Now that the United States national team has assured itself a place in the 2010 World Cup, the
American soccer community can turn its attention back to the domestic game. This season has been
unlike any other in any other in recent memory, as both Major League Soccer and the United Soccer
Leagues have produced compelling story lines throughout 2009.
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Portland 3-3 Vancouver (Whitecaps take the series 5-4 aggregate)
The USL final is set and it will be an all-Canadian affair with the Vancouver Whitecaps taking on
the Montreal Impact.
Brian Farber scored two first half goals for Commissioners Cup champion Portland Timbers but it
just wasn't enough as 14,283Â fans watched from PGE Park.
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The USL final is set and it will be an all-Canadian affair with the Vancouver Whitecaps
taking on the Montreal Impact.
Portland 3-3 Vancouver (Whitecaps take the series 5-4 aggregate)
Brian Farber scored two first half goals for Commissioners Cup champion Portland Timbers but it
just wasn't enough as 14,283Â fans watched from PGE Park.
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WVHooligan 23 September @ 06:41 PM EST
With this winter quickly approaching now that we are in the fall season it seems only fitting to
really start the discussion on what will certainly be the number one topic all off season in Major
League Soccer, the CBA negotiations. The big one comes down to the great wage debate.
I bring it up today because of a link I found late last night over on one of my favorite sites,
Pitch Invasion.
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It may be vacation time in SBI land, but that doesn't mean I can't find time to finish off the
rest of the biggest Q&A in SBI history.
This installment includes questions about everything from U.
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It may be vacation time in SBI land, but that doesn't mean I can't find time to finish off the
rest of the biggest Q&A in SBI history.
This installment includes questions about everything from U.
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MLS Rumors 23 July @ 09:19 PM EST
According to this report from Willamette Week it real is a done deal now...
Here is an excerpt:
The $31 million revamp of PGE Park, which will allow Major League Soccer to begin play there in
2011 and force the Portland Beavers to find a new baseball home, was approved Thursday by the City
Council.
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After several stops and starts, a vote that in the end meant nothing, and enough political
wrangling to choke a horse, a negotiated $31 million PGE Park renovation plan finally goes before
the...
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I don't know about any of you, but I could do without some of the close finishes that have been
plaguing the Timbers lately. Photo by Kip KesgardPhoto from Timbers v Miami at PGE Park on
September 4, 2008...
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MLS Rumors 09 July @ 07:57 PM EST
Timbers Army has new reason to cheer. The long sometimes frustrating and difficult road to PGE Park
renovations to accommodate MLS has finally come to an end. With a great outcome.
Courtesy of the The Oregonian:
Portland Timbers owner Merritt Paulson, Mayor Sam Adams and Commissioner Randy Leonard emerged from
their final negotiating session just before 2 p.
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MLS Rumors 04 July @ 11:35 PM EST
The following article comes courtesy of the Oregonian and it seems to confirm what many suspected
and what we've advocated: That MLS focus on the hardcore soccer fans more than the family friendly
crowd as the former is far more likely to turn up to games and by multiple season tickets.
The Portland Timbers Army cheers and protects themselves from smoke bombs after the Timbers scored
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MLS Rumors 02 July @ 03:36 PM EST
MLS Clubs Even the Score Wednesday Night, Next Round Kicks Off July 7
CHICAGO (July 2, 2009) — The third round of the 2009 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup wrapped up
Wednesday night with matches in Austin, Texas, and Portland, Ore. While Tuesday night had seen four
of six MLS teams tossed from the tournament with losses to lower division teams, Wednesday saw
balance restored in the form of victories for the Seattle Sounders and Houston Dynamo.
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Roger Levesque scored a diving header just 49 seconds into the match as Seattle Sounders FC
defeated the Portland Timbers 2-1 in their U.S. Open Cup third-round match Wednesday at a sold-out
PGE Park.
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An outstanding display of attacking soccer from the opening whistle, capped by Levesque's
stunner, staked the visitors to a 2-0 lead after 26 minutes.
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WVHooligan 02 July @ 09:35 AM EST
Last night's US Open Cup match between the Seattle Sounders FC and the Portland Timbers was
pretty sweet. Not only did this rivalry get some good love across the land but it produced a
quality game with some even more entertaining fans in the stands at PGE Park.
Makes me want to fast forward a bit to 2011 to see this rivalry in Major League Soccer.
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WVHooligan 30 June @ 04:33 PM EST
Sounds like Portland mayor Sam Adams and County Chair Ted Wheeler are going to go toe-to-toe
over the stadium situation for Portland and it's MLS bid. The Portland Mercury is reporting more on
the on-going saga of the stadium funds today.
Wheeler won't support the $15 million for PGE Park. Adams is hoping to find another way to get
Wheeler on board.
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WVHooligan 24 June @ 07:48 PM EST
It seems like this is a report we've posted time and time again here. Hopefully this will be the
last.
