photo by Brian Costello John Spencer: New Timbers Head Coach The Portland Timbers held a press conference this morning at the Adidas America HQ in North Portland to formally introduce new head coach John Spencer. To be clear, this was not an announcement of Blues Explosion reformation or a tribute to the late great actor […]
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The Name Is Spencer. John Spencer. Timbers Name New MLS Head Coach
ISIphotos.com John Spencer—not the one from THE WEST WING. The Portland Timbers announced this morning what many in the soccer world had assumed for some time now, namely that John Spencer will be the team’s new head coach beginning with their inaugural Major League Soccer season in 2011. While this is Spencer’s first head coaching […]
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Timbers Go Dutch And Other News . . .
via Soccer24-7.com Ibad Mahamadu in his FC Dordrecht days. The Portland Timbers just announced the signing of Dutch striker Ibad Muhamadu. Mahamadu most recently played with FC Dordrecht in the Dutch second division. He had a trial earlier this winter with Toronto FC of MLS and there was buzz that he would sign with them, […]
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Goal Celebration As Theatre
There’s multiple characters and a plot and drama and a happy ending. I wanna know how casting was done for the role of “The Fish.” Casting . . . I know. Via Kickette.
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Timbers Defy My Prediction So I Swear Off Predicting The Timbers V. Tampa Bay Result Tomorrow Only To Make Yet Another Prediction
So. Um. Yeah. I carelessly predicted a Timbers win on Wednesday night vs. troubled St. Louis only to find out that AC St. Louis’s’s’s’s Mike Ambersley would drop a hat trick on Portland and we’d fall apart 3-0. So I’m not going to to say anything one way or the other about how the Timbers […]
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Speaking Of This, That, And The Other Thing: Timbers News Roundup
Timbers here, there, everywhere. Loads to talk about what they’ve been doing, where they are, and where they’re going. Let’s get down to business. Speaking of business, the Timbers continue to get down to some with their epic road trip tonight against AC St. Louis at 5:10 p.m. Pacific Time on the internets and radio […]
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Road Trip! Timbers Head Up North To Take On Vancouver Tonight
It’s that time of summer when it just feels right to grab the kids, ice down the cooler, pack the tent, and load up the car to hit the open road. For the Portland Timbers, their saga begins tonight in Vancouver against the Whitecaps at 7:30 p.m. The game is on the the inter-radios and […]
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Sometimes A Loss Is A Win: Timbers Fall To Manchester City 3-0
Chad Kula Timbers. Manchester City. It happened. The Portland Timbers fell to Manchester City tonight 3-0 on a gorgeous summer evening at University of Portland’s Merlo Field in front of a sold-out crowd of 5,018. Let me just say that again: The Portland Timbers fell to Manchester City tonight 3-0 on a gorgeous summer evening […]
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Timbers vs. Manchester City—Yes, THE Manchester City—Tomorrow Night At University of Portland
Tim Oscroft, Manchester City FC Hello Portland! It just so happens that one of the best soccer teams in all of England is starting their pre-season training in the lush confines of Nike’s world headquarters out in Beaverton. It is a team that was one win away from making the illustrious Champions League. A team […]
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Spain Wins! Timbers Win! My Last Soccer Post Of The Weekend!
And so, my Blogtown friends, we conclude this crazy weekend of soccer with one last post. As was previously mentioned, Spain beat Holland in the World Cup Final 1-0 with a stellar late-in-extratime goal from Andrés Iniesta. The goal itself was about the only stellar occurrence in an otherwise choppy match. Head Referee Howard Webb […]
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World Cup Man of the Match: This Security Guard
This guy gets red carded to the face! Via @GrantWahl. Video here at Off The Post. p.s. Spain beat Holland 1-0. More thoughts later.
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Miami Nice: Timbers Beat Away The Blues 2-0. Also: Germany Snatches Third Place From Barbeque-Loving And Feline-Friendly Diego Forlán
Ross Smith and Steve Cronin Yes, I know this is the second soccer post in a row. But PEOPLE. Did I not just post that this weekend is crazy full of soccer? It is and I am watching it and you are watching it and others have missed it and will want to know what […]