PORTLAND, Ore. – Last month in January, the Portland Timbers hosted a unique contest as part of the launch of the new 2017 adidas green and gold kit. Fans entered for a chance to have the first kit hand delivered to them via midfielder Diego Valeri before being whisked away to the airport to fly first class, courtesy of Alaska Airlines, to the 2017 MLS SuperDraft in Los Angeles.
However, Portland weather being a fickle beast this winter meant that the morning of the delivery to winner William Chasse—an ESL teacher in at Irvington Elementary School—the Rose City received a record amount of snowfall.