Portland Timbers Head Coach Giovanni Savarese was part of his team's season-ending press conference on Thursday, December 3, 2020. Here are the transcribed highlights from his 50-minute session, which also included the team's President of Soccer, Gavin Wilkinson.
Savarese's opening remarks...
"Definitely, coming out from the MLS is Back Tournament after a great performance from the team, we were still hungry, we were not satisfied. We wanted to compete in the season and try to win MLS Cup.
"Watching the [remaining MLS playoff] games has been very difficult.
"In a match in which we completely dominated, played very well, [FC Dallas] defended deep.