Third game in eight days? 3000 miles away? With a 2nd choice lineup? I can live with a draw.
1) At the end of my previous column, I talked about how the Timbers were in the middle of an always-brutal three games squeezed into eight days Sunday-Wednesday-Saturday week. Even worse, the final game required a 3,000 mile plane ride. I pleaded with head coach Giovanni Savarese to give his players as much rest as possible, and maybe even leave a few of them back in Portland.
Turns out, Gio reads my column and makes all of his major decision based on what I write.