PORTLAND, Ore. – Two themes emerged from Portland Timbers head coach Giovanni Savarese after his team’s Wednesday defeat, a 2-0 loss to the New York Red Bulls that dropped Portland to 2-4-0 in their last six games.
The first was belief. Shutout in their last two games, having lost at home to teams in the middle of the Eastern Conference playoff race (New York and, on Sunday, previously, D.C. United), it would be natural for the Timbers to experience a moment doubt. For Savarese, though, it was important to move on from that moment as soon as possible.