Timbers

The last time I thought the Timbers had a US Open Cup match in the bag against a bunch of amateurs, we all know what happened. Best not say anymore. Just go ahead and click past the jump and follow along, as I deftly the describe the action—on and off the pitch. LINEUPS:Orlando City SC […]

LIVE from Goose Hollow, where the world can wait…for 90 more minutes, at least. Before Brazil and Croatia kick off the World Cup at 8 p.m. (Greenwich Mean Time, yo) tomorrow, Soccer City USA will get one last look at its lads tonight(!) as the Timbers host FC Dallas in the final Major League Soccer […]

LIVE from Goose Hollow, where after slow-dancing toward disaster for much of the first two months of the season, the Timbers are suddenly struttin’. Unbeaten in six straight and fresh off back-to-back road wins this very week, Portland’s confidence—as coach Caleb Porter put it Friday—is at an “all-time high.” Good thing, especially since the similarly […]

LIVE from Goose Hollow, where I already miss Diego Chara. Every match or so, when the action inevitably reaches a certain groove, I pause tapping away at this here live-blog, turn my eyes to the pitch to find the Timbers diminutive midfielder, and watch him work for a minute or two. And now, an hour […]

LIVE from Goose Hollow, where the Timbers feel like winners. No, not just because their mothers love them unconditionally. The godsend of a goal that handed Portland its first victory of the year last week finally gave the boys in green something to write home (to their mothers, who love them and just want to […]

LIVE from Goose Hollow, where I don’t believe Damian Lillard is in the building. However! There are a number of professional athletes here (many quite fit) and the opportunity for civic-driven sporting drama is high. Consider, if you will, a conversation that COULD POTENTIALLY HAPPEN two weeks from now IN THIS VERY CITY: Portlander #1: […]

LIVE from Goose Hollow, where the Timbers host Chivas USA and Portland *might* want to start winning some games. No pressure, fellas (just a suggestion!), but the panic(!) level in the North End has officially reached nervous-finger-tapping as the surprise team of 2013 is the head-scratcher of this go ’round. The Timbers are without a […]

LIVE from Goose Hollow, where your Portland Timbers host your brother-in-law’s Seattle Sounders in a matinee melee at Providence Park. A wise man once asked us, “What do you do with the mad that you feel?” And though Mr. Rogers (a personal hero) was talking about something far removed from footy, his question certainly applies […]

LIVE from Providence Park, where the Timbers take on the Chicago Fire, and I battle a mean set of burning legs. With 15 kilos of Shamrockin’ lactic acid ravaging my stems, I’ve already run further this morning than Diego Chara will sprint all afternoon. My quads are more messed up than traffic downtown and I […]