Hollow, while moments like Fanendo Adi taking Timber Joey’s chainsaw in a win over Seattle have carved out their own indelible places in Timbers lore.