Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers We’d seen an advance script of this finish. The Timbers would, mostly against the run of play, grab a goal in stoppage time to deny the LA Galaxy, sending a packed Providence Park into raptures and sending Bruce Arena down his touchline huffing and puffing and shaking his head like some oblivious […]
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Timbers v. LA Galaxy: Match Preview
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers After coming oh-so-close to the opening day win their play deserved last Saturday night, the Portland Timbers suit up for round two of their 2015 MLS season, when the defending champions LA Galaxy come calling at Providence Park (4 pm, TV on Fox Sports 1, Radio on 750 AM the Game). Opening […]
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Timbers Do Themselves Proud on Opening Night
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers After a furious scramble, the Timbers were unable to find the game-winning goal in their first match of the new season, against Real Salt Lake, at an ear-splitting Providence Park. It ended as a 0-0 draw, one that saw every inch fought for, every ball contested, and every moment of drama amplified […]
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Timbers vs. Real Salt Lake: Opening Match Preview
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Opening day is sacred in all sports, but this one will be especially so for MLS, because it almost didn’t happen. Throughout the off-season, contentious negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement between players and owners produced little but acrimony and unease. Tuesday night, player representatives from 19 of the 20 MLS […]
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Your 2015 Portland Timbers
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Already bruised and battered, with the new season hanging on a cliff, the Portland Timbers are ready to play for real. There are some familiar faces on this year’s lineup, including all four of the all-stars in team history and five players who were around for the inaugural MLS season in 2011. […]
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Timbers Beat Stabaek: Five Thoughts
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Portland polishes off Stabaek 1-0 in their final preseason game. The Portland Timbers finally got a win in their final preseason game, beating Norwegian side Stabaek 1-0 thanks to a goal from Fanendo Adi. A lockout not withstanding, the Timbers open the regular season one week from today at home against Real […]
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Total Disaster Strikes Timbers in Loss to Vancouver
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Portland loses Ben Zemanski, first preseason game to Vancouver Whitecaps. We got 23 minutes of peace, at least. Then, the Portland Timbers midfielder Ben Zemanski crumpled to the Providence Park turf—the kind of non-contact collapse that can only mean one thing. Caleb Porter confirmed Zemanski’s torn ACL within the first five words […]
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Judgement Day Comes For New Timbers-Affiliated Club—”T2″
Soccer City, USA will have another pro team to root for next season. The Portland Timbers officially announced the launch of a new club this morning that will compete in USL PRO—the league below Major League Soccer that once fielded the Timbers themselves. The team, “Timbers 2” (or “T2“, as James Cameron the Timbers will […]
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Timbers Roar Back Into Playoff Position, Must Now Root For…Seattle?!
Portland Timbers Caleb Porter didn’t need to speak their name. He just needs them to win. After a breezy 3-0 victory against the hapless, shorthanded San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday night, the Timbers coach was asked which side he’d be rooting for this weekend when Portland’s most bitter rivals (Seattle) takes on the team Portland […]
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Numbers Lie In Timbers’ Latest ‘Same Old Story’
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Maestro Diego Valeri assisted on all three Timbers goals during Portland’s 3-3 draw with San Jose on Sunday. “The goal in this sport is to score goals,” he laughed. “We play to score, and we couldn’t.” As Caleb Porter walked into his postgame press conference following the Portland Timbers’ frustrating 3-3 draw […]
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That Tifo Though
Sure, the Timbers got hammered 4-2 by their most hated rivals on Sunday afternoon to essentially eliminate PTFC from Cascadia Cup contention. But before the Seattle Sounders could kick their beloved team around Portland’s home pitch, Timbers Army unfurled yet another enormous tifo display: Call it “Dorothy” or “There’s no place like home…” but it […]
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Timbers Roll To Kick-Back Win
Meg Williams/Portland Timbers If Liam Ridgewell is as comfortable anchoring the Timbers’ back line as he is in his own skin, the 30-year-old might be just the defender Portland is looking for. PTFC’s newest signing had his best performance in a Timbers jersey on Saturday night, helping Portland cruise past a hapless Chivas USA side […]