International Exhibition: Portland Timbers 2-0 Bayern Munich II

Bottom Line: Trialist Kevin Forrest and forward Anton Jallow scored to pace the Portland Timbers to a 2-0 victory over Bayern Munich II in an international friendly played in front of 9,340 at PGE Park. Forrest, who was released by the Seattle Sounders last week, opened ...

US Open Cup: Portland Timbers 1-2 Seattle Sounders

Bottom 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 US Open Cup match played in front of 16,382 at PGE Park. Levesque, a former member of the USL Sounders, stunned the packed stadium with a goal in the first minute. The visiting Sounders took a two-goal lead in the 26th minute when King struck a shot from outside the box and beat Timbers keeper Steve Cronin. The Timbers pulled one back in the 43rd minute when Mandjou Keita emerged from a scrum in front of the net and poked it past Sounders keeper Kasey Keller. The Timbers were unable to find the equalizer and lost for the first time in 14 games. With the win Seattle advances to the next round of the US Open Cup and will face the Kansas City Wizards.

2009 USL-1 “Normalized” Standings - Week #12

Big win for the Puerto Rico Islanders in week-11 "normal" action as they trounced their opponent 4-1 in front of a 4,000 home crowd! The Islanders (19 pts) climb a spot back to 4th place in the "normal" standings this week, 5 points behind the league leading ...

A Packed Stadium, An Old Rivalry, A New Beginning, Sappy Headlines

It is difficult to imagine a better way of renewing a rivalry that dates back more than thirty years. More than 16,000 people will be jammed into PGE Park (imagine if this was being played in front of 2,000 at Starfire!) this evening to watch the ...

THIS. IS. ROCHESTER!

As (one of) the Offside correspondent(s) for the USL-1 Rochester Rhinos, I'd like to formally inform you all that Rochester is officially the best club in North America. (Minus Mexico) Why? Because we beat the best team in MLS league and playoff play of last season, of course!

Portland-Seattle US Open Cup Match Nearing Sellout

The word from the boss is that there are only 2,300 tickets left for Wednesday's game against the Seattle Sounders. Full stadium*. Amazing. Now would be the time to secure your spot in PGE Park, you slacker, you.

*Full=16,000 capacity
*Full=Happy scalpers

Timbers 4 - Impact 0 - We really need a new team.

What can I say about tonight's game? We didn't play exceptionally well offensively, thanks to Roberto Brown's absence, Rocco Placentino not being part of the starting eleven, and Eddie Sebrango being (once again) ineffective. We also didn't play a stellar game defensively, thanks to the absence of several key players such as Pesoli and Braz ...

Match 13: Portland Timbers 4-0 Montreal Impact

The Bottom Line: Mandjou Keita scored a pair of goals and George Josten tallied a pair of assists to lift the Portland Timbers to a 4-0 victory over the Montreal Impact in front of 7,783 at PGE Park on a gorgeous summer Sunday afternoon. Keita started the scoring in the 9th minute when headed home a David Hayes corner kick. In the 47th minute, he picked up another goal on a give-and-go with Josten that resulted in a Keita shot that deflected off an Impact (5-5-2, 17pts) defender and into the goal. Josten set up the third Portland (7-1-5, 26pts) goal of the match when he played a through ball to Brian Farber who beat Montreal Brian Matt Jordan in the 56th minute. The scoring was capped off by an own goal by Montreal in the 64th minute. The victory extends Portland's unbeaten run in league play to 12 games. It is the second time this season the Timbers have defeated Montreal at PGE Park.

Mid-Season Recap

The last week has been pretty crazy. Big changes at work, meeting long-lost friends in unexpected places and fun nights out on the town. It's a good time to sit back, take a breather and reflect upon things.
Crazy might not be the way one would describe the the Whitecaps season so far. However, it has certainly been very interesting.
After a bit of a slow start, the Whitecaps heated up and were briefly at the top of the table, despite injuries to key players. The young squad stepped up and was playing beyond expectations. The high point so far has been defeating Toronto FC 2-0 at Swangard Stadium, seemingly locking a place in the Champions League.