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Portland Timbers World Map
By: Bob Kellett |
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Arsene Oka, Ivory Coast
Lawrence Olum, Kenya
Bryan Little, Scotland — Tom Taylor, England
Justin Thompson, Canada
Takayuki Suzuki, Japan
Benjamin Totori, Solomon Islands
Cameron Knowles, Gavin Wilkinson, New Zealand
Vardan Adzemian, Armenia
Everyone else, United States
A visual representation of where the 2008 Portland Timbers’ players where born. There are nine countries (10 if you break out England and Scotland) and […]
Category: Player NewsTakayuki 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 […]
Benjamin Totori Returns to a Hero’s Welcome in the Solomon Islands
By: Bob Kellett | 2 Comments
It is a big weekend in Portland with the year’s first edition of the NW Derby between the Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders. It is also a huge weekend in the Solomon Islands which is hosting arguably the biggest sporting event in the nation’s history. Local club Kossa FC is playing Waitkere United […]
Category: Player NewsSteve Reese and Tom Taylor Listed on the Roster
By: Bob Kellett | 7 Comments
What kind of introduction do you get if you are the third-string keeper or a midfielder who barely played a year ago, were released from your contract, and now are curiously back with the club? Apparently a silent introduction. I haven’t seen a press release announcing that Steve Reese and Tom Taylor as […]
Category: Player NewsPortland Timbers taking over the world one island nation at a time
By: Bob Kellett | 2 Comments
You know who is Rose City ‘Til I Die? The good people of the Solomon Islands.
How monumental is this achievement? Considering the fact that Benjamin Totori can be plucked from the obscurity is like the movie ‘Goal’ played out in real life. Little is know about Portland Timbers in the Solomon Islands; let alone […]
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Tags: Timbers Team News, Benjamin Totori, Portland Timbers, Solomon Islands, Player News, Takayuki Suzuki, Japan, Tag IndexPortland Timbers sign Solomon Islander Benjamin Totori
By: Bob Kellett | 9 Comments
Here is a picture of the newest Portland Timbers forward’s homeland. We now have a player from the freakin’ Solomon Islands on our roster. That is enough to get me all geeked out. By the way, as part of his contract I hope Benjamin Totori negotiated that next year’s training camp be […]
Category: Player NewsPortland Timbers Sign Bryan Little; Roster almost set
By: Bob Kellett | 6 Comments
The newest member of the Portland Timbers is officially Bryan Little. A Scotsman with an accent that I’ve been told is thicker than mud, Little went to New Zealand on a working holiday and ended up playing professional soccer there for nearly six years. His most recent stint was with Auckland City FC, […]
2008 Portland Timbers Salaries: A Guestimate
By: Bob Kellett | No Comments
One of the better things the MLS Players Union has done the past couple of seasons is publicly list the salaries of all the players in MLS. By displaying just how pathetic some of the salaries are in MLS they have earned the sympathy of fans and in the end I think they will […]
Category: Player NewsThe LA Galaxy are paying our guy(s)
By: Bob Kellett | 5 Comments
Trialist defender Scott Bolkan is not officially listed on the Timbers roster yet nor is he listed on the LA Galaxy roster, but he is earning some money as a professional soccer player. Bolkan is being paid $12,500 a year by the Galaxy according to the updated MLS salary figures. Congratulations, Scott. […]
Timbers to face Oregon State, time to sort out the starters
By: Bob Kellett | 1 Comment
Day 4 of the Leonard Griffin Watch sees the Portland Timbers traveling to Corvallis to take on the Oregon State Beavers at 7:30 pm. The Daily Barometer student paper offers the only pregame coverage. Will we see Griffin playing for the Timbers this evening? I won’t. I’m not going to the […]
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