The worst part of Saturday night’s loss to Austin FC might have been that no one was really surprised.
Sure, the early penalty that basically torpedoed the game before it ever really started was pretty bad. The subsequent first half meltdown wherein the team conceded some soft goals was pretty bad. Another multi-goal loss was pretty bad.
But no, the worst part of the Portland Timbers’ latest listless loss was that as it was unfolding, the general mood of Timbers fans was to sigh, drop the shoulders, and shrug. We’d seen it before, and we weren’t surprised to see it again.