By Chris Wright
They may have lost the actual game 2-4, but Portland Timbers got their MLS clash against their main rivals Seattle Sounders off to a flyer by unfurling an astounding ‘Wizard of Oz’ themed tifo before kick-off which showed Dorothy traipsing away from the Emerald City (i.e, Seattle) after setting it alight with petrol…
There’s no place like home. #PORvSEA #Cascadia #RCTID pic.twitter.com/euLWDJwJvn
— Portland Timbers (@TimbersFC) August 24, 2014
Here it is in action…
As previously mentioned, Obafemi Martins went on to nab himself a couple of goals in a fairly convincing 2-4 away victory for the Sounders, but it was the Timbers who definitely came away with the spoils in the all-important pre-game tifo wars.