Timbers’ Kristoffer Velde didn’t come back to adapt. He came back to lead

Timbers’ Kristoffer Velde didn’t come back to adapt. He came back to lead

BEAVERTON — Kristoffer Velde returned to Oregon with the same energy he departed with back in November.

Timbers' Kristoffer Velde didn’t come back to adapt. He came back to lead

BEAVERTON — Kristoffer Velde returned to Oregon with the same energy he departed with back in November.Remember, it was two months ago when Portland’s 2025 season came to an end and the Norwegian DP left the Timbers’ exit interviews with a departing message:“I think the standard needs to be higher,” Velde said then. “What we do in the training ground. What we do in the gym. We have so many players with so much quality. The potential is there. We…