Stumptown Footy · Aug 21, 2019
Six Degrees: A Rude Awakening
Troy Wayrynen-USA TODAY Sports Just when it seemed like the Timbers were a top-level team, Atlanta comes to town and shows us that we’ve still got a ways to go.
1) Let’s start with the Chicago game last Wednesday. We won 3-2, but a lot of people are angry about the game. Should they be? Mmmmaybe a little. Or not. I can’t decide.
The reason folks are upset is that the Timbers ran out to a 2-0 lead playing perhaps their best soccer of the entire year. Here’s the first goal, courtesy of right back Jorge Moreira.
That’s a beauty of a chip, eh? So beautiful in fact, that in the moment, I thought it was Diego Valeri. But no, it was Morge, who clearly has some chippy skills, too.