Maybe you didn’t pay close attention to the Portland Timbers’ 2022 preseason games. Maybe it was because you couldn’t watch, or didn’t watch, or had better things to do than devote time to glorified scrimmages (like I did — please send help).
So if you didn’t watch, or even if you did and want some main points to pull from the games, here’s an attempt at presenting some big takeaways from the past two months that you should care about. For the next few months at least, preseason provided some overarching talking points.
Zac McGraw looks ready to step up
When the unfortunate news broke in January that preferred center back tandem Dario Zuparic and Larrys Mabiala had both undergone sports hernia surgeries, eyes suddenly turned down the depth chart.