1. Obviously, it hasn't been a great spell of games for Portland. What will it take to pull yourselves out of the rut you're in now?
For the Timbers, it is all about stabilizing the back line and limiting their mistakes.
Although the Timbers' attack has cooled off following its red-hot start to the season, the combination of Diego Valeri, Fanendo Adi, Darlington Nagbe, and Sebastian Blanco possess enough raw talent to suffer through a run of absences -- Nagbe is currently away with the USMNT for the remainder of the Gold Cup -- and poor form and still score eight goals in their last five games.