Well, the Portland Timbers might have something going now. Unbeaten in 5 with 11 points in that stretch, the Timbers sit above the red line after a Sunday afternoon win over the Houston Dynamo.
But it certainly didn’t look like it would turn out that way for the first hour. After shipping two first-half goals, the Timbers came storming back in the final half hour to take all three points at Providence Park.
Here are three questions from the Timbers’ win to close the first half of the 2016 MLS campaign:
1. Okay, was THAT the breakout performance we’ve been looking for from Lucas Melano?