Not everybody felt confident about the Portland Timbers ' Audi MLS Cup Playoffs chances ahead of the 2025 season.

Former MLS stars Bradley Wright-Phillips (11th place) and Sacha Kljestan (12th place) predicted the Timbers would miss the postseason, while fellow MLS Season Pass pundit Kaylyn Kyle was more hopeful with an eighth-place prediction.

But as Portland race toward a second consecutive playoff berth under head coach Phil Neville, the manager sat down with his jovial doubters for a few laughs.

"Do you know what? I've got a post ready to go out in about three weeks time when we make the playoffs that's gonna go, 'Apple TV, change your bloody pundits because they are useless,'" Neville joked on the latest episode of This is MLS .

"I get it, guys. I forgive you."

Rivalry resu

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