Timber! NYCFC run ends

PORTLAND — The Portland Timbers cut down a big one Sunday, ending NYCFC’s season-opening undefeated streak at seven games with a 3-0 victory. in their

The Timbers collected their second win after going

first five winless matches.

The match was played as rumors continue to swirl around NYCFC coach Patrick Vieira and the top job at Arsenal. Arsene Wenger announced Friday that he was leaving the Premier League club after 22 years this summer. A day before his surprise announcement, Wenger was quoted as saying that he felt Vieira had the “potential” to lead Arsenal one day.

A French former midfielder, Vieira played for Arsenal from 1996-2005, scoring 29 goals in 279 appearances.

“I just want to talk about the game. I don’t want to talk about anything else,” Vieira said after the match. Pressed, he said: “I don’t have any comment to make. I just want to talk about the game. Nothing else.”