JORDAN PEFOK
The Whitecaps are the greatest team on the planet( as long as they’ re at Providence Park). They steamrolled Portland in Portland’ s house for the second-straight game, picking up a 4x1 win
JAYDEN NELSON that could have been even worse for the Timbers.
Toronto FC
Former
winger Jayden Nelson looked like a star in his first game with his new club,
delivering three assists.
Vancouver have some work to do in CCC this week. They’ re down 2x1 to Deportivo Saprissa heading into the second leg. Maybe they can hire Timber Joey to show up at BC Place to make themselves feel more at home.
The Timbers have played Vancouver at home in their last two MLS games. After this weekend, the aggregate score of those is 9-1 for Vancouver.“ It was a smash” only begins to describe it. They had to have been thinking all offseason about revenge for last year ' s Wild Card game.
To be fair, an 11th-minute red card given to Kamal Miller helped made things difficult for Portland.
It’ s tough to be sold on the Timbers after losing Evander, but they at least had a contingency plan ready to go.
Portland immediately struck a deal to acquire DP midfielder David Da Costa from Ligue 1 ' s RC Lens. Evander is a mighty tough act to follow, though.
KAMAL MILLER
The Stuart Armstrong era came and went in an instant. Now, the Whitecaps are again looking for a third DP.
Until they add one and he stays around a while, Vancouver’ s station as a good-but-not-great team is unlikely to change.
KAMAL MILLER
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