Away - 4/22 Portland

[Gotham Gator]

So, a quick training session in the morning.
Fly to Portland in the afternoon.
Arrive in time to get a good night's sleep.
2 training days in Portland: Friday & Saturday
MATCHDAY!

 

[Kangaroo Jack]

Can confirm Newark from Hountondji's Instagram story.

:tonguewink:

 

[Ulrich]

:tonguewink:

New hat?

 

[dannd23]

New hat?

Maybe I've missed it but appears to be a new David Villa project: https://designatedplayer.com/

 

[LionNYC]

:tonguewink:

It's that kind of day.

 

[SoupInNYC]

Yup and Terminal A. Given the timing I am guessing they are flying Alaska Airlines.

Sonofabitch. I'm sitting in Terminal A at EWR right now.

 

[EganSoccerWords]

So, anyone have recommendations of places to see or things to do in Portland? I'll be going.

Jealous of your away days this year. SKC, Atlanta, and Portland are all on my list.

 

[NYCFCfan]

Maybe I've missed it but appears to be a new David Villa project: https://designatedplayer.com/

They have the same agent fwiw

 

[Fake Jew]

The boys have left for Portland. Can anyone ID this airport?

https://twitter.com/x/status/987049361958989824

I'm just happy Mata has finally discovered present day fashion.

 

[EganSoccerWords]

Love all the great media coverage on the Tajouri injury.

 

[adam]

Love all the great media coverage on the Tajouri injury.

Agreed. Not even on a podcast

 

[Kangaroo Jack]

Agreed. Not even on a podcast

He posted he’s fine and it’s not serious on social media though

 

[Ulrich]

He posted he’s fine and it’s not serious on social media though

If healthy, he’d be a very nice option off the bench against RB in a few weeks. That would be 4 weeks since his injury, and depending on severity, could be possible. Just don’t ever want to rush a hamstring.

 

[The Toe]

There is no way Tajouri makes the 18 this match, right? Having him travel across the country for a winnable game with a longtime starter ready to step up, after being subbed out with a hammy injury... that'd be silly

 

[Gotham Gator]

There is no way Tajouri makes the 18 this match, right? Having him travel across the country for a winnable game with a longtime starter ready to step up, after being subbed out with a hammy injury... that'd be silly

I would be surprised if they even let him on the flight. 5 hours cross country is not good on healthy muscles, much less those needing to heal.

Agreed. Not even on a podcast

They discussed briefly on SITC, but nothing new. Some speculation that he was reacting to the turf and didn't really pull a muscle.

 

[mgarbowski]

No Isi or Awuah.
https://www.nycfc.com/post/2018/04/20/injury-report-tajouri-shradi-misses-portland-trip

 

[Gotham Gator]

I am kind of worried about this one. Seems like a classic trap game after a big emotional result against Atlanta.

We are traveling across country. Portland is off to a slow start, but there are a lot of good reasons why they will play better Sunday than earlier this season. They began the year with 5 road trips, including 3 across country to Eastern teams and another to Dallas. On Sunday, they're at home in front of that amazing crowd.

This is going to be tougher than it seems, and our guys need to be ready.

 

[roxfontaine]

That moment when you realize you're more concerned about missing Isi than you are about missing Villa...

 

[Seven]

So the only questions for this game are LW and LB right? I assume Villa slots back in at ST. So does Berget move out left, or does Wallace come in and start? And can we please get Mata instead of Sweat?

 

[Ulrich]

So the only questions for this game are LW and LB right? I assume Villa slots back in at ST. So does Berget move out left, or does Wallace come in and start? And can we please get Mata instead of Sweat?

Berget is rounding into form. He’s gonna play the left, and very likely switch up with Villa a bunch - make life hard on the CBs having to choose who to mark.

This is of course if Villa is 100% healthy. He came into the match last week much earlier than planned, and we have no idea if the turf had an adverse effect on him.