The subtext to Saturday’s disappointment was a look to the future, with fears that, over the course of their current 12-game stretch of road games, the Portland Timbers will come to rue their early, missed opportunity.
“I think we wasted two points that we could have gotten here,” in Colorado, head coach Giovanni Savarese said after the weekend’s 3-3 draw. “It could’ve been a great start for us,” he explained, with goalkeeper Jeff Attinella eventually adding, “We let three get away. It’s pretty simple.” Such is the mood when a 94th-minute equalizer turns your three points into one.