Here we go folks. After four months that felt like many more, the Portland Timbers are playing meaningful soccer again.
Their return to the field will be in the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League Round of 16, where they will face Honduran club CD Marathon. The first leg of the two-legged series will kick off this Tuesday (3:00 p.m., broadcast on FS1) at Estadio Yankel Rosenthal in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
The Timbers want to make a run in the CCL. Will they be able to get off to a strong start in Honduras? Or will they become just the latest in the line of MLS teams that couldn’t cut it in Central America?