Portland Timbers Prepare To Open Jeld-Wen Field: More Excitement Than Pressure-Packed
The Portland Timbers have not exactly gotten off to the start they had hoped, failing to have won a match during their season-opening three-game road trip. In fact, as they get ready to open newly refurbished Jeld-Wen Field on Thursday, they find themselves with the fewest points in MLS and facing a Chicago Fire team that has looked much better than many had expected.
The Timbers will also being playing in front of a sold out crowd, and are starting a new era in a history that stretches back nearly 40 years. Despite all of this, Stumptown Footy, SB Nation’s Portland Timbers blog, says the players and coaches are feeling only excitement:
In the end, this is good news for the team. While it’s a mistake to believe the Timbers aren’t feeling any pressure at all, it’s important to differentiate between harmful pressure and excited pressure as the team prepares for an historic game. It appears, from today’s training and media briefing that the team is brimming with more of the latter.
See More:
