Know Your Timbers’ Opponent: LA Galaxy
This weekly column will break down the opposition facing the Portland Timbers, hopefully giving you an insight into the challenge we can expect the Timbers to face. The Portland Timbers are at home against LA Galaxy next Sunday and as usual, we’ll start with the changes since last season. LA got rid of 17 players […]
Know Your Timbers’ Opponent: DC United
This weekly column will break down the opposition facing the Portland Timbers, hopefully giving you an insight into the challenge we can expect the Timbers to face. The Portland Timbers are at home against DC United next Saturday. United finished 2013 with the worst season record of any team in the history of the league. […]
Thunder Finally Grab First Franchise Win
The offense finally had its breakthrough, and the Thunder capitalized with a 69-62 win over the Jacksonville Sharks. The game started perfectly for the Thunder, as they won the coin toss, deferred, and opened the game with the ball anyway as Jacksonville’s Terrance Smith fumbled the opening kickoff. Rowley hit Alvance Robinson as Robinson flew […]
Blazers: What We’ve Learned After Two Games
I’ll admit: I wrote a preview piece about this series and in the back of my mind I didn’t think the Portland Trail Blazers had a real shot to win it. The Houston Rockets have two guys who have been to the finals in James Harden and Dwight Howard. They have size. They have experience. […]
Know Your Timbers’ Opponent : Houston Dynamo
This weekly column will break down the opposition facing the Portland Timbers, hopefully giving you an insight into the challenge we can expect the Timbers to face. The Portland Timbers travel to Texas to play the Houston Dynamo next Saturday. Dominic Kinnear has been the Dynamos head coach since the franchise relocated from San Jose. […]
By the Numbers: Portland Thunder Defense
While the Portland Thunder have struggled offensively to an 0-5 record in their inaugural season, one thing that has been overlooked is the increasingly impressive play of their defensive unit. In fact, especially considering the relative youth and inexperience of the Thunder team, it might be surprising to say that the defense is one of […]
Thunder Fall to San Jose in Heartbreaker
In a rematch of their week one matchup, the Portland Thunder (0-5) led the San Jose SaberCats (3-3) for most of the game before San Jose took control with 5:28 remaining to win 38-32. Each team committed two turnovers before Portland scored the first touchdown of the game when Ayo Idowu ripped the ball from […]
Portland Outdoor Report: Turkey Season Opens
This past week has been some amazing weather which has warmed up our waterways. Spring in the Pacific Northwest is unmatched when considering outdoor opportunities. Our Spring Turkey season just began on the 15th, Salmon fishing has been good and steelhead are still making their way into the local tributaries! Turkey The Turkey season has […]
Stags Trample Preseason Doubt, Top Nighthawks
Despite preseason chatter about Vancouver as the Western Conference favorite, the Stags defeated the Nighthawks on Saturday night, helping them jump three spots in this week’s MLU Power Rankings. Both the Stags and the Nighthawks played a spectacular game Saturday night at the 2014 season opener. However, Portland’s offense proved too powerful, as Timmy Perston […]
Know Your Timbers’ Opponent: Real Salt Lake
This weekly column will break down the opposition facing the Portland Timbers, hopefully giving you an insight into the challenge we can expect the Timbers to face. The Portland Timbers travel to Utah to play Real Salt Lake. At the end of last season, the Utahn’s lost their head coach Jason Kreis to new expansion […]