Whatever hangover the Portland Timbers felt after their Wednesday loss at Real Salt Lake was apparently left in Utah, with neither head coach Giovanni Savarese nor winger Yimmi Chara reporting any lingering regret after the team’s five-game winning streak was snapped by their 2-1 loss.
“These are the types of situations you know you’re going to face, because that’s soccer,” Chara explained. “We know these are the types of results you have to leave in the past. We’re going to face what’s coming in the same way, not face it as if anything is wrong, because we know we have an opportunity to go out and win this weekend.