This time of year any three points are three big points.
But Saturday night’s three points were absolutely imperative. The Portland Timbers have been as hapless on the road in 2016 as they have been stellar at home. And with six games remaining coming into Saturday evening -- three home and three away -- the Timbers were in a position in which they needed to be close to perfect at Providence Park is they want to make the playoffs.
And so the Timbers came away from Saturday’s feisty fixture against Real Salt Lake with the three points that they couldn’t afford to drop.