The bad news for me: it’s much less fun to write about a loss. The good news for me: I haven’t had to do it since April.
1) As you know, the Timbers came into Saturday night’s game with a 15-match unbeaten streak, and there were multiple reasons to think they’d extend that streak to 16 games. For starters, Vancouver’s not that great a team, plus they were tired from last Wednesday night’s Canadian Championship first leg, plus they’d probably rest a few players for this coming Wednesday’s second leg, and finally, rest or no rest, their best player, Alphonso Davies, was out with an injury.