LENEXA, Kansas – The ice and snow that greeted the Portland Timbers on their Tuesday night arrival in Kansas City, Missouri, forced both Sporting Kansas City’s Thursday opponent and the host side themselves indoors on Wednesday, where preparations for the second leg of the Audi 2018 MLS Cup Playoffs Western Conference Championship (6:30pm PT, ESPN | Presented by Oregon Lottery) cast both teams in the city’s suburbs.
There, amid a district of warehouses and other commercial endeavors, the Timbers completed their last training session of the week, the certainty of their indoor environs separating the team from what’s become the week’s biggest question.