PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland Timbers’ 2-1 win over Los Angeles FC gave the team a chance to further some emerging narratives around the squad – those of a team that’s turned a corner, as well as one that’s reclaiming the contenders’ status they built through 2017 season. Among the other stories lingering from the team’s fifth-straight win, though, was a recasting of a major preseason angle, when the club’s four Targeted Allocation Money additions were fully in focus.
On Saturday, each of those acquisitions were back on center stage playing a significant part in Portland’s latest victory.