Six Degrees: En Fuego

Troy Wayrynen-USA TODAY Sports Since my last column, the Timbers have scored eight goals and given up zero. Not a bad week, eh?

1) I promise, I’ll eventually start talking about how awesome this past week’s been, but first, I’m gonna rain on everyone’s parade a little. Please forgive me.

In the past week, we’ve won 4-0 over LA Galaxy in the US Open Cup and 4-0 over Houston in league play. A lot of people are calling these our two best wins of the year, but I’m going to push back on that a little. Our most dominant wins, yes. Our most fun wins, yes. But our best? No.

To my eyes, the year’s best win so far was beating 1st place Philadelphia on the road. They were at full-strength, at home, and…