Player Grades: Portland Timbers 4 - 4 Minnesota United

On Saturday, the Portland Timbers drew 4-4 against Minnesota United in a very entertaining and back-and-forth game. While there was a lot of creative and good offensive play, both defenses were not very good, hence the eight total goals scored in the match.

Here’s my breakdown of how the Timbers’ players performed as they remained in the seventh position in the Western Conference.

Aljaz Ivacic (GK) - 1.6

While I disagree with this rating of Ivacic based on the fact that most of the goals that he conceded appeared to be difficult to save, this grading system is supposed to be unbiased and purely statistical based so I will attempt to explain his rating as concisely as possible.