Ten days after the Portland Timbers exited Major League Soccer’s 2020 postseason, the shootout loss they suffered at home to FC Dallas was still foremost on the minds of the team’s general manager and coach.
“Definitely, coming out from the MLS is Back Tournament after a great performance from the team we were still hungry, we were not satisfied,” is how Timbers head coach Giovanni Savarese began his Thursday morning video conference. Over nearly 50 minutes, he and Portland’s President of Soccer, Gavin Wilkinson, took stock of what 2020 was looking forward to 2021.
“In everybody’s mind, everyone involved, we didn’t get enough [from the 2020 season],” Savarese continued.