Timbers Army Blogs

  • Help us prepare for the US Men’s National Team Gold Cup game

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    June 19, 2013
    Mike Coleman

    As you  know the 107ist is all about supporting soccer from the grass roots to the highest level. With that in mind we’re partnering with the American Outlaws Portland chapter to ensure that the experience at Jeld-Wen field is as good as it gets when the US take on Belize as part of the Gold ...

  • Match Report: Timbers Top Toros in Instant Classic

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    June 16, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    It doesn’t get any better than that. With league-leading FC Dallas coming to town, commentators throughout the week were asking whether Portland could win games against elite opponents.  They won’t be musing about that next week. In one of the most thrilling games in Timbers’ MLS history, Darlington Nagbe’s 52nd minute wonder goal was the difference between ...

  • Match Report: Timbers Win and Advance

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    June 12, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    The Portland Timbers’ “simple goal is to win and advance” in the U.S. Open Cup, as Caleb Porter put it after Wednesday night’s game.  And that is exactly what Portland did in their U.S. Open Cup fourth round fixture against the Tampa Bay Rowdies. The Timbers took control early and never looked seriously in danger of ...

  • Match Report: Timbers Swallow a Bitter Pill in Bridgeview

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    June 9, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    Throughout 2013, the Portland Timbers have repeatedly found ways to earn a result on the road.  Multiple times – at Seattle, Colorado, and Vancouver – the Timbers found a way to earn a point from a game in which they easily could have come out empty handed.  Recently, however, the Timbers had increasingly shown their ...

  • The Morrison Report: Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand, Six Hundred Minutes Edition

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    May 30, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    One year ago today the Portland Timbers hit rock bottom.  While there were more embarrassments to come in 2012, five hundred twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes ago the Portland Timbers lost to Cal FC.  Given where the Timbers stand today, second in the West on 22 points, coming off a 5-1 U.S. Open Cup 3rd ...

  • Match Report: Piquionne’s Head Hammers Wilmington

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    May 29, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    The 2013 U.S. Open Cup opener for the Portland Timbers couldn’t have been more different from 2012’s humiliating loss to Cal FC. The Timbers scored early and often on Wednesday night, as Portland cruised to a 5-1 victory over the Wilmington Hammerheads of USL Pro. The party started in earnest in the second minute, when Will Johnson’s ...

  • Match Report: Timbers Cruise Past Inept United

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    May 26, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    The only measure of quality that matters in soccer is that relative to a team’s opponent on game day.  On Saturday, the Portland Timbers were vastly superior to D.C. United, even if that conclusion was less about the Timbers than it is about Ben Olsen’s incoherent side. Sequestered at the bottom of the table, D.C. came ...

  • The Timbers Army will be marching in the Portland Pride Parade! Join Us!

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    May 23, 2013
    Mike Coleman

    As many of you know on May 12 the Timbers Army showed our support for the International Day Against Homophobia by doing a large-scale display. Reactions to the display have been overwhelming. One photo set on Tumblr has been reblogged over 20,000 times. Additionally, we’ve received hundreds of comments in various online forums commending us on ...

  • Week 12 Meta Power Rankings – What to do with the Timbers edition

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    May 22, 2013
    Mike Coleman

    Note: you can click on any graphic to make it larger and more readable Welcome back to the latest installment of the power rankings. Each week I look at a bunch of power rankings, and amalgamate the results here. Typically I look at six reports, but this week its only 5 (ESPN, Bleacher Report, Sporting News, ...

  • Match Report: Timbers Erase Disadvantages in Vancouver

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    May 18, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    Now it’s a home and home.  Obviously thinking of the team’s effort to retain the Cascadia Cup, that was the sentiment from Caleb Porter in the postgame press conference.  Any number of times on Saturday, however, the Timbers could have found themselves chasing the race for the Cascadia Cup.  As they have done over and ...

  • International Day Against Homophobia

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    May 17, 2013
    Garrett Dittfurth

    The following is a guest post that comes to us from one of those involved in creating the anti-homophobia display in the stadium prior to the dismantling of Chivas USA. The Timbers Army joins many other supporters groups around the world in our opposition to homophobia.

