Otto Greule Jr./Getty Former Sounder Mike Fucito will soon sport a different shade of green after being acquired by Portland today. The Timbers nabbed themselves some help up front today, acquiring speedy forward Mike Fucito from Montreal for either a second-round 2013 SuperDraft pick or a 2013 international roster slot—depending on how well Fucito performs. […]
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Is Merritt Paulson Fired Up? You Better F-in’ Believe It
In what may go down as the first bleep in official-team-video history, Timbers owner Merritt Paulson addressed the media today at his team’s new $6 million practice facility in Beaverton. And he didn’t exactly tap the brakes when asked about his take on instant replay, bringing his answer back to a pair of crucial calls […]
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Cosmo Evidently Can’t Resist Timbers Rookie
Andy Mead/MLSsoccer.com With a surprisingly slow start tugging at the Timbers’ morale, none other than Cosmopolitan has handed the team something it can rally around: Razzing the rookie. I’m guessing first-year Timber Andrew Jean-Baptiste will get his share of jests this week after being named as Portland’s representative for Cosmo’s “Hot Soccer Players We Can’t […]
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Portland vs. Chivas USA—High-Pitched Live Blog Action!
Brian Gjurgevich Any story worth its salt needs a strong opening, and even a poor attempt at telling a tale can be saved by a great ending. Same goes for a footy match, and so far this season, the first and last chapters of the Timbers’ gameplan are in desperate need of a re-write. Whether […]
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Nagbeautiful
Or maybe “Nagbelievable?” Can Darlington Nagbe score any other way but wondrously? But oh, right, the Timbers had themselves a bit of a meltdown and surrendered two goals in the final four minutes to negate Nagbe’s night and fall 3-2 to Real Salt Lake on Saturday at Jeld-Wen Field. And if you thought giving up […]
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Portland vs. Real Salt Lake—High-Pitched Live Blog Action
Brian Gjurgevich It very nearly resembles springtime in the Rose City, and we’re LIVE at JW-F as the Timbers host Real Salt Lake. Two teams fresh off defeats of varying embarrassment look to re-focus tonight, as the injury-cursed home team hopes to forget about the early-goal debacle at supposedly lowly New England and challenge a […]
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BREAKING: Timbers To Host Friendly With Spanish Powerhouse Valencia
SpanishFootball.info These guys! In Portland! One of the top clubs in Europe will make its way to the Rose City later this spring. The Timbers announced this afternoon that they’ll host top-flight Spanish side Valencia CF in a May 23 friendly at J-WF. One of the most successful sides in Spanish/European history, Los Che has […]
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Spenny Makes The Call, And Portland Gets The Point
Say, Timbers coach John Spencer—why’d you decide to put Darlington Nagbe in at forward? In a remarkable bit of timing, both Spencer and Nagbe gave equally compelling answers to that question on Saturday, as Nagbe scored a second-half equalizer during Portland’s 1-1 draw at FC Dallas. Nagbe answered with his feet, showing precisely why he […]
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Timbers’ Rally Creams Philly
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Portland rookie Andrew Jean-Baptiste celebrates after scoring his first career goal. Andrew Jean-Baptiste didn’t advertise the fact that he’d be starting his first Major League Soccer game. When friends and family back east asked if he’d play during Portland’s season-opening match against Philadelphia on Monday night, the Timbers rookie defender was rather […]
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Portland vs. Philadelphia—High-Pitched Live Blog Action
Brian Gjurgevich The Timbers greet their Army during warm-ups as driving rain greets the start of the 2012 season. Sophomore year is finally here. It’s the shortest offseason in North American sports, but for Timbers Army, this day couldn’t have come soon enough. On a night eerily reminiscent of last year’s opener, Portland’s Major League […]
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Timbers Kick Off Today! What Questions Remain Unanswered?!?
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers The Timbers’ season opener is just hours away, and although plenty has been made of Portland’s increased depth, big-time aspirations and a one huge offseason addition, (in)significant questions remain. Luckily, I’m here answer all your burning queries in an exclusive interview … with myself. 1. Should the inevitable zombie apocalypse occur during […]
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Portland vs. AIK—High-Pitched Live (Preseason) Blog Action
Brian Gjurgevich The main event of Portland’s preseason schedule just got a little bit bigger. Six feet, one inch and 164 goals, to be exact. Prized offseason signing Kris Boyd (above) will make his Timbers debut at 5 p.m. tonight against Swedish first-division side AIK after training this week with both teammates and what I […]