The Portland Timbers’ US Open Cup loss to Cal FC remains the worst loss in the club’s MLS history.
But the Timbers' failure to show up for Sunday’s game in Vancouver, with both an MLS Playoff berth and Cascadia Cup on the line, gives Cal FC a run for its money. To be sure, the Timbers entered the game with structural problems caused primarily by the absences of Diego Chara, Liam Ridgewell, and Ben Zemanski. And it was clear as the game went along that neither Jack Jewsbury nor Diego Valeri were 100 percent or even particularly close to it.