  • The Morrison Report: Meaning What You Say Edition

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    May 15, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    The opinion expressed here is that of the author alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of any organization, including 107ist or the Timbers Army. I had hoped this whole ordeal was over Wednesday morning after the Disciplinary Committee gave Mario de Luna a one-game suspension in addition to the match he will miss due ...

  • Week 11 MLS Meta Power Rankings – Cascadia Surge Edition

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    May 14, 2013
    Mike Coleman

    Note: you can click on any graphic to make it larger / more readable Welcome to Week 11′s MLS Meta Power Rankings, MMPL ™. I take rankings from six different sources (Soccer By Ives, ESPN, Bleacher Report, Sporting News, MLS, and The Oregonian) and average them out. Additionally, I also look at the standard deviation between ...

  • Match Report: Timbers Blank the Rojiblancos

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    May 12, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    Good teams beat the opponents they’re supposed to.  Very good teams leave no doubt. Right now, the Portland Timbers are playing like a very good team.  And facing a reeling Chivas USA side on Sunday, the Timbers left absolutely no doubt. There was never a question who the superior side was on Mother’s Day, as Portland dominated ...

  • Match Report: Guzman Gives Dallas a Texas-Sized Gift

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    May 9, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    Under normal circumstances, a point away to the top team in the league isn’t a bad deal.  But for an unconscionable penalty given by Juan Guzman, however, Wednesday could have been so much more. It didn’t look like three points were a possibility in the first fifteen minutes, however, as Dallas came out dominant. After a bad ...

  • MLS Meta Power Rankings – Week 10

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    May 7, 2013
    Mike Coleman

    Note: You can click on any graphic below to make it larger (and, hence, more readable). Well there were some positive comments, and a few people read this last week so I decided to do it again. I’ve compiled the power rankings from MLS, Soccer By Ives, Sporting News, Bleacher Report, ESPN, and OregonLive (I looked at ...

  • Match Report: Mama Said There Will Be Days Like This

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    May 5, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    Some days you just can’t find the net.  You do everything right.  Distribute nicely out of the back.  Move the ball through the midfield with ease.  Feed the ball to promising attacking areas around the box.  And still, the ball just won’t go through the wickets. Thursday was one of those days for the Timbers.  Through ...

  • Match Report: Atticus and the Green Machine Outlast Timbers

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    May 1, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    Since their big win in Kansas City, the MLS media have been abuzz about how the Portland Timbers are suddenly a force to be reckoned with in the Supporters’ Shield race.  On Wednesday afternoon at Jeld-Wen Field, however, those Timbers couldn’t reckon with the force that is the Atticus Lane-Dupre led Green Machine. In the second ...

  • Team. Town. TA. (or What we can learn from an 8 year old)

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    May 1, 2013
    Mike Coleman

    Team. Town. TA. Say those words, and then imagine what the perfect blend of those three things would look like. If you were at Jeld-Wen field today, or if you watched the videos or took a peak at the pictures, then I can pretty much guess what your vision would be. What we all witnessed today was ...

  • Week 9 – Meta Power Rankings

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    April 30, 2013
    Mike Coleman

    Tuesday is one of my favorite days of the week as far as soccer goes. It’s the day when most of the power rankings are released (for those of you who are unfamiliar, Power Rankings are where ‘experts’ look at the 19 MLS teams and rank them based on their current performance and future potential ...

  • Match Report: Timbers Steal the Show in Kansas City

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    April 28, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    Sporting Kansas City took the field on Saturday looking to send a message coming off a frustrating loss and showcase their new argyle kits.  What they didn’t expect, however, was that the Portland Timbers would put on a show of their own.  With Kansas City having not conceded at home this year, the Portland Timbers ...

  • Welcome Home, Portland Thorns FC

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    April 22, 2013
    Mike Coleman

      A few months back I wrote a blog on how support for Portland Thorns FC might evolve. Since then a lot has transpired, and I had intended to write a post-mortem about the Thorns home opener. However, before I could get the proverbial pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard, as it were), I received an ...

  • Match Report: Timbers Overcome Churlish Quakes

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    April 15, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    Wins aren’t always dominant. But simply because one win wasn’t as pretty as the last doesn’t mean it wasn’t of similar quality. In a game short on highlights and long on tackles, the Portland Timbers rode a magnificent Will Johnson set piece goal to a 1-0 victory. Neither side had much in the way of chances.  In ...

