PORTLAND, Ore. – As thousands of Portland Timbers fans gathered together on SW Broadway, the excitement in the air was as evident as the rain.
“PT-FC,” the crowd chanted. Soon that chant spread south, from SW Washington to SW Alder to SW Morrison, getting louder and louder from moment to moment.
When the open-air flatbed truck carrying the Timbers players and staff finally made its way past Portland's historic Pioneer Square, the crowd began to follow in its wake, Pied Piper-like. They danced and sang and cheered the players who held the trophy aloft from the truck.