As the clock stroked 90 minutes Saturday night in Seattle and Andrew John-Baptiste hooked a 20-yard ball into the area toward substitute Rodney Wallace, the Timbers had already come a long way.
The last time Portland visited Seattle, the Timbers melted in front of a crowd of over 66,000, playing with such ineptitude on such a massive stage as to make the game the final straw for many of last year's Timbers.
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