  • The Morrison Report – The Evolution of Kalif Alhassan Edition

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    April 13, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    Much has already been written about the Timbers midfield in 2013.  From the arrival of Diego Valeri, to the on-again-off-again brilliance of Darlington Nagbe, to the steady leadership of Will Johnson, a small forest has been slain on the subject of the Timbers’ 2013 midfield. By comparison to his midfield colleagues, however, Kalif Alhassan has been ...

  • Op-Ed: Fare Thee Well, for I am About to Sell Out

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    April 10, 2013
    Andrew Brawley

    I’m sorry to announce this will be my last blog entry at TA-dot-org for the foreseeable future.

  • Match Report: Timbers Hit a High Against Houston

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    April 7, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    Since the regular season began, Caleb Porter has preached keeping the lows high and the highs low.  This habit is designed to allow the Timbers to work through inevitable rough patches in games and throughout the course of the season. Nobody would have blamed Portland on Saturday for getting down after a hard luck first twenty-five ...

  • Match Report: Johnson Wills the Timbers to Another Point

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    March 31, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    Say what you will about the 2013 Portland Timbers, but they don’t lack for heart.  Three times in their first four games, the Timbers have fallen behind only to come back and earn a draw. Going into Saturday, however, the Timbers had other plans in mind.  Facing a severely weakened Colorado Rapids team, Portland had its ...

  • Op-Ed: Got That Not-So-Thorny Feeling?

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    March 21, 2013
    Andrew Brawley

    We’ve all heard about the shenanigans that went down last year. I’ve been told that steps have been taken to ensure both of this year’s Seattle Away trips go down with as little static as possible.

  • Match Report: Timbers Pluck a Point Out of Seattle

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    March 18, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    Aesthetics be damned, the Portland Timbers used pluck to steal a point from the Seattle Sounders on Saturday night.  In the grander scheme, however, the effort showed that the Timbers may have the capacity to gel into a team that can win consistently – even if they still have a ways to go at this ...

  • The Morrison Report: Seattle Away Preview Edition

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    March 16, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    After two impressive performances which translated to two less than fulfilling results, the Portland Timbers head on the road to Seattle with questions surrounding the feasibility of winning with their current tactics. While the Timbers’ flood of the midfield has resulted in impressive possession statistics, and substantially limited the number of shots allowed, it has resulted ...

  • Op-Ed: Why I’m Not Going to Seattle Away

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    March 12, 2013
    Andrew Brawley

    We’ve all heard about the shenanigans that went down last year. I’ve been told that steps have been taken to ensure both of this year’s Seattle Away trips go down with as little static as possible.

  • Seattle Away – Itinerary

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    March 12, 2013
    Garrett Dittfurth

    Tickets for the Seattle Away match on March 16, 2013 are now open to both members and nonmembers. Below is the information you need to make the buying process as smooth as possible.

  • 107ist (TIMBERS ARMY) 2013 PRESENTATION TO PORTLAND CITY COUNCIL

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    March 12, 2013
    Garrett Dittfurth

    On Wednesday, March 13 Portland City Commissioner Dan Saltzman will host the Timbers Army fan group at Portland City Council’s regularly scheduled meeting. The Timbers Army of the Portland Timbers Major League Soccer team, incorporated as the 107ist Independent Supporters’ Trust, is the most rabid and community involved fan club in Major League Soccer. In ...

  • Match Report: Impact Park the Bus; Timbers Still Get Run Over

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    March 10, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    Everybody knew the Portland Timbers were going to control possession and try to pass its way through the Montreal defense on Saturday night.  And everybody also knew the Impact were going to sit back, absorb the pressure, and look to break out and hit the Timbers on the break. That’s exactly what happened, and the result ...

  • Passion

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    March 10, 2013
    Garrett Dittfurth

    What are we for? We love our team, our town, our culture and everything about that. We are here to support our boys night in and night out despite their record.

  • How Do I Find or Sell a Ticket

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    March 8, 2013
    Garrett Dittfurth

    You’re the person who really likes going to games but doesn’t have a season ticket or you’re looking to grab a couple extras for friends. Maybe you’re looking to sell an extra ticket because you’re friend can’t go. Hopefully this will be a good guide on how to do that without being scalped.

