This has been a rough week for the Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer. The team may have grabbed their first win on the road since 2015 when they beat CD Dragon in dramatic fashion on Tuesday, but thanks to last weekend’s loss to the Houston Dynamo and a six-point jump for the Seattle Sounders, the Timbers suddenly find themselves back below the red line in the Western Conference.
With only three games to go, let’s take a look at the Timbers and the teams that they will need to fight off if they want to make the post-season.