For the when, we’ll have to wait, but after Thursday’s MLS is Back Tournament draw, we now know the who. The Portland Timbers will return to action next month against, in some order, Los Angeles FC, the LA Galaxy and Houston Dynamo for Group F play in Orlando, Florida.
Minutes after the draw, the Timbers’ broadcast team — Jake Zivin, Ross Smith and Nat Borchers — assembled for this emergency podcast, taking inventory of what this week’s news means for Portland’s season and what the realities of a Covid-19 world mean for the transition back to the field.