  • Beating Seattle Never Gets Old: A Benefit for Bless Field

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    March 7, 2013
    Garrett Dittfurth

    Join Operation Pitch Invasion, the 107 Independent Supporters Trust and “5 Minutes to Kickoff” for an evening celebrating Soccer City USA’s past and creating Soccer City USA’s future.

  • The Morrison Report – Running at the Defense Edition

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    March 5, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    Earlier today, Kelly McLain, my esteemed counterpart at NASN Portland, wrote an articulate and impassioned defense of the Timbers defense.  Although I strongly encourage you to give Kelly’s column a full read, his working thesis is essentially that the Timbers’ concessions are not yet cause for great alarm due to their flukey, once-in-a-blue-moon-mistake, nature. Kelly is ...

  • Op-Ed: Don’t steal flags

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    March 5, 2013
    Andrew Brawley

    Seriously.

  • Match Report: Timbers Terrific Offense Erases Defensive Errors

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    March 3, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    In the postgame press conference, Caleb Porter was asked if his defense was good enough to consistently earn three points.  His answer was “Yes. Yes.”  Whether he’s right or not will go a long way toward determining where the Timbers finish this season. The defense was breathtakingly bad in the first half. The comedy of errors began ...

  • The Morrison Report – Crystal Log Edition

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    March 2, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    The 2013 regular season is here.  Which means, as is tradition here at The Morrison Report, its time to gaze into the crystal log and divulge what it reveals about all 34 of the Timbers’ League games. If you want a good chuckle, look back at my 2012 predictions.  Turns out crystal logs aren’t infallible, either. As ...

  • Non-Cascadia Away Tickets Now on Sale

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    March 2, 2013
    John Holden

    Tickets to the visiting Timbers Army sections for almost all of the 2013 Timbers away games are now on sale on the 107ist Website! If you’re planning on away travel this season to any match outside of Cascadia, you can now purchase your tickets by going to Travel > Buy Away Match Tickets on the 107ist ...

  • The Morrison Report – Forwards Preview Edition

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    February 28, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    No unit for the Timbers has seen the amount of turnover during the past year than the strikeforce.  The unit that started 2012 locked down by Jorge Perlaza and Kris Boyd was alternatively populated on a rotating basis by a litany of different starters, including Danny Mwanga, Bright Dike, Darlington Nagbe, Franck Songo’o, Brent Richards, ...

  • The Supporters’ Shield

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    February 28, 2013
    Garrett Dittfurth

    The Supporters’ Shield Foundation, in partnership with the Independent Supporters Council (ISC), is proud to announce the creation of a new Supporters’ Shield trophy and the formation of the Supporters’ Shield Foundation. This new Supporters’ Shield replaces the previous trophy at the start of the 2013 MLS season. Supporter groups across Major League Soccer via ...

  • Innovative Ultras

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    February 28, 2013
    Garrett Dittfurth

    Get banned from the stadium…INNOVATE!

  • Op-Ed: How-to TA

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    February 25, 2013
    Andrew Brawley

    We love you. Hugs and snuggles. Now get to Tetris-in’!

  • Match Report: Timbers Say They’re Ready – But Are They?

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    February 24, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    Unconcerned with three disappointing results, Caleb Porter pronounced his team ready for the regular season immediately after pulling back a draw against AIK. Porter’s confidence was borne out early by the offense, as the Timbers opened the game putting AIK’s sterling defense under pressure. Diego Chara created the first of the chances for the Timbers in the ...

  • The Morrison Report – Midfield Preview Edition

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    February 22, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    Coming out of 2012, the Timbers midfield was one area of the field that seemed at least competently put together heading into 2013.  Diego Chara had a second solid season, and Darlington Nagbe, Franck Songo’o, Eric Alexander, and Sal Zizzo had all shown flashes of being at least legitimate MLS contributors, perhaps on the brink ...

  • AWAY TICKETING 2013: If You Want to Travel Read This

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    February 21, 2013
    Garrett Dittfurth

    The travel team is diligently working on arranging travel for the 2013 season to all stadiums. Please be patient as there are a lot of logistics involved in this sort of thing such as arranging buses, tickets, working with other front offices, etc.

