I normally don’t wade into the blessed weirdness that is midweek MLS action with rooting guides. This is for two main reasons: one, the games are normally dull 1-0 or 1-1 affairs featuring bench players and disjointed play, and two, because we all usually have something better to do with our Wednesday (and sometimes Thursday) nights. So I usually try to concentrate my scoreboard-watching anxiety to exclusively weekends, for my own health.
However this week, I think it’s worth it to Portland Timbers fans to maybe take a quick glance at the four games kicking off Wednesday evening.