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• Next up for Portland is a third-round game in the U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday night in Salt Lake City against the Utah Blitzz and former Timber forward Fadi Afash.
“There’s nothing better than to kick your old team’s ass,” Afash says. “I’d be lying to tell you I don’t want to win.”
Afash is living in Portland, training with the Timbers and flying to Utah games. “These are my friends; we all hang out together. But it’s time to take care of business,” he says.
Defenders Gavin Wilkinson and Lee Morrison “know exactly what I can do,” Afash says. “They know they can’t let me have the ball at 18 yards out because I will be causing problems. But I know how they play, too, and how to deal with them. And I hope Josh (Saunders) will be in goal for Portland, because I promised him I would put a ball in the back of his net.”
Afash is playing well after two arthroscopic surgeries on his right knee.
“I’m 85 percent,” he says. “I’ve scored six goals and had a very good one last week on a bicycle kick. I hope somebody was taping that and I can get a copy of it. It was unbelievable.”
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