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This Week Inside the Mercury: Presented by Kevin, the Portland Mercury Street Team Ghost!
Here’s Kevin, the Portland Mercury Street Team Ghost with an overview of this week’s paper.
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Cut Down, But Still Growing
Timbers’ Storybook Season Ends with Crescendo of Support
The season may be over for the Timbers, but expect more growth in the future.
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Oh My, Darlington!
As Timbers Struggle, Fans Turn Eyes to Nagbe’s Rise
The Timbers struggle, but is there hope on the horizon?
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Sign of the Times
Can the “Kenny Fucking Cooper” of Yore Return?
Can the “Kenny Fucking Cooper” of yore return?
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Austin Aztex vs. Portland Timbers.
Austin Aztex vs. Portland Timbers.Thursday, August 26th, 2010.PGE Park; 7 p.m. Kickoff; Attendance: 14985; Weather: Partly Cloudy. Austin Aztex 1 – Portland Timbers 1. Scoring Summary: PDX Bright Dike; 4th minute. AUS Sullivan Silva; 26th minute. (assisted by Eddie Johnson) Bright Dike gets past his defender before shooting and scoring. Hit the cut for our […]
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PTFC2K9: We Won the League!
Photo borrowed from the blog Jargon Scott Nishimura is all smiles. Click for more amazing Timbers pictures Hi Folks, your itinerant Timbers Blogger is reporting in from a remote jungle location. I had to bribe a monkey with cigarettes and a rickshaw driver with bananas to get to an internet cafe to post this, but […]
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PTFC2K9: The Streak is Dead, Long Live the Streak
The Portland Timbers went into Thursday’s game with a 24 game unbeaten streak in USL play—they hadn’t lost since the first game of the season—but also barely escaped Charleston 0-0 on the road the week before, playing a style of play that could be charitably described as lethargic. The Timbers were at the top of […]
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PTFC2K9: Occasional letters from an amazing season
I feel a special kind of sorrow when I don’t write about the Timbers after every game. I’m sure no one minds, yet I feel like I’m letting down the club and my fellow Army denizens who so proudly and voraciously promote the Timbers and associated causes. I feel especially bad for not covering the […]
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PDX2K9: Three match Sunday
Most American Soccer fans were excited about Sunday because the US Mens National Team, so long the butt of jokes around the world, had pulled off an improbable win (3-0 against African Champions Egypt), followed by a Holy Fucking Shit Did That Just Happen? win (2-0 against European Champions Spain, whose squad collectively earn something […]