PORTLAND, Ore. – Long unbeaten streaks usually offer few chances for come-from-behind results. Teams that go on those runs usually live life in control, on the front foot, and while it wouldn’t be quite right to say the Portland Timbers have dictated play in each of the 13 games that are part of MLS’ longest loss-less run of 2018, the times the team has had to claw back since the team's last loss are few and far between.
In fact, only once in MLS play since then, before tonight, had Portland been down in a game: June 2; at home against the LA Galaxy; for 37 minutes after Chris Pontius opened the scoring in a 1-1 draw.