PORTLAND, Ore. – From his office above the team’s Training Center in Beaverton, Oregon, Portland Timbers head coach Giovanni Savarese can see both of the facility’s fields: the immaculate grass pitch that serves as MLS team’s main ground; as well as the adjacent, turf pitch the organization’s United Soccer League team, Timbers 2, makes home. On a normal day, the teams practice in tandem, with a small cadre of players occasionally shuffling in between first-team practice and, toward the day’s end, tactical work with the other group. Today, however, only T2 head coach Cameron Knowles’ group is on the field.
One-on-One with Giovanni Savarese: Back to Providence Park, rivalries new and old, and the rest of 2019
