It’s been a weird week for the Portland Timbers. They’re heading towards the end of a three-game week where they haven’t been able to practice outside more than 20 minutes due to poor air quality and have had to travel back and forth between San Jose and Portland for both Wednesday’s match and today’s. On top of that, after their Saturday match against the San Jose Earthquakes they’ll have to play another game on Wednesday against the Vancouver Whitecaps, their fourth in 10 days. The compacted schedule is brutal to say the least.