Alex McDougall Rodrigo Lopez. Powered by Powdermilk Biscuits! Well, it was a quiet week in Lake Wobegon, my hometown. Everyone down at the Chatterbox Cafe was wondering what was going on. Well, I’ll tell you, it wa—What?! It’s not NPR hour? I got confused as I went to a soccer game between the Portland Timbers […]
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Another Day, Another Rivalry
The Portland Timbers face the Vancouver Whitecaps tonight at PGE Park at 7:00 p.m. While it doesn’t have perhaps the hatred of Timbers v. Sounders, it’s a solid rivalry with mutual respect none-the-less. Apart from desperately needed points in the standings, also at stake is the Cascadia Cup—a trophy conceived by fans of Portland, Vancouver, […]
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Timbers Lose To Seattle On Penalty Kicks But Soccer Wins
Alex McDougall Timbers = Magic! With no World Cup match today as South Africa took a break before the quarterfinals, it was easy to say that the match between the Portland Timbers and the Seattle Sounders was, more or less, the center of the soccer universe. And while the Timbers did lose to the Sounders […]
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Timbers vs. Sounders. AKA Good vs. Evil. Tonight.
Allison Andrews I must break you. People! PEOPLE! This is a big one. This is USA vs. CCCP. Hatfield’s vs. McCoy’s.Brooks vs. Sumner.Fire vs. Ice.Ali vs. Foreman.Cat vs. Dog. Up vs. Down. Swearengen vs. Hearst.Spy vs. Spy.Henry V vs. Charles d’Albret.Simon vs. Garfunkel.Nixon vs. Frost.Kramer vs. Kramer.Luke vs. Vader.Oil vs. Water.Candy vs. Ass. This is […]
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Summer’s Here And The Time Is Right: Timbers Win 1-0.
Alex McDougall We’re about to go dancing in the streets. As though they were unearthed from a cold dark place of rain and unseasonably cold weather, the Portland Timbers awoke to the sweet sun of summer to put a beating on the Tampa Bay Rowdies 1-0. It was as if someone had found the old […]
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Soccer Weekend Bonanza!
Stuart Franklin/Getty Images via Boston Globe Wake up! It’s Vuvuzela Time! This weekend is full of soccer goodness. To begin with, there’s the USA. Landon Donovan—New York Post coverboy—leads his squad against Ghana in this first game of the round of sixteen. It’s all one-and-done knockout stuff now, folks, so it’s serious time. Ghana—the only […]
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Timbers: U.S. Open Cup Continues (Hopefully With An Eventual Game vs. Seattle)
The Portland Timbers continue their U.S. Open Cup run tonight with a second round game in Bremerton, WA against the Kitsap Pumas at 7 p.m. Alas, there is no video feed of the game though it is on the radios at 95.5 The Game. The Pumas play in the Premier Development League, one level below […]
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Timbers Lose. Again.
Alex McDougall Timbers trying to get on track. Timbers fell to the Minnesota Stars last night 1-0. Alas, I was not in attendance as I am on the road for my sister’s wedding but I gather there was a red card for the home team, many many fouls, a great penalty kick stop from Steve […]
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Timbers: U.S. Open Cup Starts Tonight
Wikipedia Stix, Baer, and Fuller FC looking tough in 1933. Bethlehem Steel. Philadelphia Ukrainians. Stix, Baer, and Fuller FC. Uhrik Truckers. McIlvaine Canvasbacks. Fall River Marksmen. Maccabi Los Angeles. There was a time when these clubs ruled the U.S. soccer landscape. Many made up of with players from steel mills, factories, and immigrant communities, these […]
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World Cup Matches Galore and a New Timbers Logo . . . It Was a Busy Soccer Weekend.
To begin with, there was Bafana Bafana’s Siphiwe Tshabalala scorcher starting the party off right . . . France and Uruguay putting up a total snoozer . . . Dark horse South Korea making themselves known against a messed up Greece . . . Maradona’s Argentine boys taking it to Nigeria . . . Keeper […]
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Timbers Update : Game Tonight v. Austin, Burgers, and New Logo
The Timbers, still smarting from having victory snatched from them against Carolina last Sunday, hit the road tonight to take on the grammatically challenged Austin Aztex in Texas. The Aztex are in first place in the USL Conference—a full 11 points clear of the Timbers—so a win tonight on the road would be a great […]
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It Ain’t Over Till The Fat Lady Si—What?! She’s Dead?! Timbers tie RailHawks 1-1
Allison Andrews I don’t remember this part in the script. There was an operatic murder tonight at PGE Park. The Portland Timbers were well on their way to producing a beautifully constructed bel canto with midfielder Alex Nimo as maestro leading excellent performances from defender Ian Joy and midfielder Ryan Pore with striker Bright Dike […]