  • The Morrison Report – Defenders Preview Edition

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    February 20, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    Since the introduction of Caleb Porter, most of the tactical and personnel talk has centered around the midfield and strikeforce.  After conceding a net-busting 56 goals in 2012, however, the defense needed as much work as anything.  How did the FO do?  Well, we’ll see. The Returners Of the players returning from 2012, nobody seems to be ...

  • Important 107ist Board Update

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    February 20, 2013
    Garrett Dittfurth

    At times in our lives we have to take a step back and look at what is really important in our lives and do what is best for ourselves. As many of you know one of our board members, Joanne Couchman, was recently diagnosed with cancer. The latest tests revealed the need for chemotherapy as ...

  • Match Report: Timbers Turn the Page to 2013

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    February 17, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    The John Spencer Era is over.  That much was clear early on at Jeld-Wen Field on Sunday evening, as the Timbers displayed an attacking verve that was conspicuously absent from Spencer’s Timbers teams. San Jose drew first blood, however, after Shea Salinas crosses to Mike Fucito in the box.  Fucito tapped a seemingly meek ball toward ...

  • The Morrison Report – Turning the Screws Up Edition

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    February 16, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    The mindset has shifted slightly at Timbers practice.  Since returning from Tucson, Caleb Porter has raised the intensity level in preparation for the Portland Timbers Preseason Tournament and the ever-closer season opener against New York. “I would say we’ve just turned the screws up a little bit more this week.  Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, those were hard ...

  • The Morrison Report – Complete Coincidence Edition

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    February 13, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    Not many batted an eye on Monday when Eric Alexander was shipped to New York in exchange for allocation money.  Soccer By Ives reported the Timbers received the league minimum $75,000 in allocation for Alexander and will pay a portion of Eric’s 2013 salary.  While Eric played well at times for Portland, and was one ...

  • The Morrison Report – Under the Tucson Sun Edition

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    February 12, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    Nobody knew what to expect when the Timbers boarded a plane to Tucson two weeks ago.  A new roster, new coach, and new system left the Timbers a mystery to even themselves.  The keep away and short-sided games of the first week of camp did little to shed light on this Timbers team’s identity. Two weeks ...

  • The Morrison Report – Goalkeepers Preview Edition

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    February 9, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    Coming out of 2012, the 2013 goalkeeper position wasn’t supposed to be an especially interesting one.  Although he didn’t exactly overwhelm in 2012, Donovan Ricketts looked to be the prohibitive favorite for the starting job. Then, on December 12, apparently tired of being hung out to dry with regularity in Toronto, Milos Kocic was thrown into ...

  • The Morrison Report – Keep Away Edition

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    January 26, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    One week into the 2013 preseason, and the tone of Timbers practice is already beginning to change.  The exuberance of the first practice session on Monday has faded somewhat; replaced by a sense that the team’s potential is matched by the great deal of work it has to do between now and March 3rd.  Nonetheless, ...

  • The Morrison Report – Franck So-Longo’o Edition

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    January 23, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    What people speculated about after the Timbers traded for Will Johnson, and what people suspected after PTFC signed Diego Valeri, and what people feared after an absence at the first day of training, was finally confirmed by the club on Wednesday.  Frank Songo’o is on the outs. And it’s the right move for the Timbers. Now, that’s ...

  • Cascadia Supporters Groups Meet with Major League Soccer’s Representatives on Cascadia Cup Trademark Issue

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    January 22, 2013
    Garrett Dittfurth

    The supporters groups in Seattle, Portland and Vancouver had a productive and respectful conference call with Major League Soccer’s representatives that opened important dialogue. The supporters groups in Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver look forward to working with MLS to resolve this issue. The Cascadia Cup Council continues to believe that it is well positioned to ...

  • The Morrison Report – New Beginnings Edition

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    January 21, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    New faces were in abundance around Jeld-Wen Field on Monday morning, as the Timbers opened training camp in preparation for the 2013 season.  Unlike years past, the team was mostly together on Monday, as Rodney Wallace was the only absent player expected to be in green and white on opening day. Before the Timbers opened practice ...

