PORTLAND, Ore. – Seven matches into the Giovanni Savarese era, the big breakthrough finally came, arriving in perhaps the most resounding way possible. Against the team sitting atop Major League Soccer, Savarese’s Portland Timbers delivered their most emphatic result of the young MLS season, knocking New York City FC from the ranks of the unbeatens with a 3-0 victory at Providence Park.
“This gives us a week to work and to believe that what we are doing is the right thing,” Savarese explained after the match. “It shows the players that when [they] commit, together, to the same goal, we can achieve amazing things.