The Portland Timbers beat the Houston Dynamo 2-1 last night, and it feels like a minor weight has been lifted. The Timbers officially have three points in their back pocket and did so without expending the energy of a lot of their first team players. The Dynamo aren’t the strongest team in MLS by any means, but the fact that Portland came in with a heavily rotated lineup and won bodes well for the future.
“It was not a surprise,” Timbers head coach Giovanni Savarese said after the match about the team’s depth. “I see these players every single practice.