The revenge of 2-1.
The scoreline used to be a favorable one for the Portland Timbers. They won MLS Cup by that margin. And they defeated the Columbus Crew in a season-opening rematch by that number.
Well, 2-1 has come back around, as the Timbers have lost three gut-punch games by that scoreline in the last eight days.
Here are three questions from the Timbers’ latest 2-1 loss:
The distribution charts say it all.
While Adi was in the game, the Timbers were all over the place, creating chances left, right, and middle against an NYCFC defense that was keeping the Timbers off the scoreboard by virtue of its lucky stars and a strong performance by goalkeeper Josh Saunders.