PORTLAND – There is little room for subtlety when the Sounders and Timbers get together.
Forget about reading between the lines – these teams spell it out, underline their point and then scrawl over it with highlighter. This is a rivalry with fists of ham.
“It never seems to be a nil-nil game,” Seattle captain Brad Evans said. “It’s always one side playing much better than the other. It brings out the best and the worst out of both teams.”
The opening 45 minutes of Sunday’s rivalry rubber match at Providence Park certainly brought out the best of the Timbers.