It’s Brian Fernandez’s first taste of a Pacific Northwest rivalry, so naturally he had no decorum.
The newly acquired Portland forward waltzed into CenturyLink Field and fed off the hostility thrown at his Timbers team by the Sounders faithful. Fernandez dismissed that he was supposed to be intimidated or that Portland was to cower to Seattle on the Rave Green field as other teams have done for a 13-match unbeaten streak.
Instead, Fernandez found his way to goals and spaces to look up and celebrate with Portland fans seated in the highest deck of the football stadium.