Articles Archive for October 2010
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Our friend Michael Orr of Mao’s Football and the Timbers Offside blog will be hosting a new Timbers radio show this Tuesday from 4-5pm on Cascadia.FM. We are excited to hear this new Timbers radio show, so we asked Michael some questions about the new project.
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The MLS playoffs kicked off last night with the Crew losing 1-nil at Colorado. Two matches today as Real Salt Lake travels to FC Dallas for a 2:00pm kickoff (ESPN 2) and NY heads to the west coast to play San Jose at 7:00pm (FSC). We can get behind the Galaxy as they face the Flounders on Saturday at 5pm (ESPN 2).
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Nerd is The Word, who has been doing regular stadium updates, got this great riser shot:
Check out the risers going in on the PGE Park Webcam.… Read the rest
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Dropping Timber is going to be providing a basic guide for all 16 current MLS teams to see who might be available in the 2010 Expansion Draft. Other team guides: Chicago Fire
This page will be updated as more information comes in and as we get closer to the draft, so be sure to bookmark it if you plan to analyze the expansion draft as things get closer.
Automatically Protected:
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Mao at the Offsides takes a look into Nimo’s situation.
Due to his status as a Generation adidas player, Nimo is automatically protected by Salt Lake and cannot appear on the list of available players to the Timbers (and Vancouver Whitecaps) in the upcoming Expansion Draft. Portland will be forced to make a trade of some kind with the MLS Cup holders if they want to secure the services of the 20-year old Nimo.
Read the rest of the story here… Read the rest
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The Timbers may be headed to the desert to do some preseason training next year. Soccer By Ives reports that there are plans for the Timbers, flounders, whitecraps, taurine toros and real salty to head to Casa Grande, Arizona next year for training. The teams will not all be there at the same time. Arizona has proved a popular place for MLS teams to get some training in the past. So boys hide your accents and keep your green card on you at all times.
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SIDE KICKS: Barber met with Seattle Sounders, Portland Timbers and MLS officials in Seattle recently to discuss how many tickets will be set aside for visiting fans to Vancouver-Portland-Seattle games … The teams say the issue will be resolved by next month and Barber expects more than 150 tickets will be set aside for visiting fans.
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Dropping Timber is going to be providing a basic guide for all 16 current MLS teams to see who might be available in the 2010 Expansion Draft.
This page will be updated as more information comes in and as we get closer to the draft, so be sure to bookmark it if you plan to analyze the expansion draft as things get closer.
Up first is the Chicago Fire.
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The legend still doing his thing
Former Portland Timbers star Byron Alvarez is back in the Major Indoor Soccer League, with a new team. The Missouri Comets signed the veteran forward on Monday to a two-year contract.
Tribune has the scoop.… Read the rest
