Stay safe out there! pic.twitter.com/7YvOxNQuH8

— Joe Patrick (@JoePatrick) November 13, 2018

Mr Nagbe labeled as “Driver.” on the news, somehow not being interviewed or recognized by anyone at Atlanta’s WSB Tv as a professional soccer player. Surely Darlington had to be cracking up on the inside about the dangers of driving in all this rain man! It’s crazy!

Tip of the hat to Colin Smith

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I was there. It was insane.  It was a long, but joyful ride home that night. Even though it was 3am when I finally crawled into bed, it was still hard to fall asleep. Enjoy this crappy video of an amazing moment in the history of Timbers vs. Sounders Cascadia clashes.

 

It’s entirely possible this pin actually reads “Vote. No Pity,” but I much prefer VOTE NO PITY!  Timbers Army East Coast Platoon is always on-point with their ancillary support items. It’s Election Day. Get out and vote. 

Bands FC reimagines soccer team logos as band logos, or vice versa. Some of them are really, really good. Some aren’t. Here’s Tool and the Portland Timbers. 

Ah yes, a trip down memory lane to that time when we had such great hopes, but 1 Taylor on the roster turned out to be 2 too many. The Taylors weren’t conventional brothers, but they were in the Brotherhood of the Own Goal. This is a panel excerpt from a David Squires cartoon in the Guardian extolling the joys of the Australian A League. 

20 wins, 10 losses, 167 points. [Source: 1970s Soccer USA]

UPDATED: Another MP tweet in the full post.

Merritt Paulson may have given us a spoiler on what the 2019 kits will look like when he replied to a fan-designed kit in a tweet. “…we jumped through hoops to design the 2019 kit.”  Confused?  Hoops in the context of soccer jerseys refer to horizontal bars or stripes.  T2 kits from 2016-17 had hoops, as did 2002-2003 Timbers. It’s getting impossible to find old Timbers jerseys online, as there is no definitive record, and with Timbers and Timbers 2 both existing in USL at different times, well Google isn’t very helpful.

I’m picturing Merritt hunched over his phone, trying to decide whether to submit his reply, agonizing over ruining the surprise. That’s what I’m picturing, but it’s a safe bet to assume he didn’t do that though. Of course, it could be just a common phrase with no hidden inference. 

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Merritt Paulson riding one of those electric scooters en route to Providence Park before the match against Columbus. That same match, Columbus Crew owner and pariah of supporter’s culture Anthony Precourt was spotted stalking the concourses of Providence park. 

[Photo: Katelin Renee] 

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A lot of the Timbers fans were scratching their heads when we signed Steve Clark. You also have to wonder what was going through Steve’s head when he found out. It had to be a strange situation, being the guy whose (celebrated) legacy in Portland was giving up a goal to Diego Valeri 27 seconds into our 2015 MLS Cup victory. Sure, he was a backup, backup keeper, and what were the odds that he was going to see playing time? Then Jeff Attinella gets subbed off due to injury at an away game vs New England.  After only a few minutes in the game he makes a great save, but coughs up a goal on the rebound.  That had to be his worst nightmare, but to his credit, he played well the rest of the game, and the general (informed) consensus is that the was not at fault for that goal. 

All of the sudden he has to make his home debut in front of the Timber’s Army. That’s a lot of pressure for any new keeper, let alone someone with Clark’s history. 

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But Seattle dropping a Deuce… or the Deuce dropping Seattle… Who knows how it went down, but Clint Dempsey has retired from professional soccer, mid-season no less.   At least we know what happened with Caleb Porter.