Brandon Wade/Getty By the 63rd minute, John Spencer had made all the moves he could. The Timbers were down three goals on the road and his allotted subs had run drier than the thousands of empty seats at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas. Like every other Timbers fan (who hadn’t already flipped to the […]
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Good Match-Day, News! Can Portland Stand The Heat Of Dallas’ Saturday Night Lights?
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers I asked Portland defender Eric Brunner a pretty standard question on Thursday before the Timbers hopped a plane to Dallas: What would a road win mean for this team? His first statement was stern and resolute (“We need points to get back into the race,” he said), but Brunner couldn’t help but […]
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The New York Times‘ Portlandiaphilia Hits the Pitch
The New York Times’ Portland bureau has churned out another glowing piece on the Rose City, and this time, they’re in love with our love for soccer! Today’s front page story highlights the Timbers’ fan culture and, as a bonus, hardly mentions Seattle at all (a fact which commenters have certainly taken note of). Portland […]
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Another Stoppage-Time Dagger Leaves Timbers Drawn, Feeling Quartered
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers are no longer on a losing streak. They snapped a 230-minute scoreless stretch with goals in consecutive ticks, and for a while there, a struggling expansion club had its big-city guests and one of MLS’ top teams pressed firmly against the ropes. So how were the boys feeling post-game? […]
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Portland vs. New York — High-Pitched Live Blog Action
Brian Gjurgevich It was one of the first matches to sell out way back in March, but it’s doubtful many predicted the importance of tonight’s Father’s Day meeting between the Timbers and Red Bulls. Portland has seen its early season home success slip into a three-game losing streak of late, and a change of course […]
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Good Match-Day, News! Timbers Set To Mix With Red Bulls
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Evidently, even when participating in a completely different sport, soccer players can’t help but pose like this. Timbers players were at Grand Central Bowl for the “Bowl for a Goal” charity event (which benefited Big Brothers Big Sisters Northwest) on Friday and Jake Gleeson is wondering how the tallest guy ended up […]
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Portland’s Home Pitch Named Second Best in MLS—But Why Isn’t it First!?!
Steve Dipaola/Portland Timbers Portland’s Jeremy Hall sporting some rather awesome cleats on Portland’s home pitch. Sports Illustrated‘s Steve Davis dropped his weekly “Five Things We Learned About MLS” column on Tuesday, and in honor of Sporting KC’s shiny new $200 million digs, Davis ranked each stadium in MLS. Portland’s very own House of Pane checked […]
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Shut Your Haggis Trap, Watch John Spencer Play Steward
Timbers coach John Spencer probably didn’t take long to get into character for this new Alaska Airlines ad. In fact, I’ll bet the head referee of Saturday’s match got the same point/wild-eyed stare as the “right prat” on his “smarty phone.” Brilliant. It’s expected Spencer will be fined by Major League Soccer for his post-game […]
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Ref’s ‘Stinker’ Leads To Stoppage-Time Stunner As Portland Drops Third Straight
Miranda Chrislock/Portland Timbers Kenny Cooper‘s swollen, split eyebrow looked more like a boxer’s and a soccer player’s. New father Ryan Pore appeared as if he might be coming down with a touch of morning sickness. And John Spencer? Well, he sounded like he didn’t care much for MLS officials and acted like dropping a few […]
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Portland vs. Colorado — High-Pitched Live Blog Action
Brian Gjurgevich The Timbers’ Major League Soccer era started at Colorado a little less than three months ago, and since then, much has changed. The tentative Portland side that dropped its first two MLS games on the road has seen its share of ups and downs, but the Timbers have steadily gained confidence and cohesion […]
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Good Match-Day, News! Timbers Seek Rapid Relief From Losing Skid
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers In their first meeting, Portland and Colorado didn’t exactly rock the boat as far as expectations. The Timbers looked very much like an expansion squad playing its first official match together on the road. The Rapids, naturally, looked like defending champs still riding high from an offseason spent sipping Coors Light out […]
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Adidas Is All In, But Will Any Timbers Be All-Stars?
Kenny Cooper and Timbers Army make cameos in a new Adidas soccer commercial, which dropped this week alongside ballots for this year’s Major League Soccer All-Star game. They’re “all in,” apparently, but it still remains to be seen which Timbers will help MLS likely get beat down by Manchester United on July 27 at Red […]