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Timbers Grab Bag 04.30.08
By: Bob Kellett |
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I dig Anne Ramzy’s weekly USL-1 column on Soccernet, especially when she leads with a Timbers bit like she has the past couple of weeks. I never was concerned with the speed of Chris Brown or Takayuki Suzuki, but I guess someone out there might have been. Suzuki has deceptive quickness and as [...]
Tags: Byron Alvarez, Chris Brown, Former Portland Timbers, Jaime Ambriz, Jake Sagre, Takayuki Suzuki, Timbers Team NewsMerritt Paulson to present MLS Proposal to Portland City Leaders soon
By: Bob Kellett | 7 Comments
Those rumblings we heard a couple weeks ago have turned out to be true. The Oregonian reports today that Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson recently met with City Commissioner Randy Leonard to discuss the city’s role in helping to bring an MLS expansion team to Portland. Paulson, who could present his plan to [...]
Category: Portland MLS ExpansionTakayuki Suzuki named USL First Division Player of the Week
By: Bob Kellett | 5 Comments
His goal against Seattle will certainly be a candidate for goal of the season, his effort on his assist was second to none, and as a reward Portland Timbers forward Takayuki Suzuki has been named USL First Division Player of the Week. The Mighty Man from Japan was huge in a pair of Portland [...]
The Soviets had a five-year plan, the Timbers are doing it in three years
By: Bob Kellett | 3 Comments
The Tuesday Tribits arrived on schedule today with news that the Timbers are on track for the three-year plan. Year one, defense. Year two, offense. Year three, sainthood. In a league where player turnover is the norm and financial survival is always in question, it is great to see that the [...]
The last time the Portland Timbers started with three wins….
By: Bob Kellett | 2 Comments
….they won the league (let’s ignore how they did in the playoffs that year).
In the cliché-filled sports world you often hear coaches and players say that it is more important how a team is playing at the end of the season rather than how it is playing at the beginning of a season. There [...]
Category: Timbers Team NewsUSL First Division Week 3 Wrap
By: Bob Kellett | No Comments
Thursday
Portland Timbers 2-1 Minnesota Thunder: Recap here
Friday
Puerto Rico Islanders 0-2 Miami FC Blues: This result reaffirms my belief that I could never make a living betting on sports. I would never have predicted that a beat up Miami team would travel to Puerto Rico and take it to the Islanders. Sean Cameron [...]
Category: USL First DivisionSights and Sounds from a Cascadia Cup Clash
By: Bob Kellett | 5 Comments
Takayuki Suzuki defies physics to give the Portland Timbers a 1-0 lead over the Seattle Sounders.
Update: Another look at the goal courtesy of KPTV.
Category: Timbers Army and FansMatch 3: Portland Timbers 2-0 Seattle Sounders
By: Bob Kellett | 9 Comments
The Bottom Line: The Portland Timbers made it three victories in a row at PGE Park to open the 2008 season with a 2-0 triumph over Northwest rival Seattle Sounders in front of 9,894 on a beautiful spring night in Portland. Takayuki Suzuki scored a brilliant goal in the 6th minute to give [...]
Category: Match ReportsNW Derby Time: Portland Timbers v Seattle Sounders
By: Bob Kellett | 10 Comments
Hate is such a strong, powerful word. I generally try to go through life without hating anyone or anything, even people I disagree with politically or morally. Even if you think I hate you, I don’t ( a guy named Chris Cooper being the exception). It just isn’t worth the negative effort. [...]
Category: Timbers Team NewsWho are ya? – Seattle Sounders
By: Bob Kellett | 2 Comments
The Details: Portland Timbers v Seattle Sounders, Saturday, April 26, 7pm, PGE Park. Web audio broadcast, Video webcast, Spanish radio on La X 1040AM
Last season: The 2007 Seattle Sounders edged out the Timbers in the regular season, finishing 3 points clear at the top of the table with 16 wins, 6 losses and 6 draws. [...]
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