It’s time to close the door (and window?) on Jeld-Wen Field. The Portland Timbers announced a title change to their home turf on Monday, giving Civic Stadium a new moniker: Providence Park. The name switcharoo is the result of a “new integrated community partnership” between PTFC and Providence Health & Services (Oregon’s largest private employer) […]
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Timbers vs. Real Salt Lake—High-Pitched Live Blog Action!
We’re LIVE at The Jelly, where a win won’t cut it for Portland. If the Timbers are to extend what’s been a dream 2013 campaign, they’ll need to defeat their biggest foils—a seasoned Real Salt Lake side PTFC hasn’t topped in five tries—by two goals. Improbable? Certainly. (Only three teams in Portland’s situation have moved […]
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Timbers vs. Sounders—High-Pitched Live Blog Action!
We’re LIVE in Goose Hollow, where the atmosphere is evidently so electric, the WiFi in the Jeld-Wen Field press box has crumbled under the weight of expectation. The mass of media—a contingent large enough to overflow to the back of sections 219 and 220 for the first time since the Gold Cup visited earlier this […]
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Spirit of '75
With eight hours to go until first kick between the Timbers and Sounders, here’s your friendly reminder that beating Seattle never gets old:
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Before The Eyes Of Portland Turn To Seattle, They Should Probably Watch "Tifo"
As you’re mentally, emotionally and spiritually preparing yourself for the first 90 minutes of the Timbers’ Major League Soccer playoff history (against Seattle because OF COURSE IT IS), take 20 minutes to watch this lovely documentary from the Barnicle Brothers and Prospect Productions. Tifo follows the creation of one of those giant, section-wide displays of […]
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Timbers vs. Real Salt Lake—High-Pitched Live Blog Action!
The press release went out at 3:41 p.m. Goose Hollow time: The Timbers are in. We’re LIVE at J-WF, where the playoff-bound, first-place Portland Timbers host nemesis Real Salt Lake in a match that’s by no means a formality. “Gee, thanks, Seattle,” chorused Soccer City, USA when the Sounders loss at Dallas today clinched PTFC’s […]
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Timbers vs. Sounders—High-Pitched Live Blog Action!
The Timbers can’t quite punch their ticket to the postseason tonight, but oh, the things they can do. We’re LIVE at the Jelly, where first place in the Western Conference and nothing less than a Cascadia Cup will be decided as Portland hosts Seattle at 6(ish) p.m. Goose Hollow time. A win by the Timbers […]
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Timbers vs. Los Angeles Galaxy—High-Pitched Live Blog Action!
We’re LIVE at Jeld-WetWen Field, where I’ve taken the pulse of the press box. I polled 25 media types—journos, bloggers and PTFC staff alike—with a simple question: Will the Timbers make the playoffs in 2013? The results were nearly unanimous: 24 yay, 1 nay. But is Portland’s postseason forecast as clear as the skies aren’t […]
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Timbers vs. Colorado Rapids—High-Pitched Live Blog Action!
It’s looking a lot like fall—are the Timbers ready to rise? We’re LIVE at The Jelly where Portland faces fellow Western Conference contender Colorado in a match with myriad playoff implications. The Timbers could pass the Rapids in the standings with a win tonight and move into third place with five matches to play. They’re […]
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Timbers Army To Its Ranks: You Wanna Piece Of This?
Brian Gjurgevich Timbers Army’s tifo for the Vancouver match earlier this season. If you’re looking to cut out the word “BALLS” to hang on your wall, get yourself to Waterfront Park on Saturday morning (and bring scissors). In terms of paint-on-canvas as a medium, it doesn’t get much bigger than Timbers Army tifo. The giant, […]
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Timbers vs. Toronto FC—High-Pitched Live Blog Action!
We get it: Not. A. Must-Win. We’re LIVE at The Jelly, where your Portland Timbers host Toronto FC in a match we’ll go ahead and call a “should-win” for PTFC. You want three points, do ya? 1. DRAMATICS! Fighting for their postseason lives(!), injuries, suspensions and international call-ups have thinned the Timbers as summer has […]
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Timbers vs. Real Salt Lake—High-Pitched Live Blog Action!
Who’s the best in the West? Pretty sure I’m looking at ’em right now. We’re LIVE at The Jelly, where the Timbers could pull into a tie for first place with Real Salt Lake when the two meet at 8(ish) p.m. It’s the first of three league meetings over the final two months of the […]