Potential candidates to take over as Portland Timbers Head Coach

Taking a look at some of the candidates to take over as Portland's fourth full-time head coach in MLS.

For the first time since 2017, the Portland Timbers are looking for a new person in charge.

Timbers GM Ned Grabavoy made the biggest call of his young tenure by dismissing Giovanni Savarese last month, and is currently in the midst of a search to determine who will be his pick to take over as full-time head coach — an even bigger call than firing Gio.

Who could that person be? Let’s dive into five possibilities, each with a varying degree of plausibility: