The Portland Timbers’ run in the Concacaf Champions League competition came to an end last night, but it wasn’t for lack of trying. In a match that played out similarly to last week’s contest, the Timbers struggled to put together much of anything in the first half and conceded a goal, but followed it up with a tremendous second-half effort. Unfortunately, allowing two goals and not containing Club America came back to haunt them.
“We knew it was going to be a difficult game,” Timbers head coach Giovanni Savarese said. “We did much better in the second half, even though we fought through the entire time to try to get the result that we needed in order to qualify.