Two weeks feels like forever in Major League Soccer time, which is why the Portland Timbers’ 3-0, breakthrough win over New York City FC feels like so long ago. But that command performance, handing NYCFC its first loss of the season, was actually only 12 days in the past, and after giving the Timbers their first back-to-back victories of the year, the win vaults Portland into Saturday’s return to play against the San Jose Earthquakes (7:30pm PT, FOX 12 PLUS (KPDX)) on its season’s first high.
“The important thing now is we have to sustain it,” Portland head coach Giovanni Savarese said in his midweek press conference.