If not for the Portland Timbers front office, this could have been a pretty miserable week for Phil Neville.

To start: The Timbers are coming off a 2-0 loss to Dallas, a game they played without Santiago Moreno after the forward failed to appear for the team’s previous match against Club America.

The Timbers returned home from Dallas to 100-degree temperatures in Portland — a climate that felt even hotter considering who is returning on Saturday with Cincinnati, and the fact that the AC unit in Neville’s home blew out during the heat wave.

But Neville couldn’t hide his smile on Thursday. Yes, the Timbers are in the middle of their toughest part of the schedule. Yes, Evander, who scored 15 goals for Portland in 2024, is coming back to Providence Park with another 15 already under his b

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