As the reigning MLS Champions, what kinds of pressure do you think the team and Caleb Porter are under to perform? Do you think that the fans are expecting similar results this season?
Expectations in the Rose City are hard to pin down this year. If you were to only look at the end result -- 3rd place in the Western Conference, 5th overall, winner of the MLS Cup -- just about everybody would be happy to make it through the season and finish things up with the exact same result.
The season leading up to that finish, however, was significantly more fraught than the finish implies.