PORTLAND, Ore. – Diego Valeri declined to elaborate Sunday night, though the question posed in his postgame scrum carried a clear implication. After two games, two goals and two of his best performances of 2018, last season’s Landon Donovan Major League Soccer Most Valuable Player appears to be finding his stride at the right time of the Portland Timbers’ season.
He, however, just sees it as part of a day’s work.
“Nothing,” he said, when asked about what’s going right over his last two games. “It is my role, and I’m very happy about these results that we’ve got …
“Step-by-step, going to the final.