PORTLAND — What do you say about a game that has everything?
The Seattle Sounders came into the first proper Cascadia match of the season — a near-capacity crowd with the points counting towards the Cascadia Cup standings — on the heels of a confidence-boosting 3-0 victory over Liga MX side Tigres UANL. Impressive though that match was, there was still something for the Sounders to prove in league play. Tigres aside, the Sounders were still on only one point in three matches, the Western Conference pack was closing, and the Supporters’ Shield leader distancing.
But a Sounders-Timbers match rarely fails to provide talking points, if not entertainment.