Brian Gjurgevich After a much-needed win over the weekend, it looks like the Timbers still think they’re in this thing. And why not? They’ve pulled within striking distance of a playoff spot with a 2-1 Cascadia Cup victory over Vancouver on Saturday, and tonight, Portland can vault itself right back into the thick of the […]
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Timbers Raise The Bar On Selling Out
Steel Brooks/Portland Timbers Quality over quantity, eh? The Timbers announced today that they’d open up about 2,000 more seats at the House of Pane for two upcoming matches. Having sold out each of their 13 Major League Soccer home matches this season (at a capacity of 18,627), Portland will increase Jeld-Wen Field’s magic number to […]
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Portland vs. Vancouver — High-Pitched Live Blog Action
Brian Gjurgevich Yes, it’s a meeting between two expansion clubs tied for the most losses in MLS this season, but tonight, standings matter little. When the Timbers welcome the Whitecaps for a 7 p.m. Cascadia Cup clash (Fox 12, TSN, 750 AM, 101.1 FM), a 36-year-old rivalry will makes its Major League debut. The standings […]
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Good Match-Day, News! Forget The Playoffs, Today’s All About The Cascadia Cup
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Vancouver knocked Portland out of the Division 2 playoffs last season, but they may be too late to pull the same trick in 2011. The Timbers’ mid-season swoon has PTFC on the outside looking in, but for one night at least, that’s irrelevant: Postseason play is out of the question for one […]
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Meet Your Newest Timber
Getty Eric Alexander, center, was acquired by Portland today in exchange for Jeremy Hall. With tomorrow’s Cascadia Cup derby looming and playoff hopes dimming, Portland’s tinkering with its roster for their inaugural season’s home stretch. The Timbers traded away midfielder/defender Jeremy Hall for FC Dallas midfielder Eric Alexander this afternoon. From the press release: Alexander, […]
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Bobble-header Leads To Stitch On The Pitch
Getty Bravo, Kansas City. Bravo. If I told you a game was halted because the goalie needed a few quick stitches, you’d probably assume I was talking about hockey. Nope. (Maybe I should’ve mentioned the player was stitched up while lying seemingly helpless on the ground?) Kansas City keeper Jimmy Nielsen was on the unfortunate […]
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A Sporting Chance At The Playoffs? Not So Much After KC Grills Portland
Jamie Squire/Getty It was a put-up-or-shut-up sort of match, and on Wednesday night at Kansas City, the Timbers chose the latter. Knowing a positive result was needed to justify any hope of a playoff run, Portland was listless on offense, conceded first (they’re 0-11-3 this year after allowing an opening goal) and paid for multiple […]
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Portland’s Playoff Hopes Dim As Crucial Week Starts Off On Wrong Foot
Bob Levey/Getty Any plans for the last weekend of October? If you had “watching the Timbers’ opening-round MLS playoff match,” penciled into your calendar, you might want to reach for the eraser. Portland didn’t look much like a team that had a full week to prepare for its most crucial stretch of the season, and […]
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Timbers Are “Boring,” But Portland’s Still Hip To Be Square With San Jose
Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Let’s see, from left to right: Kalif Alhassan (bored), little girl in front row (bored), Peter Lowry (over it), Kenny Cooper (pretty standard), Lovel Palmer (preparing to land) and Bright Dike (only slightly intrigued). Portland coach John Spencer called it “one of the most boring games of soccer I’ve seen in a […]
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Timbers Army Shows Its Nintendo Power
If the Timbers are looking to kill some time on their way to San Jose for tomorrow’s crucial match with the Earthquakes (7:30 p.m., Fox 12, 750 AM), might I suggest Tetris? Timbers Army continues to impress (volume reached new heights on Wednesday from where I was sitting) and the unbridled reaction as the pieces […]
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Stumptown Shocker: Timbers Destroy The Galaxy
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Well, that was unexpected. Portland had no business beating the Los Angeles Galaxy on Wednesday night, let alone running the Western Conference’s top team out of town with a 3-0 throttling that ended LA’s streak of dominance and could very well save the Timbers’ season. The stars were out, but Portland shone […]
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Oh My, Darlington!
As Timbers Struggle, Fans Turn Eyes to Nagbe’s Rise
The Timbers struggle, but is there hope on the horizon?