Colorado midfielder Benny Feilhaber didn’t mince words when talking to the assembled media after Saturday’s 3-3 draw: “It felt like I was back in fifth grade playing tackle football on a snow day,” the newly acquired midfielder said. “It didn’t even feel like a real game.”
“Look, as much as it’s fun to watch this,” Feilhaber deadpanned, “I hate playing in this crap.”
Tangent: Saturday’s league record falls far short of the world record. Goal.com put together this brief and illuminating clip about the practicalities of fielding team in Finland at -18c.
Using Saturday’s conditions as a calculus is an unfair gauge to measure the Timbers progress, however.