  • Op-Ed: Evolving my thoughts on Thorns FC Support

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    January 20, 2013
    Mike Coleman

    First, let me say that I want you, dear Reader, to understand that these words are coming from Mike Coleman, the soccer supporter and not Mike Coleman, the 107ist board member. As a 107ist board member, I will work to ensure we uphold our mission to support soccer in the Portland area from the grass ...

  • Op-Ed: Three Davids United vs. One Goliath

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    January 18, 2013
    Andrew Brawley

    In short, yes. I think so. But allow me to place this asterisk right here.

  • American Outlaws Respond

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    January 15, 2013
    Garrett Dittfurth

    They call our sport the beautiful game. It is with good reason. One may root for club. One may root for country. Some choose both. The vast majority of soccer supporters realize there is a common thread no matter what your allegiance. Passion drives us all.

  • The Morrison Report – Omnibus Offseason Edition Part II

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    January 14, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    Last week we recapped a busy week in the Timbers front office in Part I of the Morrison Report’s Omnibus Offseason Edition.  But the headquarters on Morrison Street wasn’t the only one that was busy.  The MLS front office had a whale of a week as well, releasing the 2013 schedule, preparing for a draft ...

  • Away Days 2013

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    January 13, 2013
    John Holden

    With the Timbers 2013 regular season schedule being released recently, finding out when the home games are is interesting, but it’s even better to figure out if you’ll be able to make travel plans and still see the Timbers play. I’ve been fortunate to have been able to watch the Timbers lose (or get a ...

  • The Morrison Report – Omnibus Offseason Edition Part I

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    January 10, 2013
    Chris Rifer

    I hope nobody took a long holiday vacation. In as busy a week as the Portland Timbers have had in the last two years, the Portland Timbers have added a designated player to their roster, introduced a new coach, had their schedule unveiled, and stood idly by while the MLS made a brazen attempt to ...

  • Cascadia Supporters Groups Jointly Oppose Major League Soccer’s Claim of Ownership of Cascadia Cup Trademark

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    January 10, 2013
    Garrett Dittfurth

    The supporters groups in Seattle, Portland and Vancouver jointly oppose Major League Soccer’s claim of ownership of the Cascadia Cup trademark. The three supporters groups have jointly used the Cascadia Cup mark for many years and have been the rightful owners of the mark. In response to recent statements and actions by MLS, the supporters ...

  • Media Advisory: Kansas City Cauldron to host Independent Supporters Council of the United States and Canada Annual Meeting

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    January 7, 2013
    Garrett Dittfurth

    KC Cauldron hosting the ISC Annual meeting in advance of the 2013 MLS Season

  • Op-Ed: Honestly, will Portland truly offer the best home-field advantage for World Cup qualifier matches?

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    January 7, 2013
    Andrew Brawley

    In short, yes. I think so. But allow me to place this asterisk right here.

  • The Morrison Report – Naughty and Nice Edition

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    December 22, 2012
    Chris Rifer

    Twas the night before Christmas, And all over the pitch, Merritt Paulson’s winter plans, Had hit a big hitch. Better fullbacks he needed, His defense to fix, And a new young playmaker, Though clearly not Mix. But as Christmas drew closer, Lil’ Merritt did see, There were still too few pieces, For PTFC. There was no one on the right, Save ole’ Captain Jack, And the brand new creator, Right ...

  • Voter turnout: the double-edged sword

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    December 17, 2012
    Andrew Brawley

    Be careful what you wish for.

  • 107ist Board of Directors Election Results

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    December 17, 2012
    Garrett Dittfurth

    Congratulations to Jeremy Wright and Sherrilynn “Sheba” Rawson on their re-elections. Congratulations to our newest member on the board of directors, Mike Coleman. We look forward to their 3 year terms serving on the board and working to accomplish our goals for the Timbers Army and 107ist for 2013 and beyond.

  • Onward and Upward

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    December 4, 2012
    Andrew Brawley

    We’re quite fortunate with what we’ve got here in Portland, likely to the point where most other MLS teams and supporters groups would label us as “spoiled.”

