The Portland Timbers lost to an MLS team for the first time since October 3, 2015, on Wednesday evening as they fell to the Vancouver Whitecaps 2-0 in a game that couldn’t have meant a whole lot less.
In a game in which the Timbers’ rolled out a completely second- and third-choice lineup and the Whitecaps played various combinations of starters and reserves, the Timbers fell to a better team in a not-uncompetitive, but pretty snooze-worthy affair.
Here are three questions from the Timbers’ loss to the Whitecaps:
1. So, uh, what happened?