BEAVERTON, Ore. – Giovanni Savarese has offered a consistent front to the media all season, giving his weekly press availabilities an air of metronomic consistency. It’s a steadiness that forces viewers and readers to look beyond his words, challenging us to find hits in the context of his answers.
For example, when Savarese talked to the press on Tuesday at the adidas Timbers Training Center ahead of his team’s impending Audi 2018 MLS Cup Playoffs visit to Seattle for Thursday's leg two of the Western Conference Semifinals (7:30pm PT, FS1 | Match presented by Carl's Jr.), he described the team’s feeling as “pretty good,” saying Sunday’s 2-1 win in leg one of Portland’s matchup against rival Seattle Sounders FC represented, “a good result, and now we’re going to place that is going be difficult, against a good team, again.