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…nah, I decided to stop because I couldn’t cover everything
without going over seven pages – e.g., that point where I’m basically writing
out of spite. When I stuck to 10 or 20 talking points, I fretted about the value
of everything that hit the cutting room floor. My notes never did make any
goddamn sense either; shit looked like ancient Greek written through doses of shock therapy. So, yeah, fuck it. I took my weekends back.
The plan is to watch/preview only the teams the Portland
Timbers will play in their next game. With that, Conifers & Citrus will be
devoted only to what the Timbers did in their last game, and thoughts on who
they will play in their next, notes on the meaning of the game, if any, etc.Yeah, right...
So, does tonight's game against the ‘Quakes at Providence
Park mean anything special? Well, last night I put some thought into what
number of losses constitutes a death sentence to any given MLS team’s playoff hopes. Didn’t
look it up or anything (haven’t figured out how to phrase the search, and the actual research
sounds…unpalatable), but the drop-dead tally feels like something over 10
games, certainly. 12 or 13, maybe? Portland has five losses already, so it’s
just this thought.
At any rate, that note on Hyka got me wondering (there’s video, too), not least because I had a couple vague recollections of collapses
by the Timbers defense knocking around my memory. I also recalled some game
when all of San Jose’s new guys played to expectations; they really took that
team apart, I remember. Something told me I’d seen Danny Hoesen, of all people,
look like maybe he could liven up the ‘Quakes attack. Man. Who was that?
