The Portland Timbers have mutually parted ways with Head Coach Phil Neville, the club announced today. The search for a new head coach is underway.
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I understand the need to get an asset, but cutting your 9th pick in the expansion draft is just a bad look. Even if you agree with the decision that shows the FO doesn't really know what they are doing
My read on both of these trades is that these were players the Fire were going to cut anyway so they could either cut them for nothing or trade them for an "asset," even a marginal one.