Welcome to the playoffs!
The Portland Timbers are coming into the playoffs as the third seed in the West. They’ve weathered through injuries that would have put some teams off their game. When you lose arguably one of the best midfielders in the game today AND you lose your goal scoring forward known for his hold up play with a concussion, that can happen. Or how about losing your striker that leads the team in Goals Per 90 and more? The loss of Jaroslaw Niezgoda you’d think would also hamstring the Timbers.