The Whitecaps have some passionate fans.

But this beautiful city is about to be taken over…

Timber’s Army Charge!

We’ll have a playoff preview up soon. This is going to be fun.

The final three matches of the quarterfinals begins today. These games are do or die situations, with the fate of the whole season on the line. Most importantly we will know who Portland will face in the semifinals. All the games will be on USLlive.com and the Charleston game will be on Fox Soccer Channel at five.

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Burnley’s first season in the English Premier League in 33 years has led to a small streak of three wins at home and three losses on the road. This 3-0-3 record puts Burnley in a comfortable ninth place out of twenty teams in the EPL. Burnley’s first two wins were against EPL powerhouses Manchester United and Everton. Burnley’s tide of killing the big boys ended when they lost 3-0 at Chelsea and 4-0 to Liverpool. Last weeks win over Sunderland kept Burnley’s unbeaten streak alive, but lost starting striker Martin Paterson possibly for the season with a bad knee injury. Next up is a road game against the Spurs from Tottenham this Saturday.

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The Timbers aren’t taking their first round bye sitting down. Today they play the Kitsap Pumas at PGE Park at 4pm. The game is only open to season ticket holders, but don’t fret there are rumors abound that they won’t play a full 90 minutes. You may remember the Kitsap Pumas from earlier in the season as the Timbers traveled to Bremerton, Washington to knock the Pumas out of the US Open Cup. Kitsap will be a great way to keep our boys fresh and allow coach Wilkinson to try out a few things. I am also impressed with management’s decision to open the scrimmage to season ticket holders only, as those who bite the bullet, deserve some extra rewards. Those of us who want to see scrimmage but don’t have season tickets have a few mostly bad choices,

• stand on the 18th street side and look through the

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The USL first division is in a state of turmoil. A coalition of teams, called the Team Owners Association (TOA) has been in talks with the USL to move towards a league owned by the teams. Five teams (Carolina, Miami FC, Minnesota, Montreal and Vancouver) have said they are not committed to playing for the USL next season. That would leave the division with only six teams, and there are some indications Cleveland may not be around next season either. To make matters even worse for the USL, the TOA has been in talks with MLS- possibly to create a second tier MLS2 league (more). In addition to the USL-1 teams, the TOA also includes the Atlanta Silverbacks, St. Louis Soccer United and the Tampa Rowdies.

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This Thursday marks the kickoff for the 2009 USL playoffs and the first three matches will be available on USLlive.com. Playoff rules directly from the USL

TWO-LEG, AGGREGATE SCORE SERIES
Playoffs: Each team will host a regulation 90-minute match. If the series score is tied at the conclusion of the second game (180 minutes total), two 15-minute overtime periods are played in their entirety to determine the series winner. If neither team scores, the series is then decided via FIFA penalty kicks. Rules governing the play of overtime and penalty kicks are extended from the second match. The higher seed holds the privilege of selecting to host first or second leg unless otherwise noted.

#2 Carolina RailHawks vs #7 Vancouver Whitecaps
Sept 24 at Vancouver – 7:30 pm :: Sept 27 at Carolina – 2:00 pm

#3 Puerto Rico Islanders vs #6 Rochester Rhinos
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