We’re just two days out from the Portland Timbers’ fourth Western Conference Finals appearance since entering MLS in 2011 and I’m a nervous wreck. Does it have to do with the fact that Real Salt Lake are coming to Providence Park fresh off of back-to-back postseason wins and with star player Albert Rusnak set to make his return from the COVID protocol? Yes. But what I’m more worried about is the elephant in the room for the Timbers: they will be without Dairon Asprilla (suspension) and Blanco will most likely miss out due to the injury he picked up in the Western Conference semifinals.
How do the Timbers deal without Asprilla and (possibly) Blanco?
