The question came at the end of the presser. “Is it panic time?”
“I don’t think you’d want to panic if you’re in playoff position,” Timbers coach Caleb Porter said. “Why would you panic? You’d panic if you were bottom of the league and you couldn’t get into the playoffs. Then you’d panic.”
Having just dropped three points with a 2-0 loss at home to the New York Red Bulls, the Timbers are “hanging on by a thread” to the sixth and final playoff slot in the Western Conference, just one point above the red line with five games left in the regular season. The Timbers will play three of their remaining games on the road.
In his post-match presser, Timbers coach Caleb Porter used variations of the word “disappointed” seven times.
Timbers midfielder Diego Valeri displays disappointment.
Argentine forward Lucas Melano is disappointed.
Timbers fans appear disappointed.
Fanendo Adi? Disappointed.
Adi doubly disappointed.
The Timbers will travel to meet the Columbus Crew Saturday, September 26.
Scoring Summary
NY: Felipe (Lawrence), 43
NY: Perrinelle (Kljestan), 45+2
Misconduct Summary
POR: Melano (Caution), 8
Lineups & Stats
POR: GK Kwarasey, D Powell (Asprilla, 76), D Borchers, D Ridgewell, D Villafaña, M Chara, M Johnson © (Wallace, 66), M Nagbe, M Valeri, M Melano, F Urruti (Adi, 56)
Substitutes Not Used: GK Gleeson, D Paparatto, D Peay, M Jewsbury
TOTAL SHOTS: 17 (Adi, Valeri, 4); SHOTS ON GOAL: 4 (Adi, Valeri, 2); FOULS: 13 (Valeri, 4); OFFSIDES: 3; CORNER KICKS: 9; SAVES: 3
NY: GK Robles, D Zizzo (Zubar, 85), D Miazga, D Perrinelle, D Lawrence, M Felipe, M Davis, M S. Wright-Phillips (Grella, 67), M Kljestan ©, M Verón (Sam, 62), F B. Wright-Phillips
Substitutes Not Used: GK Reynish, D Ouimette, D Wallace, F Abang
TOTAL SHOTS: 20 (S. Wright-Phillips, 5); SHOTS ON GOAL: 6 (Perrinelle, 2); FOULS: 12 (Four players tied, 2); OFFSIDES: 2; CORNER KICKS: 10; SAVES: 4
Referee: Drew Fischer
Assistant Referees: Jeff Hosking, Greg Barkey
4th Official: Daniel Radford
Attendance: 21,144
Time of Game: n/a
Weather: Partly Cloudy, 73 degrees
