Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images via The Guardian We love soccer! (And that’s all this picture means.) Soccer. Yes. There’s a bit of it going on this weekend. Like a full on wall-to-wall ton of it going on this weekend. Like, My-Head-Is-Going-To-Explode amounts. Where to start? There’s two—count them!—two Portland Timbers matches. One against Miami FC Blues […]
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Soccer, Stripped Down Naked
Pelada Documents Soccer the World Over
Pelada documents soccer the world over.
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“Who Cares About Soccer?”
Portland Soccer: Where It Began, Where It Is, Where It’s Going
A look at Portland soccer: Where it began, where it is, where it’s going.
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World Cup Final Four!
Have you taken your long lunch yet to witness John Harkes’ ongoing man crush love affair with Diego Forlan? You should. We’re down to the final four with Uruguay taking on Holland RIGHT NOW and tomorrow, in what some are calling the “real” final, is Spain vs. Germany. My fearless and completely off-the-cuff picks? Sexy […]
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Timbers Move Into Third Place With 0-0 Draw Against Vancouver
Alex McDougall Rodrigo Lopez. Powered by Powdermilk Biscuits! Well, it was a quiet week in Lake Wobegon, my hometown. Everyone down at the Chatterbox Cafe was wondering what was going on. Well, I’ll tell you, it wa—What?! It’s not NPR hour? I got confused as I went to a soccer game between the Portland Timbers […]
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Another Day, Another Rivalry
The Portland Timbers face the Vancouver Whitecaps tonight at PGE Park at 7:00 p.m. While it doesn’t have perhaps the hatred of Timbers v. Sounders, it’s a solid rivalry with mutual respect none-the-less. Apart from desperately needed points in the standings, also at stake is the Cascadia Cup—a trophy conceived by fans of Portland, Vancouver, […]
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Timbers Lose To Seattle On Penalty Kicks But Soccer Wins
Alex McDougall Timbers = Magic! With no World Cup match today as South Africa took a break before the quarterfinals, it was easy to say that the match between the Portland Timbers and the Seattle Sounders was, more or less, the center of the soccer universe. And while the Timbers did lose to the Sounders […]
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Timbers vs. Sounders. AKA Good vs. Evil. Tonight.
Allison Andrews I must break you. People! PEOPLE! This is a big one. This is USA vs. CCCP. Hatfield’s vs. McCoy’s.Brooks vs. Sumner.Fire vs. Ice.Ali vs. Foreman.Cat vs. Dog. Up vs. Down. Swearengen vs. Hearst.Spy vs. Spy.Henry V vs. Charles d’Albret.Simon vs. Garfunkel.Nixon vs. Frost.Kramer vs. Kramer.Luke vs. Vader.Oil vs. Water.Candy vs. Ass. This is […]
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World Cup Champion Announced! (In Booger Eating.)
Joachim Löw, you may be the head coach of Germany and thinking you’re fashion forward and all that—especially after your thorough dismantling of England yesterday. However. You, sir, eat boogers. Hat tip to Mr. Jeff Shaw.
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Summer’s Here And The Time Is Right: Timbers Win 1-0.
Alex McDougall We’re about to go dancing in the streets. As though they were unearthed from a cold dark place of rain and unseasonably cold weather, the Portland Timbers awoke to the sweet sun of summer to put a beating on the Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-0. It was as if someone had found the old […]
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Soccer Weekend Bonanza!
Stuart Franklin/Getty Images via Boston Globe Wake up! It’s Vuvuzela Time! This weekend is full of soccer goodness. To begin with, there’s the USA. Landon Donovan—New York Post coverboy—leads his squad against Ghana in this first game of the round of sixteen. It’s all one-and-done knockout stuff now, folks, so it’s serious time. Ghana—the only […]
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It Is Your Patriotic Duty To Celebrate Landon Donovan’s Game-Winning Goal.
Something happened yesterday. Something that had people leaping up and down all over the world. Witness: Side Note. To the Dude in Arkansas (2:45 mark) and the Guy in His Basement (3:24 mark): Who videotapes themselves watching the TV? Oh, and if you don’t have World Cup Fever yet, then go to a YouTube video […]