Match Reports
Match 29: Portland Timbers 1-2 Charleston Battery
By: Bob Kellett |
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The Bottom Line: Aaron King’s goal in the 89th minute lifted the Charleston Battery to a 2-1 road win over the Portland Timbers in front of a season-high crowd of 13,050 at PGE Park. In a game that the Timbers needed to win to keep their playoff hopes alive, they got off to [...]
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Timbers Fall Flat against Rochester and Montreal
By: Bob Kellett | 8 Comments
Two road games. Two more losses. Two more games in which this 2008 Portland Timbers team failed to find the goal and failed to resemble anything close to a side that deserves to be in the playoffs. Yes, they are still mathematically alive and I suppose they could pick up victories against [...]
Match Report: Portland Timbers 4-0 Miami FC Blues
By: Bob Kellett | 6 Comments
Bottom Line: In a game that they had to win to keep their playoff hopes alive, the Portland Timbers delivered a decisive 4-0 victory over the Miami FC Blues in front of 8,219 at PGE Park on a pleasant September evening. Byron Alvarez started the scoring early, heading in a cross in the [...]
Category: Match ReportsMatch 24: Portland Timbers 2-1 Montreal Impact
By: Bob Kellett | 9 Comments
Bottom Line:Second half goals from Bryan Jordan and Chris Brown lifted the Portland Timbers to a 2-1 victory over the Montreal Impact in front of 7,893 on a hot, muggy summer night at PGE Park. After a scoreless first half, Jordan headed home a cross from Scot Thompson in the 50th minute to give [...]
Category: Match ReportsMatch 20: Portland Timbers 0-0 Carolina RailHawks
By: Bob Kellett | 6 Comments
Bottom Line: For the seventh straight regular season game, the Portland Timbers were unable to come away with maximum points at home. The Timbers played the Carolina RailHawks to a 0-0 draw in front of 8,257 at PGE Park. Portland were forced to play a man down for much of the match [...]
Category: Match ReportsMatch 19: Charleston Battery 2-0 Portland Timbers
By: Bob Kellett | 4 Comments
After a weekend in which the Timbers played two games and forced their opposition into exactly two saves (two saves in 180 minutes!), I am too depressed to even write about this one. I’ll let the others fill in the ugly details.
“We were very solid defensively,” said Battery coach Mike Anhauser. “They were lumping [...]
Category: Match ReportsMatch 18: Portland Timbers 1-1 Atlanta Silverbacks
By: Bob Kellett | 3 Comments
The Bottom Line: The Portland Timbers (5-6-7) and Atlanta Silverbacks (5-4-6) played to an improbable 1-1 draw in USl First Division action on Friday evening. After 90 minutes that were largely controlled by the Silverbacks, the Timbers looked poised to steal three road points when Lawrence Olum scored in stoppage time. The [...]
Category: Match ReportsExhibition: Portland Timbers 2-0 Tigres
By: Bob Kellett | 15 Comments
The Bottom Line: Byron Alvarez made a triumphant return to the Portland, setting up a goal and scoring one himself to lead the Timbers to a 2-0 victory over Tigres in an exhibition match played in front of 8,375 at PGE Park. Alvarez, on trial with Portland, danced around the box before setting [...]
Match 17: Portland Timbers 0-2 Puerto Rico Islanders
By: Bob Kellett | 14 Comments
The Bottom Line: First half goals by Fabrice Noel and Josh Hansen lifted the Puerto Rico Islanders to a 2-0 victory over the Portland Timbers in front of 11,932 (number posted at the stadium) 10,042 at PGE Park. Noel opened the scoring in the 38th minute when he knocked home a cross that [...]
Category: Match ReportsTimbers pick up a split on the road
By: Bob Kellett | 2 Comments
Raise your hand if you thought the Portland Timbers season was pretty much over after Friday’s 1-0 loss against the Carolina RailHawks. Both my hands are raised. I’m typing this with my nose.
After a long break the Timbers pretty much played like they did during the first half of the season: they sucked. [...]
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