Something happened yesterday (or most likely before yesterday) that signaled the start of a new season. After many months of building up to this moment during a seemingly interminable offseason, something that we always knew was coming but might not have been prepared for finally happened.
Portland Timbers head coach Giovanni Savarese shaved his beard.
“I had a plan for all this time, as soon as we were ready to travel to Honduras, to be able to take the beard out,” Savarese said. “And now we are ready to compete.”
Yes, the beard removal wasn’t just a strategic move done in the name of dealing with the hot weather of Honduras.