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Match 15: Austin Aztex 1-2 Portland Timbers
By: Bob Kellett |Bottom Line: Johan Claesson scored an improbable goal in stoppage time to lift the Portland Timbers to a 2-1 victory over the Austin Aztex in the first ever meeting between the two teams. Just seconds after Austin’s Gifton Noel-Williams leveled the score with a header three minutes deep into stoppage time, Claesson was able [...]
You couldn’t score in a Texas…
By: Bob Kellett |August 23, 2003. You remember that historic date, right? That was the last time the Portland Timbers played a soccer match in the Republic of Texas. The Timbers lost to the El Paso Patriots 3-1 in a game played in front of 1,735. No surprise that a team drawing 1,735 for [...]
International Exhibition: Portland Timbers 2-0 Bayern Munich II
By: Bob Kellett |Bottom Line: Trialist Kevin Forrest and forward Anton Jallow scored to pace the Portland Timbers to a 2-0 victory over Bayern Munich II in an international friendly played in front of 9,340 at PGE Park. Forrest, who was released by the Seattle Sounders last week, opened the scoring in the 8th minute by heading [...]
US Open Cup: Portland Timbers 1-2 Seattle Sounders
By: Bob Kellett |Bottom Line: First half goals by Roger Levesque and Stephen King lifted the Seattle Sounders to a 2-1 victory over the Portland Timbers in a US Open Cup match played in front of 16,382 at PGE Park. Levesque, a former member of the USL Sounders, stunned the packed stadium with a goal in [...]
A Packed Stadium, An Old Rivalry, A New Beginning, Sappy Headlines
By: Bob Kellett |It is difficult to imagine a better way of renewing a rivalry that dates back more than thirty years. More than 16,000 people will be jammed into PGE Park (imagine if this was being played in front of 2,000 at Starfire!) this evening to watch the Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders go at it [...]






