The forecast for Saturday afternoon’s MLS Cup final between the host Portland Timbers and New York City FC pegs the chance of rain at around 90% and anticipates temperatures that could dip below 40. A wind advisory is set to expire shortly before kickoff.
“Será un partido muy lindo,” NYCFC striker Taty Castellanos said a couple of times during Thursday’s prematch press conference.
“It will be a very beautiful game.”
Finals, his manager, Ronny Deila said, “live their own lives.” They’re the culmination of a season, and they’re obviously connected to it. But championship games also stand alone in memory and typically wind up telling their own stories.