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USL First Division Week 5 Wrap
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Thursday
Portland Timbers 0-0 Rochester Rhinos - Recap here
Friday
Charleston Battery 3-1 Miami FC Blues - You really only need to know a couple of things about Miami. The first is that their Brazilian striker Alex Afonso should be playing at a higher level than the USL First Division. He scored his fourth goal in […]
Category: USL First DivisionMatch 5: Seattle Sounders 0-0 Portland Timbers
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The Bottom Line: The Portland Timbers paid their final regular season USL First Division visit to Seattle on Saturday evening and played the Sounders to a 0-0 draw before 10,184 at Qwest Field. With both teams struggling to find their attack, the two Northwest rivals played a typically tight game. The two teams […]
Category: Match ReportsNW Derby Round 2
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Two weeks ago the Portland Timbers took the first scalp in the 2008 Cascadia Cup by defeating the Seattle Sounders 2-0 at PGE Park. Saturday night they travel to Seattle for the next installment of the NW Derby. The Timbers enter the contest with a 3-0-1 record and are in first place in […]
Category: Timbers Team NewsPortland v Rochester: Sights and Sounds
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Takayuki Suzuki welcomes former Timbers midfielder Luke Kreamalmayer back to Portland and Scott Vallow is none too pleased.
Category: Timbers Army and FansGuest Post: Leagues of their own
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David Falk is the webmaster of www.GOALSeattle.com. He has followed the Sounders and the Seattle soccer scene since 1974. He was instrumental in starting the Cascadia Cup competition and had lobbied for the NBA Sonics to change their Yellow & Green (ick!) color scheme. He’s recently realized that will soon no longer be an issue. […]
Tags: Portland Timbers, Seattle Sounders, Cascadia Cup, Northwest Derby, Timbers Team News, Timbers Army and Fans, Tag IndexMatch 4: Portland Timbers 0-0 Rochester Rhinos
By: Bob Kellett | 9 Comments
The Bottom Line: The Portland Timbers and Rochester Rhinos played to a nil-nil draw on a Thursday evening in front of 7,519 at PGE Park. Coming off a 12-day layoff, the Timbers could not find a rhythm against a Rochester side that kept the action tight. The two teams combined for a […]
Category: Match ReportsAn Alternative Approach: Portland should wait out MLS
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I applaud people who are creative in thought and who are willing to challenge conventional wisdom. I salute Cliff Pfenning, a former scribe for the Portland Tribune and the current publisher of Oregon Sports. He has penned an interesting piece (PDF) about the approach Portland should take to land an MLS team. […]
Category: Portland MLS ExpansionThursday Night Lights
By: Bob Kellett | 2 Comments
How does this work again? It has been 12 days since we last saw the Portland Timbers play and I almost forget what I am supposed to do on game day. Surely it doesn’t involve performing any meaningful work. Surely it does involve spending all day alternating between looking at the clock […]
Category: Former Portland TimbersWho are ya? – Rochester Rhinos
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The Details: Portland Timbers v Rochester Rhinos, Thursday, May 8, 7pm, PGE Park. Web audio broadcast, Video webcast, Spanish radio on La X 1040AM
Last season: The 2007 Rochester Rhinos had high hopes playing their second season at Paetec Park, a stadium built over a filled-in section of the Erie Canal. Alas, the Rhinos […]
Category: Match ReportsHonk if you support the Timbers
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Without much fanfare
From the club’s Tuesday press release: “The Timbers announced today the club has signed goalkeeper Steve Reese and midfielder Tom Taylor for the 2008 season, pending USSF approval. Both were members of the Timbers in 2007.”
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