Comments on: LiveBlog: Portland MLS Press Conference http://timbers.theoffside.com/portland-mls-expansion/liveblog-portland-mls-press-conference.html News from Portland Timbers USL team Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:26:12 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mike http://timbers.theoffside.com/portland-mls-expansion/liveblog-portland-mls-press-conference.html#comment-1510 Mike Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:48:38 +0000 http://timbers.theoffside.com/portland-mls-expansion/liveblog-portland-mls-press-conference.html#comment-1510 this is exciting!!! Sounders v. Timbers needs to stay alive!! And with the support Portland currently has, along with the 16,000+ season tickets sold for Seattle already... we will have the best rivalry in the MLS hands down this is exciting!!!

Sounders v. Timbers needs to stay alive!! And with the support Portland currently has, along with the 16,000+ season tickets sold for Seattle already… we will have the best rivalry in the MLS hands down

]]> By: T O http://timbers.theoffside.com/portland-mls-expansion/liveblog-portland-mls-press-conference.html#comment-1503 T O Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:39:04 +0000 http://timbers.theoffside.com/portland-mls-expansion/liveblog-portland-mls-press-conference.html#comment-1503 I don't remember him mentioning St. Louis either. Might have been on purpose since they are a main contender. No need to give them any more press. :) I don’t remember him mentioning St. Louis either. Might have been on purpose since they are a main contender. No need to give them any more press. :)

]]> By: Bob Kellett http://timbers.theoffside.com/portland-mls-expansion/liveblog-portland-mls-press-conference.html#comment-1502 Bob Kellett Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:49:01 +0000 http://timbers.theoffside.com/portland-mls-expansion/liveblog-portland-mls-press-conference.html#comment-1502 He might have mentioned St. Louis. Hard to listen and type a long lists of cities. I think Merritt was trying to play up the competition. Don't read too much into it. He might have mentioned St. Louis. Hard to listen and type a long lists of cities. I think Merritt was trying to play up the competition. Don’t read too much into it.

]]> By: Hierarchyfive http://timbers.theoffside.com/portland-mls-expansion/liveblog-portland-mls-press-conference.html#comment-1501 Hierarchyfive Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:48:59 +0000 http://timbers.theoffside.com/portland-mls-expansion/liveblog-portland-mls-press-conference.html#comment-1501 Allison, Their plan is in tact, and they completed their ownership group. That article was followed up on with several very positive ones. Allison,
Their plan is in tact, and they completed their ownership group. That article was followed up on with several very positive ones.

]]> By: steeplechase3k http://timbers.theoffside.com/portland-mls-expansion/liveblog-portland-mls-press-conference.html#comment-1500 steeplechase3k Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:40:47 +0000 http://timbers.theoffside.com/portland-mls-expansion/liveblog-portland-mls-press-conference.html#comment-1500 I'd also think that having a big glass wall right behind us would help reflect the sound onto the field... I’d also think that having a big glass wall right behind us would help reflect the sound onto the field…

]]> By: Allison Andrews http://timbers.theoffside.com/portland-mls-expansion/liveblog-portland-mls-press-conference.html#comment-1499 Allison Andrews Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:34:35 +0000 http://timbers.theoffside.com/portland-mls-expansion/liveblog-portland-mls-press-conference.html#comment-1499 If the restaurant is enclosed, gives revenue to the stadium, and helps this plan happen, then I'm all for it. The stadium rendering is beautiful, I think. If the restaurant is enclosed, gives revenue to the stadium, and helps this plan happen, then I’m all for it.

The stadium rendering is beautiful, I think.

]]> By: Allison Andrews http://timbers.theoffside.com/portland-mls-expansion/liveblog-portland-mls-press-conference.html#comment-1498 Allison Andrews Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:33:21 +0000 http://timbers.theoffside.com/portland-mls-expansion/liveblog-portland-mls-press-conference.html#comment-1498 I'm not so sure about St. Louis. I think their mega-plan is falling apart and they are talking USL instead of MLS: http://suburbanjournals.stltoday.com/articles/2008/08/29/news/sj2tn20080827-0827cvj-cooper.ii1.txt I’m not so sure about St. Louis. I think their mega-plan is falling apart and they are talking USL instead of MLS:

http://suburbanjournals.stltoday.com/articles/2008/08/29/news/sj2tn20080827-0827cvj-cooper.ii1.txt

]]> By: wheels http://timbers.theoffside.com/portland-mls-expansion/liveblog-portland-mls-press-conference.html#comment-1497 wheels Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:32:59 +0000 http://timbers.theoffside.com/portland-mls-expansion/liveblog-portland-mls-press-conference.html#comment-1497 I'm not much of a fan of moving the restaurant to the north end. Anybody else see a problem with that? Sure, they had Army representation at the press conference, but I feel like the restaurant kind of runs against our interests, crimps our style, if you will. I’m not much of a fan of moving the restaurant to the north end. Anybody else see a problem with that? Sure, they had Army representation at the press conference, but I feel like the restaurant kind of runs against our interests, crimps our style, if you will.

]]> By: Hierarchyfive http://timbers.theoffside.com/portland-mls-expansion/liveblog-portland-mls-press-conference.html#comment-1496 Hierarchyfive Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:22:29 +0000 http://timbers.theoffside.com/portland-mls-expansion/liveblog-portland-mls-press-conference.html#comment-1496 The absense of St. Louis means to me that they are 17 and we are competing for the 18th-20th slots. The absense of St. Louis means to me that they are 17 and we are competing for the 18th-20th slots.

]]> By: Lucas http://timbers.theoffside.com/portland-mls-expansion/liveblog-portland-mls-press-conference.html#comment-1495 Lucas Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:21:32 +0000 http://timbers.theoffside.com/portland-mls-expansion/liveblog-portland-mls-press-conference.html#comment-1495 Bob you spelled Mr. Ortega's first name incorrectly. Lazy journalism OUT! Bob you spelled Mr. Ortega’s first name incorrectly. Lazy journalism OUT!

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