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The Timbers take on Chivas USA tonight at Jeld Wen Field at 8:00pm, and a win tonight would push the Timbers closer to a playoff spot.
The Playoff Picture – The next two matches are against teams (Chivas tonight and DC on Saturday) that are just ahead of us in the playoff picture.
Drew Epperley from WV Hooligan previews tonight’s match for SB nation.
John Strong offers his thoughts on the Chivas match. Strong also ranked number four in top ten local announcers in MLS. He may be ranked number four in MLS, but he’s number one our hearts.
Stumptown Footy talks to fellow SB blogger about tonight’s match.
Ian Joy shares his latest thoughts with his latest column for Prost Amerika.
Groundskeeper Kip gives us his latest thoughts including a Futty Update.
Soccer Watcher Nevets shares his sexy photographs from the Vancouver match.
Nick Hernandez has some sexy … Read the rest
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Down the Byline is an excellent KC blog and writes about tonight’s match up.
Key Match Up – Roger Espinoza vs Jack Jewsbury – Espinoza needs to keep his attitude in check enough to keep himself from getting a needless red card, but needs to keep the fire that has basically made him the team’s best player in the two and a half games he played before his red card against RSL. This is going to be especially true closer to goal where Jewsbury has done plenty of damage this year on free kicks.
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July 30, 1011 8pm
Jeld Wen Field
TV: Root Sports
Radio: 750 AM The Game, La Pantera 940 AM
Operation Enduing Streamer is in full effect tonight.
What: Buy every white streamer you can find in our beautiful city, when one place is sold out try another. This is our way to stimulate the economy!
Who: Everyone in the stadium can participate. Give them to your friends, buy more for your neighbors, spread the streamer love.
When: At the end of the national anthem let your streamers fly!
Don’t: Don’t bring any other color streamer, or throw them onto the pitch during the run of play. This is a display for prematch.
Timbers Insider brings you a training update and writes that Palmer, Chabala Have Immediate Impact.
Stumptown Footy speaks with a Toronto bloggers Waking the Red.
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Jeld Wen Field
June 11th, 7:30pm
TV: Root Sports
Radio: 750 AM The Game; La Pantera 740 AM
The Timbers will play their first rematch of the season when they host Colorado Rapids on Saturday. The first meeting with Colorado did not go well, but it was still a grand party as we made our MLS debut. Now it is time for payback as we face a squad with a MLS-record six consecutive draws. Colorado started the season hot winning their first three games with a plus 7 goal differential, after that they would lose the next three matches with a minus 5 goal differential. Now Colorado is in a draw streak and have a big question mark on their back. Futty is calling this match a “must win,” well I won’t call it that but I love the attitude.
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Philly Union Manager Peter Nowak had this to say about his preparation for the match (via MLS official site):
“I’m worried about the pitch because it’s a little bit too small, and when you watch games when they play at home, it’s like pinball,” Nowak said. “You’ve got to figure out a good plan for that, which is why we trained [at YSC]. We had a couple of good days here adjusting to the turf because it’s completely different.”
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When asked about Portland tactically, the Union manager specifically mentioned defender Rodney Wallace, midfielders Kalif Alhassan and Jeremy Hall and forwards Kenny Cooper and Jorge Perlaza as players Philly need to contain if they wish to escape with three points.“They have speed,” Nowak said. “And as I said about the field, we need to go there and find what is really good distance for spacing, so we can
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Portland Timbers v FC Dallas
Jeld Wen Field
April 17, 2011 3:00pm
TV: ROOT Sports
Radio: 95.5 The Game, La Pantera 940 AM
FC Dallas does their match preview in a 5 minute video which breaks down the key matchups and lists the three keys to Dallas’ success.
Their keys to Dallas winning the match are:
- Creating wide isolation
- Penetrating runs
- Bright start
The Timbers official site has a MatchDay Preview, as well as John Strong‘s notes on how to stop MLS MVP David Ferreira:
The easiest way, theoretically, is to make sure that he’s tightly marked at all times, especially when receiving the ball. If he’s not given time and space to pick out a pass, he obviously becomes less effective. Also of crucial importance is making sure his teammates who are all immediately making runs off the ball when Ferreira’s in possession, are being covered.
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Match 3
Timbers v New England Revolution
Gillette Field
April 2 4:30pm
TV: Fox 12
Radio: 95.5 The Game, La Pantera 940 AM
After a big win in front of the home crowd the Timbers head back on the road for one more match before their home opener at Jeld-Wen Field. Portland will be looking to get their first points of the season against an undefeated New England team. The Revs tied LA 1-1 in their first match and beat DC United 2-1 last weekend.
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Match 2
Portland Timbers v Toronto FC
BMO Field
March 26th 11am
TV: Fox Sports Northwest/ROOT Sports
Radio: 95.5 The Game, La Pantera 940 AM
The Timbers will kick off at 11am in Toronto on Saturday, so we are posting this match day fix early. We will update the fix with more as the hours pass. If you find any links you like please add them in the comments below.
Toronto Saturday weather forecast: Chance of Snow. Partly Cloudy. High: 23 °F. Wind NW 9 – 13 mph. 20% chance of precipitation (water equivalent of 0.00 in). Windchill: 12 °F.
Match Previews
Timbers – The Cooper Effect: Striker has a habit of scoring against Toronto FC
Toronto Offsides – Toronto FC v Portland Timbers Preview
The Columbian – Timbers work to fix lapses on defense
TSN – TORONTO FC INSIST ON BETTER SHOWING IN HOME DEBUT SATURDAY
The Star – … Read the rest
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This match will be televised live tonight on Fox Sports Northwest at 7:30pm
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The end of the regular season is here, the Timbers play their last regular season division 2 match in Vancouver today. Vancouver is a fitting spot for this match, as they will also be making the move to MLS next year. At times it was tough to be positive about the Timbers, when in early Summer the team had trouble winning games, but that is long over as the Timbers ride a 9 game winning streak going into today’s match. Let’s hope that we put that streak into double digits tonight.
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Dropping Timber – The Last match
