Welcome to Around the Forest! Each Friday, we’ll try to collect some of the best stories from about the Portland Timbers and Portland Thorns from this week, as well as a few stories about the rest of the MLS and NWSL in general. Here’s a look at some top-choice reading.
Timbers and Thorns
Jaroslaw Niezgoda joined the Timbers this year under ... strange circumstances to say the least. This profile in The Athletic delves into several different things, including adjusting to the Timbers’ culture, his heart procedure, and his role in light of Sebastian Blanco’s ACL tear (Subscription required.