PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland Timbers today announced that the club has signed head coach Giovanni Savarese and his coaching staff to multiyear contract extensions. Along with his assistant coaching staff of Carlos Llamosa, Miles Joseph, Guillermo “Memo” Valencia and Shannon Murray, Savarese enjoyed a breakout first season as an MLS head coach with the Timbers in 2018, leading the club to its second MLS Cup appearance and matching its best regular-season win total during his first season.
“When Gio took the Timbers job last year he was on a short initial contract,” said Merritt Paulson, owner of the Timbers.