Articles tagged with "portland-timbers"
Exhibition: Portland Timbers 2-0 Tigres
By Bob Kellett | July 15th, 2008The Bottom Line: Byron Alvarez made a triumphant return to the Portland, setting up a goal and scoring one himself to lead the Timbers ...
Portland Timbers close out the exhibition season against Tigres
By Bob Kellett | July 15th, 2008If it feels like we just did this, it is because we just did. For the second time in 12 nights the Portland Timbers ...
A Familiar Face Returns to the Portland Timbers
By Bob Kellett | July 14th, 2008The Portland Timbers have announced that former forward Byron Alvarez will play in Tuesday’s exhibition match against Tigres as a “guest player.” Kind of ...
Timbers Odds and Ends
By Bob Kellett | July 13th, 2008I hate to point this out Total losses in 2007: 5 Losses through 17 games in 2008: 6 Tigres Tales After losing to the Colorado Rapids in penalties on ...
Options, there are but a few
By Bob Kellett | July 12th, 2008Life has options. That’s the slogan of Self Enhancement, Inc., one of the many organizations in Portland doing extraordinary things for our city’s youth. ...
Match 17: Portland Timbers 0-2 Puerto Rico Islanders
By Bob Kellett | July 10th, 2008The Bottom Line: First half goals by Fabrice Noel and Josh Hansen lifted the Puerto Rico Islanders to a 2-0 victory over the Portland ...
Andrew Gregor Sent to Rochester in Three-Way Trade
By Bob Kellett | July 9th, 2008The Details: The Rhinos have acquired Portland midfielder Andrew Gregor today via a three-way trade involving the Timbers, Rochester and Carolina RailHawks. Rochester gets: Gregor, who was ...
Back to winning the league we go
By Bob Kellett | July 8th, 2008Happy face in place, a double dose of Metamucil consumed, and the reassurance that I'm Rose City Til I Die, let's move on from the ...
The Plot has been Lost
By Bob Kellett | July 8th, 2008The decision to play an exhibition match in Seattle against a Mexican team seemed like an odd one from the beginning. I can buy ...
Timbers lose a pair of exhibition matches against Monarcas Morelia
By Bob Kellett | July 7th, 2008The Portland Timbers spent their Independence Day weekend losing to Monarcas Morelia 2-0 on Thursday in Portland and 3-1 on Sunday in Seattle. The ...
Portland Timbers face Monarcas Morelia
By Bob Kellett | July 3rd, 2008It is exhibition futbol time at PGE Park with the Portland Timbers facing Monarcas Morelia on Thursday evening. While the powers that be will ...
New England Keeper Brad Knighton Loaned to Portland Timbers
By Bob Kellett | July 2nd, 2008Good-bye Ray Burse. Hello Brad Knighton. The New England Revolution have loaned Knighton to the Portland Timbers (why is a Seattle paper the ...
Stop, drop, and blog
By Bob Kellett | July 1st, 2008I swear, I'm not his agent Continuing on the Lawrence Olum is our Savior theme....over the past two seasons Olum has started 14 regular season games ...
Timbers Grab Bag 06.30.08
By Bob Kellett | June 30th, 2008Portland Timbers through 16 games... 2008: 5-5-6, 21pts, 14GF, 14GA 2007: 11-2-3, 36pts, 24GF, 10GA 2006: 5-6-5, 20pts, 16GF, 19GA 2005: 5-7-4, 19pts, 20GF, 30GA 2004: 10-6-0, 30pts, 35GF, 21GA 2003: ...
Timbers pick up a split on the road
By Bob Kellett | June 29th, 2008Raise 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 ...
Up Next: Carolina and Atlanta
By Bob Kellett | June 27th, 2008Those 12 days off sure were fun but now it is time to get back to business. The Portland Timbers face the Carolina RailHawks ...
The Latest on MLS to Portland
By Bob Kellett | June 26th, 2008It seems like just about every week a little more information is released regarding Merritt Paulson's efforts to bring a Major League Soccer expansion franchise ...
We're going to win the exhibition league (and probably nothing else)
By Bob Kellett | June 25th, 2008Getting a little too friendly Because playing them once at home on July 3 is not enough, the Portland Timbers will face Monarcas Morelia again on ...
New Keepers, New Injuries, New Suspensions, New Questions
By Bob Kellett | June 24th, 2008The long extended break the Portland Timbers are on was supposed to give the players time to heal their wounds and their manager time to ...
A New Central Midfielder for the Portland Timbers?
By Bob Kellett | June 20th, 2008Say hello to our new central midfielder (maybe): Mark Briggs, who joined with the Riddle-coached Outrage on May 22, is the first to move directly from ...
Midseason Report Card: The Coaches, Front Office, and Others
By Bob Kellett | June 20th, 2008With the Timbers nearly halfway through their 2008 USL First Division campaign and with the team enjoying a two-week break between games, what better way ...
Midseason Report Card: The Midfielders
By Bob Kellett | June 19th, 2008With the Timbers nearly halfway through their 2008 USL First Division campaign and with the team enjoying a two-week break between games, what better way ...
Introductions + US Friendly
By Inara | June 18th, 2008First of all, I'm really sorry that I haven't been posting this past week. My internet in my apartment isn't working at the moment, and ...
Midseason Report Card: The Defenders
By Bob Kellett | June 18th, 2008With the Timbers nearly halfway through their 2008 USL First Division campaign and with the team enjoying a two-week break between games, what better way ...
Midseason Report Card: The Goalkeepers
By Bob Kellett | June 17th, 2008With the Timbers nearly halfway through their 2008 USL First Division campaign and with the team enjoying a two-week break between games, what better way ...
A Lyon Friendly for the Portland Timbers?
By Bob Kellett | June 16th, 2008Dave Knows has used his nose to sniff out a potential friendly between Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon to us language-challenged folks) and the Portland Timbers. ...
Match 14: Portland Timbers 2-2 Atlanta Silverbacks
By Bob Kellett | June 12th, 2008The Bottom Line: Nathan Knox scored in the 88th minute to lift the visiting Atlanta Silverbacks to a 2-2 draw against the Portland Timbers ...
Portland Timbers to host Tigres at PGE Park on July 15
By Bob Kellett | June 12th, 2008I’ve been looking for an excuse to dust off my Tigres U.A.N. L. wrestling mask and now I have found one. The Portland Timbers ...
Sights and Sounds from a Hollywood Story
By Bob Kellett | June 11th, 2008Chris Brown scores on a free kick to put the Timbers ahead 1-0 against Hollywood United. Arsene Oka heads home a cross from Neil Dombrowski to ...
Damn, that wasn't a dream after all
By Bob Kellett | June 11th, 2008After a night of fitful sleep and the realization that I was not dreaming about Hollywood United's 3-2 victory over the Portland Timbers at PGE ...
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