The rivalry between the Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers is so intense it has become an issue with mascots. Specifically Portland mascot Timber Joey.
Sounders coach Brian Schmetzer was trash-talking this week, and took a swing at the man who famously saws off hunks of wood with his chainsaw after each Timbers’ goal in Portland.
“We don’t even know if he’s a real lumberman or whether he’s just a guy,” Schmetzer said.
On Wednesday, Timbers coach Caleb Porter clarified Timber Joey’s experience.
“He is a legitimate lumberman, he has worked in the woods, and to quote him he has ‘cut, milled and built things’ out of wood,” Porter said.