The billboard you see above is just blocks away from Qwest Field, the home of the Seattle
Flounders. It's great to see the front office keeping up community relations in the city up north.
The best part is seeing the flounders whine and moan.
Strong move, putting up a billboard near the Sounders' home field in Seattle.
I have to admit, having been to Portland last month for the PDL final and having seen the moves
they're making, I quite like the cut of the Timbers' jib.
Portland Timbers Post to their Facebook, billboard just down road from Qwest.
The battle for Northwest supremacy begins in 2011.
Frankly, the above photo is the reason I absolutely adore the beautiful game. Seattle Sounders
FC and Portland Timbers have not played in the same division since 2008 when the Emerald City side
made the jump to Major League Soccer for the 2009 campaign.
Oh, my God, I love this.
As you can tell by the clouds, the billboard is in Seattle, Washington. Actually, that curvy girder
thing to the right is Qwest Field.
This isn't the first time Oregon pro teams have pulled a stunt like this, either. Back in 2002, the
University of Oregon rented a big-ass billboard - billboard, hell, it was the side of a building -
in downtown Los Angeles.
I'm sure you've seen this photo by now as it was all over the web last night and on the telecast
of the Seattle-RSL game on ESPN2.
This just adds to the ever-growing list of reasons why the Portland-Seattle-Vancouver rivalries
will be absolutely dynamite for Major League Soccer next year.
It is a rivalry that goes back many years to the old days of American soccer. The rivalry
between the two Northwest powers of Portland and Seattle took a minor break as Seattle jumped to
the "Big League" and Portland remained in what is essentially the second division. Well folks it is
definitely on again and earlier than you might think.
I'm rarely one to pile on, and lord knows every blogger and their mother have commented on this
particular story, but what the hell - it's too good to pass up.
The Timbers planted their flag in Sounder Land via a billboard this week; the advert in question is
the latest shot fired in a rivalry that has everyone with an interest in MLS drooling in
anticipation for 2011.
The controversy over a clever billboard put up near Seattle's Qwest Field is one indicator of what
will be the best rivalry in Major League Soccer: Portland Timbers versus Seattle Sounders. (Yes,
both teams have a rivalry with the Vancouver Whitecaps, but that one has been much more friendly,
relatively speaking.
I know I'm likely in the minority in this, at least among more active fans of the Sounders, and
it's likely to be a controversial opinion, but I really don't feel any sort of rivalry with the
Timbers and I'm not sure why I'd even want to.
Much has been made of the billboard that's been put up in SoDo essentially trolling Sounders
fans.
The big news of the week is the firing of Preki and Mo Johnston in Toronto and we are all over the
story, we also discuss a variety of topics with Bobby Rhine and a certain billboard in Seattle. On
the phone this week are correspondents from Portland, Toronto, Dallas, Columbus, Seattle, LA and
San Jose.
