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A perfect Portland spring day comes in many flavors. For some (like myself) they might prefer a thick cloud cover with some light rain. However, as I turn my head to look outside my window, I see overcast with some specks of light blue peeking through. And, above all else,
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The Portland Timbers knew that their first 13 games of 2026 were utterly unacceptable. They had one chance to end this run of futility and enter the World Cup break on a high note. Instead, they lost 3-1 to the San Jose Earthquakes at Providence Park. Recap It only
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The Portland Timbers knew that they were going to run a gauntlet before the MLS season took a pause before the World Cup. Several known quantities (Vancouver, LAFC, Miami) littered their schedule before the break, with many predicting that Portland would have some rough sailing during this portion of the
As the sun rises on another weekend chock-full of MLS matches, an ideological battle wages in Portland's neighboring city 6 hours to the north. The Vancouver Whitecaps are in a war for their own right to survive. And this battle is inching closer and closer to a
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0-5. 1-4. Those two scorelines hung over the city of Portland for almost two years. One sent the Portland Timbers into a reckoning; a season-ending disaster that appeared out of seemingly nowhere but was subtly teased throughout the fall of 2024. They had an immediate chance to
The Rose City Breakdown Episode 10:00/3298.41× 2026 is truly a momentous year for women's sports in the Rose City. 2026 also marks the first year where the state and city will have three professional women's sports teams: Portland Thorns (NWSL), Portland Fire (WNBA)
Two years ago, the Portland Timbers defeated the Colorado Rapids 4-1 in their season opener at Providence Park. Last year, the Portland Timbers lost to the Vancouver Whitecaps by the same scoreline in their season opener at Providence Park. Like both of their previous season openers at Phil Neville,
Big occasions demand proper attire. You cannot show up to a wedding in sweatpants. There’s an official uniform for college graduations, as freshly-minted graduates don caps and robes to walk across a large stage to collect their diplomas. Providence Park is no stranger to the latter event, having
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Tonight, the Portland Timbers lost 2-0 to Inter Miami. In doing so, they allowed the Herons to taste victory for the first time at their new home. A 2-0 loss is the most common result for the Portland Timbers in 2026, with most of their prior 2-0
At some point, something has to break the Reign's way - but nothing went right for Seattle on Friday night. Unlike their early losses but like the previous week, it seemed to be a general malaise that sunk them.
In most soccer leagues around the world, the regular season reigns supreme. In fact, the words “regular season” are a purely American construct. That’s because America has perfected the postseason. Due to the variety of different sports that Americans participate in, the concept of a postseason has been tweaked
Everyone on this Sounders club has major aura, as they showed when they won an instant (albeit very messy) classic Heritage Cup match on Wednesday. The question is: can they take this all the way to the Shield?
Draws, by definition, usually occur when neither team does enough to win a game of soccer. That cannot be said of the Portland Timbers’ 2-2 draw in rainy Montreal on Wednesday night. Both teams definitely did enough to win, but neither left the field of play with 3 points
Saturday night was pretty fun! The Portland Timbers turned all of their chances into goals and decimated a hopeless Sporting Kansas City side at Providence Park. That 6-0 win set a team record for margin of victory in a MLS game. However, it’s time to get back on
The Reign still haven't scored a goal since late March, and after the loss to Washington, the team was torn in two directions between defensive optimism and attacking malaise.
The Sounders haven't had the best go of it in the last two games, drawing against two teams they should have beaten and losing quite a bit of ground in the Shield race. What does Saturday's game say about the team?
Sometimes the best way to respond after a brutal loss is to simply win the next game. However, on a warm spring night in Portland, the Timbers avenged their previous weekend's defeat to RSL by demolishing Sporting Kansas City to the tune of a club-record margin of
The 2026 Portland Timbers are hanging by a thread. Sure, they’ve managed to win 2 out of their last 4 games, but the results surrounding those wins are setting off alarm bells the size of Big Ben. Last weekend’s performance in Salt Lake City was uniquely awful. However,
The Portland Timbers have finally done it. After months of asking for some semblance of consistency, they’ve finally been able to deliver. A clear pattern has emerged, with another one already present. Finally, the consternation and frustration of the fanbase can be firmly put to bed. In an ironic
