Today was the first meeting of the MLS2PDX AAA Baseball Stadium/PGE Renovation Task Force (that Amy J. Ruiz introduced originally). She and I live blogged the whole meeting, and Amy posted her thoughts within her mammoth OMG TOO MUCH CITY HALL SOMEONE GIVE ME A SANDWICH post, and I’ll be quoting that liveblog. mark evans: […]
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MLS2PDX: Now with Podcasts!
These ARE for sale, but only if you can find Joe JoeA few weeks ago I was invited to join a panel of dedicated Timbers Army this past weekend to discuss MLS expansion on The 107 Report, the best (and only) Portland Timbers podcast, hosted and produced by Bruce ‘Obi’ Eaton. We discussed the viability […]
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MLS2PDX: going national
original image by NYtimes.com. Graffiti by Mark. The passing of our national elections means that exhausted members of the national press are trying to keep their jobs while doing as little as possible, mailing in articles from beaches in Cabo San Lucas or the secret basement juke joint still hiding beneath the National Press Club. […]
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MLS2PDX: meetings in NYC
We hadn’t heard much about developments in the MLS2PDX campaign until something sneaky this way came, in a Dwight Jaynes blog entry: Leonard says it’s in the bag if all goes well with PGE Park. “It’s clear to me that it’s ours to lose,” Leonard said Wednesday.” But without attribution or much follow up–the quote […]
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MLS2PDX: The Competition Revealed
Wednesday was the deadline for submitting formal bids to Major League Soccer for the next round of expansion, in 2011. Rumors have been flying across the interwebs about who would be in the running; we now know who Merritt Paulson and company are up against. It’s a daunting list. The announcement came on the official […]
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MLS2PDX plans see the light of day
Hi Folks, it’s me, your trusty PTFC blogger here on Blogtown. You haven’t heard much from me since the last home game, because, well, the Timbers finished the season at the bottom of the table and missed the playoffs for the second time in three years. It was a season many of us would prefer […]
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No Playoffs for the Timbers: Timbers 1 Charleston 2
Coming in to last night’s game, the Timbers had managed to screw their chances at the playoffs. The Timbers held their fate in their own hands 4 games ago, needing 10 points from five games. Then they completely shit the bed, losing to Montreal and Rochester after the stunning 4-0 defeat of Miami FC. Still, […]
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For the Rose City, 4 Nil! Timbers destroy Miami
(Photo Credit: Allison Andrews/Soccercity USA) I was worried all week. I worried that Sarah Palin might actually string two sentences together without sounding like a right-wing zealot; I was worried John McCain might kill at the RNC. I was worried that Think Out Loud might be canceled; I was worried that I would start my […]
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Timbers Today!
Hello Blogtown readers! I’m Mark, and through the power of hypnosis and positive visualization, I’ve convinced the Mercury staff to let me be the voice of the Portland Timbers on Blogtown. I’ll get around to introducing myself later, but there is news afoot! NEWS! GASP! Merritt Paulson, owner of the Portland Timbers Football Club and […]