Welcome back to the Post-Slab Pint, where I break down (pint in hand) the good and the bad from each Portland Timbers’ result. This week we’re talking about the Timbers’ 1-0 win over Austin FC, which gave Portland their first three points of the season.
Seeing as there was quite a lot of good to come out of the game, I’ll start with the things I liked about the match:
Three Timbers made their debuts for the club, and none of them looked out of place despite their recent arrivals. Head coach Giovanni Savarese handed first-team debuts to Justin Rasmussen, David Ayala, and Diego Gutierrez against Austin FC, and all three of them were quite impressive on the night.