Portland city council has approved a plan to allow both MLS and minor league baseball in the
city. PGE Park will get renovated as planned and the baseball team will get their new stadium.
The Portland City Council on Wednesday passed a resolution to support starting negotiations with
Merritt Paulson over a financing plan to renovate PGE Park to accommodate a Major League Soccer
team.
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MLS Rumors 24 June @ 05:57 PM EST
Courtesy of the Portland Business Journal:
The Portland City Council on Wednesday passed a resolution to support starting negotiations with
Merritt Paulson over a financing plan to renovate PGE Park to accommodate a Major League Soccer
team.
The move effectively decouples the $37 million PGE Park project from a proposed new $48 million
baseball park for Paulson's minor-league Portland Beavers.
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MLS Rumors 22 June @ 11:51 PM EST
Courtesy of the Oregonian:
The news is another in a series of quick developments in the fast-moving saga to
renovate PGE Park for the Portland Timbers' 2011 Major League Soccer debut and move the Beavers to
a new ballpark. The city and Paulson, who owns both teams, have worked for months on a
public-private deal to do both projects.
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Portland Timbers fans didn't have to wait long to unleash thousands of teddy bears onto the field
at PGE Park Friday night, as the Timbers defeated the Minnesota Thunder, 5-1. The Teddy Bear Toss
was a benefit Doernbecher Children's Hospital....
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MLS Rumors 20 June @ 12:55 AM EST
This comes to us courtesy of the Portland Business Journal:
City Commissioner Randy Leonard threatened Friday to withdraw his support for bringing Major League
Soccer to Portland unless Merritt Paulson recants a decision to withdraw plans for a baseball
stadium in Lents.
Earlier Friday, Paulson said a $48 million plan to put his Portland Beavers AAA baseball club in
the Southeast Portland neighborhood lacked community support.
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Damn, if ever there was a reason to broadcast a Lamar Hunt US Open Cup match that is not the final
this is it. Portland won their second round match last night vs. some PDL side or other and will
now host sworn enemy Seattle Sounders at PGE Park on July 1st. We thought the Rose City-Jet City
rivalry was on ice on until 2011 but I guess beef waits for no one, least of all the guy making
schedules for the USOC.
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All information from USOpenCup.com
From coast to coast it was a big night for many teams in Round II of the US Open Cup on Tuesday
evening. The shock of the evening was the Carolina Railhawks of USL-1 were ousted from the
tournament by USL-2 team, Wilmington Hammerheads who will now move on to face the Chicago Fire in
Wilmington N.
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All information from USOpenCup.com
From coast to coast it was a big night for many teams in Round II of the US Open Cup on Tuesday
evening. The shock of the evening was the Carolina RailHawks of USL-1 were ousted from the
tournament by USL-2 team, Wilmington Hammerheads who will now move on to face the Chicago Fire in
Wilmington N.
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1975 Timbers jersey U.S. Soccer unveils possible third-round pairings for U.S. Open Cup PORTLAND,
Ore. - U.S. Soccer announced that the Portland Timbers could play host to Seattle Sounders FC of
Major League Soccer at PGE Park on June 30...
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EPL Talk 05 June @ 06:36 AM EST
Burnley FC, the newest team promoted to the Premier League after beating Sheffield United in the
Championship Play-Off Final, are coming to the United States this July to play three friendlies on
the west coast.
Managed by Owen Coyle, the team from Lancashire will kick off their American tour on July 20,
2009 when they play Ventura County Fusion in Los Angeles, California.
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And so it continues out in Timbers country. The dissenting voices on the PGE Park
renovation/Portland Beavers stadium issues are already both loud and relentless, and it appears
that they have new...
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Solo Tigres 15 July @ 08:32 PM EST
Tigres enfrentará en unos minutos a los Timbers de Portland en el estadio PGE Park. La
información pinta para ser dificil de conseguir. Sin embargo se hará lo posible por
traerles información "calientita" sobre el juego según llegue a Solo Tigres.
Los Timbers estarán enfrentando por segunda vez a un equipo mexicano en pretemporada.
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We arrived on time here in Atlanta, but our flight to Raleigh/Durham - originally scheduled to
depart at 9:21 ET has been pushed back to 11 p.m. So, what was already a two-hour layover will
likely be four.
I can't complain too much, as this is the first real flight delay we've had this season.
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It would seem that the only thing holding MLS back from giving Portland a team is PGE Park. MLS
commissioner Don Garber likes the stadium but says that major changes need to happen to make it
work for the league.
"It's hard to accept that you would not be in an optimum facility," Garber said,
explaining that Philadelphia is close to approving a $125 million soccer stadium, and other cities
have expressed interest.
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I've been considering attempting a live audio stream show for some time and we may have our first
attempt this weekend. Sunday afternoon (September 16) I will try to do a 90-mnute show live from
the Timbers Army tailgate at PGE Park. The show would run from 2:00pm to 3:30pm Pacific time. We'll
try to upload pictures, have guests, heckle the Whitecaps when they arrive, etc.
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