Well, they can’t all be like the first leg against Club America.
The Portland Timbers went down to Frisco, TX to play FC Dallas, and left with a 4-1 smacking. Dallas scored early and often, notching their first goal in the second minute, following up with their second goal 12 minutes later. They scored a third off a corner kick right before halftime, and the Timbers were out of the game before ever really being in it. They managed to claw a goal back in the second half via Eryk Williamson, but they never really got within touching distance, and when Dallas added a fourth late one,
In advance of their pivotal leg two clash against Club America at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City on Wednesday night, the Timbers rolled out a heavily rotated starting eleven.