Missing playoffs casts pall on Portland Timbers’ season
Major changes not likely, Porter says
By Paul Danzer, Columbian
Soccer, hockey and Community Sports Reporter
Published: October 30, 2014, 12:00am
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PORTLAND — The late-season surge was encouraging, Portland Timbers coach Caleb Porter said, but missing the Major League Soccer playoffs is not acceptable.
Disappointment aside, Porter said on Wednesday that the Timbers don’t need to make significant roster changes after the team finished sixth in the Western Conference, one point behind fifth-place Vancouver.
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