The Portland Timbers should feel good about a hard-fought, well-managed draw in Los Angeles. The Timbers are the first team to go into Stub Hub Center this season and emerge with a point.
Under ordinary circumstances, Portland would feel good coming away from Carson, California with a point. But after conceding a late own goal and losing Darlington Nagbe to a horrible, dangerous, completely in-character challenge from Nigel de Jong, the Timbers’ draw in Los Angeles feels as empty as any game this season.
Here are three questions from the Timbers’ draw with the Galaxy:
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