  • The Morrison Report – Moving Monday Edition

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    December 4, 2012
    Chris Rifer

    Coming out of the 2012 season, it appeared as though serious roster turnover was inevitable.  On Monday, the Timbers took a big step toward seeing that through. In a flurry of action that will be remembered for some time, the Timbers added three faces and said goodbye to five more with potential for an imminent ...

  • 107ist Board Elections Are Here

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    December 2, 2012
    Garrett Dittfurth

    After a busy third season we now enter our fourth round of elections for 107ist board members. The 107ist can only continue to work towards fulfilling its mission to support soccer in and around Portland, Oregon, from the grassroots to the highest professional level with volunteers to guide it and put in hours of work.

  • The Morrison Report – Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes Edition

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    November 20, 2012
    Chris Rifer

    Kings of Cascadia! But seriously, that was mostly wretched. In any case, it’s over now. From a league-wide perspective, the end of 2012 feels an awful lot like the end of 2011. Galaxy-Dynamo in the MLS Cup Final! Is David Beckham leaving MLS?! Fredy Montero, no means no postseason goals! But we’ll deal with the MLS ...

  • Hey, there hasn’t been a Timbers Army Football Club recap in a while…

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    November 2, 2012
    Kip Kesgard

    I was looking at the calendar and realized that there hadn’t been a post about the Timbers Army Football Club results in a while. It’s not that I didn’t want to put something together, but it’s a bit more difficult when life and your club get in the way. I’m not going out to get ...

  • MLS Double Standards

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    November 1, 2012
    Garrett Dittfurth

    Every once in a while I find myself shaking my head at the league. This is one of those times.

  • Cascadia Cup

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    October 24, 2012
    Garrett Dittfurth

    The aviators inside were a nice touch, bros. Thanks for delivering the cup. Kisses.

  • Match Report: Timbers Overcome Referee to Draw United

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    October 4, 2012
    Chris Rifer

    I wish the title for this match report could be different. But let’s be honest for a moment, is there really any other story coming out of the Timbers’ match against D.C. United on Saturday? No. As they’ve shown more than once in this most recent stretch of play, the Timbers started both halves slowly before ...

  • With it being Cascadia week for the Timbers Army, TAFC teams scramble to get fixtures played

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    October 4, 2012
    Kip Kesgard

    It can be tough to be a member of a Timbers Army football team when GPSD puts out their schedules, especially because there’s always a conflict within it and the Timbers schedule.  Every TAFC manager has been faced with the reality that one of their dates will coincide with a big road trip game for ...

  • The Morrison Report – Busy Week Edition

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    September 29, 2012
    Chris Rifer

    Two road matches, one point. For most clubs and for most supporters that’s a disappointing road trip.  And in many ways for the Portland Timbers, that’s a disappointing result, too, but only because of the way it happened. On Wednesday, missing Diego Chara and Donovan Ricketts, the Timbers travelled down to San Jose to meet the ...

  • The fall campaign continues for the Timbers Army Football Clubs – a peek at week 2

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    September 20, 2012
    Kip Kesgard

    I have to admit I enjoyed getting back in touch with the various Timbers Army Football Clubs and hearing how the start of their fall campaigns is going.  As one of the original members of the former Timbers Army FC side that eventually came to become Cascade Rangers FC, I know many of the players ...

  • Open Letter to the 1906 Ultras

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    September 20, 2012
    Andrew Brawley

    Being commonly regarded as the “third-of-three” city in the Bay Area would be tough on most kids.

  • Match Report: Timbers Hang Tough for Cascadia Draw

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    September 19, 2012
    Chris Rifer

    The Portland Timbers went a goal down on a great strike from Fredy Montero, lost Donovan Ricketts and Diego Chara to injury, and were again denied a clear penalty by an erroneously unsympathetic referee. Basically, everything that could have gone wrong on Saturday, went wrong. And the Timbers still came within inches of a legendary Cascadia ...

  • Timbers TV Party Tonight!

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    September 17, 2012
    Andrew Brawley

    What we seem to forget is that Major League Soccer is still not part of the “big 4” of American sports.

  • This Week in Timbers Army Football Club News – Fall 2012 Season has begun!

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    September 13, 2012
    Kip Kesgard

    It’s been a long summertime break since we last spoke about the Timbers Army FC initiative and the various clubs participating in amateur soccer throughout the Portlandarea. As the summer temperatures start to drop and the leaves turn more golden, the area’s attention turns to football in all its forms as evidenced by looking at ...

