It's always welcome in the Rose City when the Portland Timbers beat the Seattle Sounders. But it’s especially nice when the Timbers do so to pull themselves above the red line, and bury Seattle nine points below playoff-qualification pace. And it’s even nicer when the Timbers do so and the return of Diego Valeri puts to bed lingering concerns about the Portland’s attack.
Here are three questions from PTFC’s derby win over the Sounders:
1. Diego Valeri should be a leading candidate for MVP, shouldn’t he?
Definitely.
With Valeri just 16 games into his 2016 campaign, the Timbers’ playmaker has 9 goals and 5 assists.