Savannah has now booked her hotel and flights ahead of her four-day trip from Friday and she told me in an email her thoughts on the efforts by rivals supporters to get her to the match.

"I was both excited and nervous [when I saw the first tweet]. I have never been further west than Chicago, so this would be a big trip for me.

"I was nervous because this all happened so fast, that I didn’t really have time to process everything that was going on. The idea was thrown out there and shortly after, the GoFundMe was up and running. The goal was met in under an hour and just kept growing throughout the day. All I could keep saying was “wow”.

"I don’t like handouts, so the fact that these people that I don’t even know, pitched in a good amount of money to bring me out there was very overwhelming. I have a hard time accepting that people can just do nice things sometimes, so there were definitely a lot of mixed emotions. Once I talked to a few people, from both Portland and Columbus, I was more at ease and started to relax a little.

"I am so gracious for everything that Timbers Army supporters have done. They have been nothing but generous and kind to me and I think this is a great example of supporter culture in the MLS. We are all here for the same thing, to support the team we love. And to have that support stretch between two teams who just played each other in the cup, is amazing.

"I’m there for four days, so other than the match, I most look forward to putting faces to Twitter handles. I cannot wait to meet the people who made this all happen and thank them in person! I also look forward to seeing some key spots in Portland. This has been a very surreal and humbling experience and I hope everyone knows how thankful and appreciative I am."

On her newfound 'fame', she said: "After this happened, I could not go anywhere without people flip me off. I walked into my aunt’s house on Christmas and my Grandpa yells “Hey Savannah!” and he flips me off!

"Everyone who knows me got a big kick out of it and were just as surprised as I was about how this took off. It's definitely surreal."

And so to the money question? Will you flip the bird again if the camera zooms in on you again? "I have no idea haha! I don’t have anything special planned."