TUCSON, ARIZ. - Fielding a rotated team after last Saturday's opening fixture in Tucson versus Houston, Sounders FC Head Coach Brian Schmetzer's Sounders FC suffered a late 2-1 loss to Cascadia rival Portland Timbers under the lights at Kino Sports Stadium in Tucson, Arizona on Wednesday evening. Second-year player Handwalla Bwana found the scoresheet for the Rave Green, as a mixture of First Team and Tacoma Defiance players combined for a strong outing against their oldest rival. Sounders FC now looks to wind down its time in the desert over the next three days, concluding the Tucson portion of its preseason training camp with a third and final friendly against FC Dallas on February 16.
Sounders FC edged 2-1 by Cascadia rival Portland in preseason friendly in Tucson
