Exploring Pier 62
Sounders, Reign, and RAVE Foundation are hosting a waterside watch location in Seattle. What was the environment like in its first go around as the World Cup kicked off on Thursday?
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"If You Were To Succeed, You Had To Be Better Than the Best"
The sky is gray and rain is falling. There's no use in trying to identify the specific day on the calendar. It could be any time of the year in Portland, Oregon. And on this unknown day in 2024, three old friends and trailblazers reunited. Two of them
A Mid-Season Reset
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,
A Sign of the Times
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
Portland Timbers-San Jose Earthquakes Preview (5/23/26)
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
Portland Thorns and Angel City Produce Scoreless Draw at Providence Park
By Brooke Neiman
Conquista-Don't
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
Yet Another Scoreless Loss Sinks Reign Further
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.
Inter Miami-Portland Timbers Preview (5/17/26)
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
Sounders Aura Farm, Win Heritage Cup
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?
Similar Movie, Different Ending
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
CF Montreal-Portland Timbers Preview (5/13)
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
Reign
Reign Fall Late to Washington, Extend No-Goal Streak to Nine Halves
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.
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Sounders Drop Two Points at Home to SDFC - But They Didn't Lose
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?
Timbers
The Free Space
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
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Portland Timbers-Sporting Kansas City Preview (5/9/26)
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,
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The Final Straw
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
Thorns Dethrone San Diego Wave as the Number One Team
Nearly 20,000 fans poured into Providence Park on Wednesday night as first place San Diego Wave faced off against the second place Portland Thorns in an explosive midweek matchup. Sporting the captain’s armband was Jessie Fleming who carried the same quiet confidence which was long associated with her
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Real Salt Lake-Portland Timbers Preview (5/2/26)
For the third week in a row, the Portland Timbers are on the road. They will head to Utah to face Real Salt Lake tomorrow after a last-gasp 2-1 victory last weekend in San Diego. One question is on everyone’s mind: can the momentum travel for the
Whitecaps
The Case For Humanity (#SaveTheCaps)
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
Reign
Reign Drop Bad Home Opener Loss to Royals, Fishlock Suffers Big Injury
Losing 3-0 and dropping three points at home is never the desired outcome, but the flatfooted start and the injury to one of the big team leaders are bigger worries going forward.
Sounders
Sounders Withstand Trap Game Dynamics, Take Three Points vs. Dallas
It was a game many previous iterations of the Sounders would have let fall to a draw or even a disastrous loss. And yet the Sounders held out the win, even without Cristian Roldan.
Timbers
The Baseline Mentality
The Portland Timbers entered tonight’s game against San Diego with two unfortunate streaks weighing heavily on their shoulders. One of them was left behind on the patchy surface of Snapdragon Stadium. They failed to keep a clean sheet, but they’re celebrating a win away from home for the
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San Diego FC-Portland Timbers Preview (4/25/26)
“I don’t do revenge. I think that’s very shortsighted. If you get clouded with that kind of emotion, you don’t have clarity of mind.” That’s how Phil Neville opened his Thursday press conference ahead of this weekend’s game against San Diego; the team that the