Welcome to Forest for the Trees, a space where I take a look at something unnoticed or underreported from the week that was for the Portland Timbers. This week, we’re taking a peek at the final month and change of Portland’s regular season.
Folks, we have a finish line.
The biggest challenge in conceptualizing the 2020 MLS season for the Portland Timbers (besides, y’know, the whole global pandemic disrupting life as we know it thing) was not knowing how long it was going to last. After the MLS is Back tournament, the league released matchdays of the season restart in a piecemeal format — only a half-dozen games at a time — with a promise of more to come.