One down. Three to go. The homestand that evens out the Portland Timbers’ schedule is finally here. Now, it’s time to take advantage of it.
As of last Saturday’s draw with the Montréal Impact, the Timbers have played only two more games on the road than at home, now having almost entirely made up the deficit they were handed with their season-opening, five-game road trip. At Providence Park for three more games on this homestand, still – starting with Saturday’s match against the Houston Dynamo (8pm PT, FOX 12 PLUS) – the Timbers can forget about nights in hotels, sacrificing training days for travel days, for a while, and focus on getting everything right: the tactics; the temperament; the table.