It’s 2026 and we’re having to go through this again… The franchise structure that allows a team to move to a new city at the whim or spite of an owner is one of the worst things about professional sports in America. Yes the Whitecaps are Canadian, and they should remain Canadian. The should remain in Vancouver. Despite having a massively successful 2025 season where they were runners up in both the CONCACAF Champions Cup and the MLS Cup, and Canada Cup, The Whitecaps are the least profitable club in MLS. Read about it in the Guardian, and the Athletic (paywall). Part of the reason the club is up for sale and can’t find a buyer: A terrible agreement they have with their landlords at B.C Place. That agreement has run out.. The Portland Timbers don’t won their stadium, so it seems like the Whitecaps should be able to make that work. Another reason: MLS has drastically changed in the past decade, and players are getting paid better. Still, the Whitecaps have managed to attract world class talent in Thomas Müller, granted it sounds like there were extenuating circumstances.

Despite the fact that the Whitecaps have owned the Timbers in 25 and 26, They have always felt like our pesky little Cascadian brothers. I’ve never felt the hatred towards them that approaches my revulsion towards the Sounders. It would be a tragedy if the MLS ownership group gave into their greed and allowed the team to move to Las Vegas. Unfortunately, Ryan Reynolds isn’t going to have the cash to pull this one off unless he sells Wrexham.

Visit: SAVE THE CAPS

UPDATE: This is the article to read.

Mick Poole was a keeper on the timbers roster from 1977- through 1981, although he’s only on the indoor team roster for the 80-81 season. This picture is from the 1979 season. Originally posted without credit on Facebook, the original source is the old reliable NASL Jerseys site which appears to have been recently updated in April, at long last, the contact page link is working, there appears to be less broken links in general. Mick originally came from Rochdale AFC before spending time on loan with the Denver Dynamos and the Portland Timbers, who eventually signed him outright. He would go on to play for the Houston Summit, and Baltimore Blast before ending his career back in Rochdale, which is located in greater Manchester. I’m not sure who is correct, Wikipedia and NASL Jerseys have somewhat conflicting information, or else the schedules didn’t quite align in. away that makes it easy to vsiualize.

Double zero, he’s our hero.
– Rodger Klingsporn

Check out Mick’s profile on NASL Jerseys for loads of pics.

It was controversial to a sizable portion of the fans when Evander was booed heavily on his first return to Providence park. Less controversial to the very large population doing the booing, than the method he chose to leave the club. Santiago Moreno will get booed when he travels here with Dallas. It’s not the leaving that get’s you booed, but the manner in which you leave. Darlington Nagbe never got booed. The only time a post-Timbers Urruti got booed in our stadium was for a hard challenge.

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Aaack! This is s a weird one. Clive Charles and one of the most polarizing figures in the USA soccer worlds, Alexi Lalas. Of course no context on the original FB post, but Clive was an assistant coach to the USMNT from 1995-1998, which overlaps when Lalas was on that team.

Source: 1970s Soccer USA

Today I learned about Mr. Kick It, the original Timbers mascot that predates Timber Jim and the Soccer Watcher. I saw the picture on the right uncredited on Facebook, Asking for the source caught the attention of Don Cox, the person who took the picture. Since then the original post has been updated. Digging around further led me to the complete story (and the photo on the left by Kimmy Otterlei) as seen on Green is the Color. Mr. Kick It was Stan Olson. Read about him on Green is the Color. You’d think this was the sort of thing The Timbers would chronicle themselves, but alas… no.

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It’s Benn a rough… oh, five years now for Timbers fans. Maybe this is the year we do away with all the asterisks and excuses, and get back to being contenders in the West. Opening day against Columbus sure was fun! Diego Chara starts his 400th match (!) and we got goals from Mora, Antony, and the unlikely source of Ariel Lassiter! Signs point to no Mora goal drought, potential confidence for Antony and Lassiter, plus 3 points right out of the gate. Good news all around! How did it go after that?

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PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland Timbers have signed Colombian midfielder José Caicedo from Liga MX’s Pumas UNAM, the club announced today. Portland acquired Caicedo’s Discovery Priority from D.C. United in exchange for $50,000 in 2026 GAM. Caicedo signs with the Timbers through the 2029-30 season with a club option in 2030-31.

The Timbers are calling him a midfielder, this unflattering article calls him a forward. Pumas fans seemed to really dislike José Caicedo, hopefully he fairs better here.

Source: Timbers.com

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland Timbers have signed Chilean international forward Alexander Aravena on loan from Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, the club announced today. Aravena joins Portland through the 2026 season with a club purchase option.

Another Chilean to hang out with (and compete with) Filipe Mora. Source: Timbers.com

Don Garber was on CNN touting the kickoff of the 2026 season finally…. It’s just a day away and I only started seeing promo spots for the new season on Apple TV a couple days ago. While the Timbers status may have gone for big fish in a small pond to medium sized fish in a larger pond, MLS still loves showing footage of the Timbers Army to promote the league.

The tifo is done and the test pull went well. You’re in for a treat… well assuming you’re not sitting in the Army and you can actually see it. This view is from the tifo warehouse above the Axe & Rose. As supporters, we are amazingly lucky to have this location. Hats off to the TA board and everyone who helped make it possible. Additional photo after the jump.

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