LAFC prepares for ‘difficult opponent’ in Portland

When Giorgio Chiellini joined the Los Angeles Football Club in July, the Italian defender knew enough about Major League Soccer to share his thoughts about the challenging cluster of road matches that awaited him and his new team.
Playing for almost 20 years in Italy, where Chiellini starred with Juventus, equivalent travel would have placed him in Russia. More than once. Over a relatively short span of matches.
The road stretch came and went, and, unsurprisingly, coincided with LAFC slipping in