The Timbers may have come out a bit flat in their MLS debut on Saturday, but that shouldn’t stop you from coming out this season to catch a match. If season tickets were too big of a commitment or simply too rich for your blood, you should know single tickets for all regular-season matches are […]
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Timbers Cut Down In Their MLS Debut, But That First Goal Still Sounded Fresh
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Wanna hear what the first MLS goal in Timbers history sounded like inside the sold-out Bagdad Theater? Unfortunately for the hundreds of Timbers Army packed into the dark, sprawling movie house — not to mention the hundreds more who traveled to Commerce City for the opener — Kenny Cooper’s historic goal in the […]
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Good Match-day, News! Timbers Kick Off MLS Era Today
Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Timbers Timbers Brian Umony, Kalif Alhassan and Futty Danso check out the pitch where Portland will make its MLS debut tonight. It’s a beautiful morning in Portland, especially if you’re a fan of the beautiful game. The Timbers officially become big-league at 6 tonight, when they face the defending Major League Soccer champion […]
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One Day Away (!): If A Press Conference Falls In The Forest, Does It Make A Sound?
Timbers FC Yeah. Pretty sure these guys are ready. Make sure your scarf is clean, because the Timbers are mere hours away from making their Major League Soccer debut at 6 p.m. Saturday against the Colorado Rapids. And while it’s still just soccer to some, it’s also a new chapter for a Portland franchise steeped […]
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Addendum to: Where To Watch the Timbers’ First MLS Match
Earlier this week our new Timbers blogger Brian gave you a handy rundown of spots around town to catch the Timbers big debut on Saturday. One more to add to the pile just came in: Spirit of ’77 designers/partners (and the ones behind those ubiquitous billboards) OMFGCO are hosting a party at the Lil’ Spirit […]
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“Try-storming?” Debate on Parking Meters During Timbers Games Turns Weird
So Portland City Council just finished discussing—but not voting on, like Mayor Sam Adams really, really wanted—a proposal to extend meter hours and raise parking rates, only when the Timbers play, for several hundred metered parking spaces near Jeld-Wen Stadium, the soccer arena formerly known as PGE Park. The changes amount to something all smart […]
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POLL: Is “Jeld-Wen Field” A Cool, Breezy Moniker OR Does It Bring on Sharp Panes?
PGE Park? So yesterday. It’s a new league, a spiffy new field, a spankin’-new grandstand and now — that’s right, suits! — NEW CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP! Window and door manufacturer extraordinaire Jeld-Wen (based in Klamath Falls, which I’m told lies somewhere deep in the lawless, mountainous region between California and Eugene) now owns the naming rights […]
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*Jeld-Wen Field* Pr0n And Cats That Live In Ballparks
It smells of paint and plastic wrap, but the $31 million renovation at PGE Park Jeld-Wen Field is nearing completion as the Portland Timbers ready for their Major League soccer debut in Colorado on Saturday. The team confirmed in a press conference on Monday that Klamath-Falls based window and door manufacturer Jeld-Wen purchased naming rights […]
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Where To Catch The (Undefeated) Timbers’ First MLS Match
[Guys! Welcome our new Timbers correspondent Brian Gjurgevich—pronounced just like it’s spelled—who will be escorting us through this coming season of MLS madness. Welcome, Brian!—eds.] There’s no fresh-cut grass, hardly any sunshine, and the dirt is more tiny rubber pellets than actual soil, but it’s starting to feel a lot like spring at (soon-to-be-renamed) PGE […]
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Timbers Blogger Needed!
Spring is quickly approaching, which means the Timbers will be commencing their first major league season—and guess what? The Mercury is once again throwing out our net in search of a Timbers blogger/reporter/commentator. The successful applicant should have a shit-ton of knowledge about soccer and a deep love for the Timbers (that means you should […]
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Would You Pay $110 For This Timbers Jersey?
Speaking of billboards, have you seen the one with the new MLS Timbers jersey? It looks a little too much like an Alaskan Airlines jersey to me, but if there’s one company that should have prominent advertising placement it’s the single best airline operating in the United States (complimentary Northwest wine and beer on Horizon […]
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So What Do You Think of The New Timbers Billboards?
By now you’ve probably seen some of the new billboards that’re stirring up interest in the 2011 MLS-ified Timbers, the work of former W+K ad director Jelly Helm (with an assist from OMFG Co., who also have a hand in newish sports bar Spirit of 77): Jelly Helm Studio MLS Soccer.com just published a piece […]