What They're Saying: Giovanni Savarese

“I believe that teams have very important players, but those players need to have accountability and need to play as well and push themselves. And also everyone on the team needs to feel at every moment their effort in practice and hard work can be rewarded as well. That’s the only thing that will create a great mentality."

-- New Portland Timbers head coach Giovanni Savarese, whose benching of captain Liam Ridgewell after two losses to open the 2018 season sent a message to everyone in the squad that no one’s job was safe. (MLSSoccer.com)
1 comment about "What They're Saying: Giovanni Savarese".
  1. Wooden Ships, March 29, 2018 at 9:46 a.m.

    JK and BA should have had the same position with a few of our players. Bet we would have qualified.

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