Jamie Squire/Getty It was a put-up-or-shut-up sort of match, and on Wednesday night at Kansas City, the Timbers chose the latter. Knowing a positive result was needed to justify any hope of a playoff run, Portland was listless on offense, conceded first (they’re 0-11-3 this year after allowing an opening goal) and paid for multiple […]
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Portland’s Playoff Hopes Dim As Crucial Week Starts Off On Wrong Foot
Bob Levey/Getty Any plans for the last weekend of October? If you had “watching the Timbers’ opening-round MLS playoff match,” penciled into your calendar, you might want to reach for the eraser. Portland didn’t look much like a team that had a full week to prepare for its most crucial stretch of the season, and […]
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Timbers Are “Boring,” But Portland’s Still Hip To Be Square With San Jose
Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Let’s see, from left to right: Kalif Alhassan (bored), little girl in front row (bored), Peter Lowry (over it), Kenny Cooper (pretty standard), Lovel Palmer (preparing to land) and Bright Dike (only slightly intrigued). Portland coach John Spencer called it “one of the most boring games of soccer I’ve seen in a […]
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Timbers Army Shows Its Nintendo Power
If the Timbers are looking to kill some time on their way to San Jose for tomorrow’s crucial match with the Earthquakes (7:30 p.m., Fox 12, 750 AM), might I suggest Tetris? Timbers Army continues to impress (volume reached new heights on Wednesday from where I was sitting) and the unbridled reaction as the pieces […]
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Stumptown Shocker: Timbers Destroy The Galaxy
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Well, that was unexpected. Portland had no business beating the Los Angeles Galaxy on Wednesday night, let alone running the Western Conference’s top team out of town with a 3-0 throttling that ended LA’s streak of dominance and could very well save the Timbers’ season. The stars were out, but Portland shone […]
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Portland vs. Los Angeles — High-Pitched Live Blog Action
Brian Gjurgevich The guy on the far left walked over to me and said, “You’re the most handsome man in the stadium” right after I took this photo. True story. The stars are out in the Rose City as the Timbers welcome Major League Soccer’s most luminous team to the most posh atmosphere in the […]
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Timbers Are Fit To Be Tied After Letting Another Slip Away
Steel Brooks It was 2-2, but the Timbers’ tie with Toronto on Saturday night was no even draw. And that fact was written all over Portland’s face. Head coach John Spencer walked into the post-match press conference nearly a half-hour after the final whistle—easily the longest wait for the media throng this season. By the […]
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Portland vs. Toronto — High-Pitched Live Blog Action
Brian Gjurgevich March 26. Canada. Toronto 2, Portland 0. Feels like forever ago, eh? Much has changed in Timberland: Just two of Portland’s starters from that match (Jack Jewsbury and Eric Brunner) are in the Starting XI tonight, but if you think that’s a lot of change, you should take off, hoser: Of the 14 […]
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Good Match-Day, News! Do Portland’s Playoffs Start Tonight?
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Darlington Nagbe has his eye on the ball during Portland’s last home MLS win, on May 21 against Columbus. Sorry girls, he’s engaged. A super-busy August will determine whether the Portland Timbers are still playing ball in November. Postseason push? P-Town could sure use a nudge, and with 15 Major League Soccer […]
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Portland vs. Independiente—High-Pitched Live Blog Acción
The Timbers have been hospitable hosts this season to their international exhibition opponents. Maybe a bit too hospitable. Ajax, Club America and West Brom—each left the House of Pane with wins, but on a picture-perfect night in the Rose City, Portland hopes to claim victory in its final friendly of the season, an 8 p.m. […]
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Crew Work Late To Tear Down Timbers’ Flimsy Foundation
Kirk Irwin/Getty Portland couldn’t finish early opportunities and the Timbers just plain couldn’t finish on Saturday. They budded early, withered late and the Rose City roller coaster gave up its league-high ninth goal inside the final 15 minutes to vault Columbus into first place back east with a gritty 1-0 Crew victory. That road win […]
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Good Match-Day, News! Move-Making Portland Seeks A New Sort Of Streak At Columbus
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Columbus’ Chad Marshall (right) and Portland’s Jack Jewsbury fight for control during the teams’ last meeting, a 1-0 Portland win. My, what a busy week it’s been for Portland’s Major League Soccer club: Its first road win, a wild, last-second friendly loss to an English Premiere League side and two roster-tightening transactions […]