In a spring of challenges for the Portland Timbers, Wednesday night’s game against the Houston Dynamo brings a first of 2019: short rest (5:30pm PT, ROOT SPORTS).
Though the Timbers have had to endure their season’s first 10 matches on the road, they’ve been able to maintain an otherwise normal schedule, always having at least six days between kickoffs. Since last Thursday, though, the team has, day-by-day: flown, played, flown, practiced, flown and practiced. When the Timbers wake up in Houston on Wednesday, it will be the first time in a week they’ve gone consecutive days without travel.