  • The Home Match of Home Matches

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    September 6, 2012
    Andrew Brawley

    To say this match is a big one for the Timbers would be the understatement of the year.

  • The Other Side of the Two-Stick

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    September 4, 2012
    Andrew Brawley

    “At the risk of being labeled a “newbie” or outcast, I feel the GWout crowd is misinformed in their position, and misguided in their expression.”

  • Match Report: Timbers Take the Safe Route Through the Rapids

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    September 1, 2012
    Chris Rifer

    Sometimes matches are won with ninety minutes of dominance. Sometimes they are won with a moment of brilliance. And sometimes they are won with dogged pragmatism. Friday night, the Timbers won with the latter. Facing a desperate, physical Colorado side, the Timbers made a bet that their wings could make enough plays to put Portland ahead ...

  • EA Sports and MLS Need Your Help

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    August 27, 2012
    Garrett Dittfurth

    MLS is working with EA Sports ahead of the release of FIFA ’13 in Sept. We are doing a 4 part series called ‘Soccer 101.’ The idea is that we’re illustrating basic soccer rules and customs through off the field situations. In all four spots, MLS players with be playing the parts of ...

  • Match Report: Timbers Summit Whitecaps Again

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    August 26, 2012
    Chris Rifer

    Over the past two seasons, the Timbers have shown a penchant for reacting well with their backs to the wall. Time and again in 2011 the Timbers brought themselves back from the brink of playoff elimination with a big result, only to be eliminated in the last week of the season. In 2012, until the wheels ...

  • Operation Pitch Invasion August 25th

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    August 21, 2012
    Garrett Dittfurth

    Operation Pitch Invasion is gonna do its magical thing this Saturday, August 25, at Clinton Park on SE Woodward & 55th. As of this writing, we’re a bit short of volunteers, so if you can spare a few hours in the morning, you’d be doing yourself, your town, your game, and your fellow TA a ...

  • Match Report: Timbers Choke in the Big Apple

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    August 20, 2012
    Chris Rifer

    On a wild night full of unexpected goals, refereeing blunders, and intra-club controversy, the Portland Timbers found a way to lose to the New York Red Bulls on Sunday. Things started off swimmingly for Portland. In the eighth minute Sal Zizzo collected a nice long ball from Kosuke Kimura on the right wing. After taking the ...

  • Match Report: Timbers Don’t Lose Again

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    August 16, 2012
    Chris Rifer

    For a few moments on Wednesday it appeared as though the Timbers may be poised to capture their first road win of 2012. Then, for another few moments, it appeared as though Portland would continue its absurd away ineptitude and capture the inside track to the wooden spoon. And finally, the Timbers pulled even for ...

  • TA Away Game Travel Guide to Toronto

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    August 9, 2012
    Andrew Brawley

    It’s clean. It’s full of nice people. It’s the Canadian stereotype I’d always envisioned.

  • Best of Luck Troy

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    August 8, 2012
    Garrett Dittfurth

    I’d like to wish the best to Troy Perkins. Thank you for everything you gave to our club. As one of the few players in the MLS bunch who truly understands what it means to play in Portland I wish you the very best in the rest of your career. Don’t forget about us because ...

  • The Morrison Report – Going to the Mattresses Edition

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    August 7, 2012
    Chris Rifer

    At ten o’clock Tuesday morning the Portland Timbers announced that Troy Perkins had been traded to Montreal for Donovan Ricketts. In the wake of the trade, there has been speculation that the Perkins deal was only the first step of a major roster overhaul likely to take place over the course of the coming days and ...

  • Match Report: Timbers Can’t Burn Dallas

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    August 6, 2012
    Chris Rifer

    When things are as bad as they are right now for the Timbers, a home draw against FC Dallas marks progress. That, however, is really just a reflection of how bad things are. The Timbers struggled to establish control early on, as Dallas saw a good portion of the possession and chances in the early going. ...

  • TA 7-27 Vancouver Blood Drive A Huge Success

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    August 5, 2012
    107istAdmin

    Thanks to everyone for a successful July blood drive in Vancouver!