Not a real trophy, you say?
At the start of this tournament, I said the same thing to myself. Sure, the winner of this tournament will be given a CONCACAF Champions League berth but that’s about all. Nobody is going to really take this tournament seriously, right? That may have been the mindset of some teams and players, but not the Timbers.
From the start Gio had the team playing attractive, attacking football and the goals came almost immediately. At the back, the big boys (Zuparic and Mabiala) were solid and our fullbacks (Villafana, Duvall and Bonilla) were outstanding.