Know Your Timbers’ Opponent: Seattle Sounders
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. This weekend, the Portland Timbers host long time rivals, the Seattle Sounders. The most well known enemy of the Portland Timbers, is none other than the Seattle Sounders. […]
Meet the Portland Timbers
This is the second installment of our series “Introducing Portland’s Sports Teams,” where we introduce you to every professional, semi-professional and college sports program in Portland. Who are the Portland Timbers? The Portland Timbers joined Major League Soccer in 2011, however the team was originally formed in 1975 as a member of the North American […]
Welcome to Seattle’s Nightmare: Portland 2, Sounders 1
Before the biggest match in the history of North America’s most heated derby, Seattle’s Emerald City Supporters unveiled their tifo. Like most things connected with the Sounders, it was shiny. The slogan to go along with the sparkle? Welcome to your nightmare. I think those supporters were referring to a Portland nightmare. But the display […]
Sounders Add to Timbers’ Frustration up North
Written by Written by Abe Asher | This article originally appeared on OregonSportsNews.com It all started so promisingly for the Portland Timbers Sunday night at Jeld-Wen Field, and then, like the Timbers’ central midfield, they just slowly faded away. Instead of crashing the party up north, Portland was part of the show. And really, what […]