Fish: Gutted.
Celebrating on their pitch: Priceless.
While it might have taken penalties to sort out the Western Conference semi-final, the right team walked away with the win. It’s now been just about 15 days since the Portland Timbers took to the pitch - an international break being the cause of the two-week gap in matches. Lucky for the Timbers, their players who were active during the break (Villafana, Polo, Flores) have returned without injury from international duty.
Peter Vermes and his team finished atop the West when the music stopped, and now they’re only 180 minutes from an MLS Cup final.