On Saturday, the Portland Timbers lost 4-1 against an up-and-coming FC Dallas team, led by Jesus Ferreira, who scored a hat trick in the span of ten minutes. Here’s my breakdown of how the Timbers players performed as they slid down to ninth in the Western Conference.
(One thing to note: I added some more detailed statistics from FBref this weekend to the formula that analyzes defenders, so it will be difficult to compare the player grades this week to those last week)
Player Grades:
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