Articles tagged with "timbers-team-news"
You couldn't score in a Texas...
By Bob Kellett | July 7th, 2009August 23, 2003. You remember that historic date, right? That was the last time the Portland Timbers played a soccer match in the ...
US Open Cup: Portland Timbers 1-2 Seattle Sounders
By Bob Kellett | July 1st, 2009Bottom Line: First half goals by Roger Levesque and Stephen King lifted the Seattle Sounders to a 2-1 victory over the Portland Timbers in ...
A Packed Stadium, An Old Rivalry, A New Beginning, Sappy Headlines
By Bob Kellett | July 1st, 2009It is difficult to imagine a better way of renewing a rivalry that dates back more than thirty years. More than 16,000 people will ...
Portland-Seattle US Open Cup Match Nearing Sellout
By Bob Kellett | June 29th, 2009The word from the boss is that there are only 2,300 tickets left for Wednesday's game against the Seattle Sounders. Full stadium*. Amazing. ...
And so it begins again on Sunday
By Bob Kellett | June 25th, 2009By the time they take the pitch at 5pm on Sunday the Portland Timbers will have had eight days off since their last game, a ...
Well that was quite a run
By Bob Kellett | June 21st, 2009Half the starting midfield was out with injuries. The travel itinerary included Kitsap, Cary, Charleston, Santa Rosa, and finally Portland. Five games in ...
Portland Timbers face Sonoma County Sol in US Open Cup
By Bob Kellett | June 15th, 2009Two of the hottest teams in the world (hyperbole, but how many leagues actually play in June?) will square off in the second round of ...
Timbers extend unbeaten streak to ten league games
By Bob Kellett | June 14th, 2009Ho hum. Just another Kitsap, WA - Cary, NC - Charleston, SC road trip. Three games in five days. Nearly 3,00 miles ...
Let’s Play Two: Timbers head to Puerto Rico
By Bob Kellett | May 21st, 2009Toughest road trip of the year. Two games in three nights against one of the top team in the league in the type of ...
The Monday Numbers 5.18.09
By Bob Kellett | May 18th, 2009Portland Timbers Team Leaders: Goals Ryan Pore 2 Brian Farber 2 Minutes Played Cameron Knowles 450 David Hayes 459 Ryan Pore 453 Can Knowles play every minute this year? I think ...
Portland Timbers Face Rochester Rhinos
By Bob Kellett | May 14th, 2009It's like being in college all over again. The weekend begins on Thursday evening and the party doesn't end until Sunday. It is ...
Timbers Grab Bag 05.13.09
By Bob Kellett | May 13th, 2009Two goals in four games. That's the extent of the offensive output for the 2009 Portland Timbers. Looked at in isolation it would ...
Rhinos are Raging; Cup Qualifying Commences
By Bob Kellett | May 12th, 2009Upon reflection Thinking back to the Cleveland game on Saturday and I don't think the Timbers should have done anything different in terms of tactics. ...
The Monday Numbers 5.11.09
By Bob Kellett | May 11th, 2009Count the near misses Portland TimbersTeam Leaders: Minutes Played Cameron Knowles 360 David Hayes 359 Tony McManus 355 Shots Mandjou Keita 13 Ryan Pore 11 Johan Claesson 8 Fouls Tony McManus 8 Cameron Knowles, Mandjou Keita, ...
Portland Timbers Face Cleveland; U-23s host Victoria
By Bob Kellett | May 8th, 2009After a week off to gloriously think about a victory (hey, we scored! twice!), the Portland Timbers (1-1-1, 3pts) get back at it on ...
We're not Detroit
By Bob Kellett | May 7th, 2009Scanning the Cleveland City Stars' roster for familiar names and I don't see many. There's midfielder Gordon Kljestan, who played for Red Bull New ...
Timbers Grab Bag 05.06.09
By Bob Kellett | May 6th, 2009If the USL-1 Timbers were covered by the media like a major league American sports team, sometime this week you would read an article with ...
Bring on those Expansion Teams
By Bob Kellett | May 5th, 2009Over the year the USL First Division has been a revolving door. Teams come and teams go. The league’s business model depends on ...
The Monday Numbers
By Bob Kellett | May 4th, 2009Minutes Played Cameron Knowles 270 Tony McManus 270 David Hayes 269 It is worth noting that other than the Iron Man Knowles only two players from the 2008 squad ...
Match 3: Portland Timbers 2-0 Carolina RailHawks
By Bob Kellett | May 2nd, 2009Bottom Line: Ryan Pore set up a goal and scored one of his own to lift the Portland Timbers to a 2-0 victory over the ...
Timbers get another crack at the Carolina RailHawks
By Bob Kellett | May 1st, 2009After a day off to rest our weary voices, nurse our hangovers, and re-watch 90 minutes of scoreless soccer on USL Live (hooray), it is ...
Portland Timbers to Face Carolina RailHawks. Twice
By Bob Kellett | April 29th, 2009The Portland Timbers opening match last Saturday against Vancouver provided a glimpse of what we might expect from the 2009 squad. A pair of ...
Timbers Grab Bag 04.29.09
By Bob Kellett | April 29th, 2009Use the frequent flyer miles, Luke I was asleep when the Carolina RailHawks acuired Luke Kreamalmeyer so it came as a surprise when I saw his ...
Carolina on the Mind
By Bob Kellett | April 28th, 2009The Portland Timbers (0-1-0, 0pts) will face the Carolina RailHawks (3-0-0, 9pts) not once, but twice this week. Twice in a matter of 48 ...
Timbers Grab Bag 04.27.09
By Bob Kellett | April 27th, 2009A goal a game Timbers regular season record under Gavin Wilkinson: 21-19-19 59GF, 51GA Bring on California Cleveland! The future of the Timbers Army Lots of interesting and good stuff ...
Let's Start the Season, Eh?
By Bob Kellett | April 23rd, 2009A queasy, excited stomach. That is a sure sign that the Portland Timbers are almost ready to kick off their season. It happens ...
Meet Mr. Magee
By Bob Kellett | April 16th, 2009What do ya know! An actual Timbers story that has nothing to do with stadiums, money, and misinformation. Granted it is a story ...
The Preseason Numbers
By Bob Kellett | April 13th, 2009The Portland Timbers defeated the Seattle Sounders reserve team 3-2 on Monday, proving beyond a doubt that we don't need to wait until 2011 to ...
The View from 10,000 Feet
By Bob Kellett | April 1st, 2009Zero. That is the precise number of minutes I have spent watching the Portland Timbers this preseason. Sad. Pathetic. I should ...
New Players Coming to Portland from all Directions
By Bob Kellett | March 14th, 2009That mop of hair over there to the left belongs to defender Stephen Keel, the newest member of the 2009 Portland Timbers. Keel comes ...
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