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The turning points that landed Timbers 2 in the USL Playoffs

BEAVERTON, Ore. – Timbers 2 head coach Cameron Knowles remembers Josh Phillips’ presence emerging in the season’s earliest moments: when the T2 team was first assembling for the USL season; as they were splitting time between Portland’s Providence Park and Beaverton, Oregon’s adidas Timbers Training Center.

With both locations under construction, T2’s late winter, preseason sessions saw them dress in locker rooms downtown, get shuttled out to Beaverton, train and return to Goose Hollow for their time in the gym.

Knowles felt the need to apologize for the hassle.

“I went into the locker room and said, ‘Listen, sorry, lads.