What was it I wrote last week? Something about how the Timbers had given us 45 perfect minutes against Chicago? And how we were close to getting a perfect 90? And, see, I was right. We were close. 75 minutes close, to be precise. The Timbers were damn, damn good for 75 minutes. And then it all went to shit.
1) Let’s start with those opening 75 minutes. They were really quite good. Maybe the best the Timbers have looked all year.
The defense continued to be solid. It’s unclear whether the Timbers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 or a 4-3-2-1.