Articles tagged with "portland timbers"
Bring on the Islanders
By Bob Kellett | May 16th, 2008The Portland Timbers face the Puerto Rico Islanders the second time this season Friday evening in Bayamon. You'll recall that the boys in green and white won the first encounter a month ago in Portland thanks to a 71st minute goal from Chris Bro ...
The Offside Podcast, Episode 23
By Daryl | May 15th, 2008On episode 23 Ian interviews Neil Dunkin, author of "Anfield of Dreams." Topics include the many highlights of supporting Liverpool over the last 50 years, including the genius that was Kenny Dalglish and the goalscoring machine that is Fernando Torr ...
Episode 23: Neil Dunkin and US Soccer Report
By Ian Rose | May 15th, 2008After a number of hurdles, we're happy to say that we have finally gotten (somewhat) the knack of phone interviews, and so we are thrilled this week to welcome our first featured guest on the show, lifelong Liverpool fan and author Neil Dunkin, whose ...
Timbers Grab Bag 05.14.08
By Bob Kellett | May 14th, 2008One of the games I am playing this year to help pass the time between Portland Timbers matches is called 15. Those were the number of points the Timbers earned against the now defunct California Victory in 2007 and it is the number of points the ...
Match 5: Seattle Sounders 0-0 Portland Timbers
By Bob Kellett | May 10th, 2008The 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, th ...
NW Derby Round 2
By Bob Kellett | May 10th, 2008Two 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 wi ...
Portland v Rochester: Sights and Sounds
By Bob Kellett | May 9th, 2008Takayuki Suzuki welcomes former Timbers midfielder Luke Kreamalmayer back to Portland and Scott Vallow is none too pleased. Timbers Army mid-voice Photo: Allison Andrews/Soccer City USA Chris Brown misses a sitter late in the second ha ...
Guest Post: Leagues of their own
By Bob Kellett | May 9th, 2008David 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 & ...
Match 4: Portland Timbers 0-0 Rochester Rhinos
By Bob Kellett | May 8th, 2008The 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 acti ...
Portland Timbers World Map
By Bob Kellett | May 6th, 2008Arsene 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, Arme ...
Merritt Paulson to present MLS Proposal to Portland City Leaders soon
By Bob Kellett | April 30th, 2008Those rumblings we heard a couple weeks ago have turned out to be true. The Oregonian reports today that Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson recently met with City Commissioner Randy Leonard to discuss the city's role in helping to bring an MLS e ...
Takayuki Suzuki named USL First Division Player of the Week
By Bob Kellett | April 29th, 2008His 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 ...
The Soviets had a five-year plan, the Timbers are doing it in three years
By Bob Kellett | April 29th, 2008The Tuesday Tribits arrived on schedule today with news that the Timbers are on track for the three-year plan. Year one, defense. Year two, offense. Year three, sainthood. In a league where player turnover is the norm and financial survival is al ...
The last time the Portland Timbers started with three wins....
By Bob Kellett | April 28th, 2008....they won the league (let's ignore how they did in the playoffs that year). In the cliché-filled sports world you often hear coaches and players say that it is more important how a team is playing at the end of the season rather than how i ...
Sights and Sounds from a Cascadia Cup Clash
By Bob Kellett | April 27th, 2008Takayuki Suzuki defies physics to give the Portland Timbers a 1-0 lead over the Seattle Sounders. Update: Another look at the goal courtesy of KPTV. Miguel Guante scores his first goal as a Portland Timber to clinch the game 2-0. You Cal ...
Match 3: Portland Timbers 2-0 Seattle Sounders
By Bob Kellett | April 26th, 2008The Bottom Line: The Portland Timbers made it three victories in a row at PGE Park to open the 2008 season with a 2-0 triumph over Northwest rival Seattle Sounders in front of 9,894 on a beautiful spring night in Portland. Takayuki Suzuki score ...
NW Derby Time: Portland Timbers v Seattle Sounders
By Bob Kellett | April 26th, 2008Hate is such a strong, powerful word. I generally try to go through life without hating anyone or anything, even people I disagree with politically or morally. Even if you think I hate you, I don't ( a guy named Chris Cooper being the exception). ...
Who are ya? - Seattle Sounders
By Bob Kellett | April 25th, 2008The Details: Portland Timbers v Seattle Sounders, Saturday, April 26, 7pm, PGE Park. Web audio broadcast, Video webcast, Spanish radio on La X 1040AM Last season: The 2007 Seattle Sounders edged out the Timbers in the regular season, finishing 3 p ...
Benjamin Totori Returns to a Hero's Welcome in the Solomon Islands
By Bob Kellett | April 25th, 2008It 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' ...
Sights and Sounds from a Victorious Thursday in the Park
By Bob Kellett | April 25th, 2008Chris Brown gives the Portland Timbers an early lead against the Minnesota Thunder Trialist mascot Joey Webber slices his first log We'll be coming down the road There's no pity in the Rose City Shaun Higgins scores the game winne ...
Match 2: Portland Timbers 2-1 Minnesota Thunder
By Bob Kellett | April 24th, 2008The Bottom Line: The Portland Timbers remained undefeated at home in regular season games under coach Gavin Wilkinson by defeating the Minnesota Thunder 2-1 in front of 4,921 at PGE Park. Chris Brown scored for the second straight game, beating ...
Nine Portland Timbers Games Televised during 2008 Season
By Bob Kellett | April 23rd, 2008Fox Sports Northwest announced the Portland Timbers games it will show this season. All five games will be at home, which means you can come home after the game and piece together all the things you missed after a night of imbibing at the park while ...
Who are ya? - Minnesota Thunder
By Bob Kellett | April 23rd, 2008The Details: Portland Timbers v Minnesota Thunder, Thursday, April 24, 7pm, PGE Park. Web audio broadcast, Video webcast, Spanish radio on La X 1040AM Last season: Once a perennial contender in the USL, the Minnesota Thunder missed the playoffs fo ...
Timbers Grab Bag 04.22.08
By Bob Kellett | April 22nd, 2008Three more days to kick off. I hope we can all survive. We start today with the usual Tuesday Tribits where we learn that Arsene Oka will finally arrive in Portland today and that we can expect him to get off the plane at PDX and immediately start ...
Steve Reese and Tom Taylor Listed on the Roster
By Bob Kellett | April 21st, 2008What 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 pre ...
Stand for the Boys in Green
By Bob Kellett | April 21st, 2008We've had a weekend to get over our hangovers, regain the use of our vocal chords and to bask in the endorphins that can only be created by a Portland Timbers victory. Now we begin the inevitable workweek slog with Monday on the calendar and Thurs ...
Portland Timbers taking over the world one island nation at a time
By Bob Kellett | April 19th, 2008You 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 ...
Sights and Sounds from a Thursday Evening in the Park
By Bob Kellett | April 18th, 2008A Tribute to Timber Jim Timbers Army Chris Brown The Last Log The Lads Celebrate A Great Slideshow of Timber Jim's Last Night ...
Match 1: Portland Timbers 1-0 Puerto Rico Islanders
By Bob Kellett | April 17th, 2008The Bottom Line: The Portland Timbers ushered in the 2008 season with a 1-0 victory against the Puerto Rico Islanders in front of 10,977 at PGE Park. Playing a man up after the Islanders Tairo Atieno was shown a straight card in the 40th minut ...
And so it begins….
By Bob Kellett | April 17th, 2008And so it ends. With the Portland Timbers kicking off their 2008 USL First Division campaign Thursday evening against Puerto Rico at PGE Park, one of my favorite times of the year officially comes to a close. Call me a masochist (I've been called w ...
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