TUCSON, Ariz. – The three-week mark of a Major League Soccer team’s preseason, presented by Old Trapper Beef Jerky, usually finds players rounding into physical shape, coaches building squads toward full match fitness, and a need to face some real competition. On this week’s arrival in Tucson, Arizona, the Portland Timbers were at those marks, in some ways. In others, they are well beyond.
The Timbers will face their first MLS competition of the 2019 preseason on Wednesday, kicking at Kino Sports Complex against Seattle Sounders FC as part of the 2019 Mini Mobile Sun Cup (6pm PT, Timbers.