With an upcoming
Toronto match that showed some notable absences in its starting eleven, but as always,
the Cheesmaster has a way of making his moves of improvising his lineups and
these rising to the occasion.
Coming to this match the
Portland Timbers were riding on a momentum.
To play an armada in
the TFC with its initial elven all complete and an attack that easily
terrorizes any defensive backfield in the league, the PTFC were to honor their
moniker of almighty.
After a notable, win
at home a week before over a hardened LA Galaxy, now going to BMO Field and
play one of the top squads in MLS, the Toronto FC, indeed it was a challenge
and with the possibilities of delivering.
With a starting
initial eleven, manager Caleb Ported did manage to send a top of the line group
in what many see in the TFC as one of the most lethal attacks in MLS with
Giovinco, Bradley and Altidore.
That was not a
deterrent for the Rose City squad looking forward to a notable result.
For a while the
Portland squad did managed to stop the Toronto attack and deter any possibility
of their hosts making their way into their posts and showing off a gem of a
defensive game in its entire first half.
Especially stopping cold
in its track the game Giovinco, Altidore and Bradley are the most comfortable
with, still these is a team effort and after the main guns of the TFC being
neutralized by the Portland defense.
It is when manager
Greg Vanney managed to start something in his strategies.
Fifty-eight minutes
the Timbers held the locals scoreless until the unthinkable, as they, state
when the going gets tough you shall overcome and prevail, something not in the
Timbers lingo.
When you have the
control of the match you need to finish what you started, as the case of the
PTFC these start a half in the plus and later they concede when they get a
score against them.
You mount an attack
and start playing with such hunger and courage in order to tie the math as well
finish in the end with a plus, by winning it, very well capitalize when you get the
opportunity to take advantage of.
With the final stretch
coming in league play, despite the PTFC position so far above the red line is possible
thanks to some of squads not so positive result the Timbers are well situated in
it.
In addition, luck cannot
coincide if the squad does not deliver results, regardless of the injuries and absences
due to suspensions, which thankfully these have not occurred lately.
As every human being
has a proud side, the players are in need of getting that courage up and pride
when things are not going their way and deliver in the clutch and for every opportunity taken advantage in full.
The final stretch of
league play is nearing and the PTFC needs to step up in its act and game if
they would like to make it into the grand fete of the postseason and maybe
deliver another miraculous run like that of 2015.
Do not blame it on
Caleb Porter he is not at fault one more time I tell you, as little he can do
to prevent injuries but in his job as a supreme leader he can really rally his
troops and overcome adversity from now on, as every match an points will be considered
golden.
Rocky Balboa is a
fictional character, but he has inspired many from his films after being knockout
and coming back to finish it, this is the way to do it, get up and give your
best for the win regardless of the situation.
This team has it all
to lift the MLS Shield one and many times with this squad, c’mon lads!
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