The Portland Timbers won their first preseason game of 2015 on Saturday, logging a 2-1 win in Tucson over the Seattle Sounders. And coming off a strong first-half performance against the Houston Dynamo earlier in the week, a dominant performance by the Timbers starters came as little surprise on Saturday.
Except that’s not what happened.
The Timbers starters put in a little bit of a ho-hum performance in the first 45 minutes against the Sounders (although some stayed in to play an hour), as they struggled to create anything noteworthy in a generally tight first half.