2009 Portland Timbers [Results]

For those of who are interested, I'm going to try to keep up with this as best as I can.

Saturday April 25, 2009 At Vancouver Whitecaps - L 0 - 1

Thursday April 30, 2009 Vs. Carolina RailHawks - D 0 - 0

Saturday May 2, 2009 Vs. Carolina RailHawks - W 2 - 0

Saturday May 9, 2009 At Cleveland City Stars - D 0 - 0

Next up:

8:00pm Thursday, May 14, 2009 Vs. Rochester Rhinos @ PGE Park

-SciFi

Bump for match day!



WE ARE THE ROSE CITY!

PurplePrideTrumpet wrote:Bump for match day!



WE ARE THE ROSE CITY!

Will I be seeing you there, PPT?

Thursday April 30, 2009 vs. Carolina RailHawks - D 0-0

Overall, probably the most entertaining 0-0 draw I've ever seen. Aside from the first 15 minutes, the Timbers were by far the better team but just couldn't find a finisher.

Sound familiar?

Can anyone enlighten me as to why Chris Seitz was loaned to the Timbers for 4 days?? Haha that seems like a suspiciously short loan term (I didn't know they could do that...)

DaTruRochin wrote:Can anyone enlighten me as to why Chris Seitz was loaned to the Timbers for 4 days?? Haha that seems like a suspiciously short loan term (I didn't know they could do that...)

Timbers starting GK Steve Cronin tweaked his ankle at practice on Wednesday, and our backup (I think) is straight out of college. The Timbers have another match against Carolina on Saturday, then get a week off. So Salt Lake loaned Seitz for essentially two matches until Cronin's ankle gets better.

Rob's Jacket wrote:

PurplePrideTrumpet wrote:Bump for match day!



WE ARE THE ROSE CITY!

Will I be seeing you there, PPT?

May not have seen me, but I was there. Down low in 108 with ohh_yeah, on the aisle by 107. My first ever Timbers match and I'm next to a tourist who asks me, "So what happened to Timber Jim?" and "Does [whatever group he came with] go to all the Timbers games?"

Timbers outshot Carolina (WTF is a Railhawk?), but they put more shots on target. Seitz was tremendous last night.

Saturday it's the same two teams, same time, same place.

I wasn't there on Thursday because I had to work; but, I'll likely be there on Saturday. I'm probably going to sit somewhere on the west side simply because I like the view from over there.

GO TIMBERS!

-SciFi

Oh OK that makes sense... Chris Seitz was a top 5 pick last year if I do recall so it's no surprise he's doing well. Steve Cronin should do well when he gets well, he was a good keeper last year but just had one of the most atrocious defenses in the world (literally) in front of him.

I hope to make it to a few Timbers games this season (haha its easier to get tickets and WAY cheaper than games up north), and no PPT I won't show up wearing the rave green, I have SOME scruples...

PurplePrideTrumpet wrote:
May not have seen me, but I was there. Down low in 108 with ohh_yeah, on the aisle by 107. My first ever Timbers match and I'm next to a tourist who asks me, "So what happened to Timber Jim?" and "Does [whatever group he came with] go to all the Timbers games?"

Timbers outshot Carolina (WTF is a Railhawk?), but they put more shots on target. Seitz was tremendous last night.

Saturday it's the same two teams, same time, same place.

I must have been about three or four rows above you - I was dead center in 108 row J. Won't be able to make Saturday's game (have to study for finals), but should be back for Rochester on the 14th. RCTID!

Steven Cronin... former Santa Clara Bronco (which makes him somewhat shady) but also former college roommate of LaSalle great (and current San Jose Earthquake) Ryan Cochrane. Just another reason why LaSalle is the greatest high school ever.

Stonehouse wrote:Steven Cronin... former Santa Clara Bronco (which makes him somewhat shady) but also former college roommate of LaSalle great (and current San Jose Earthquake) Ryan Cochrane. Just another reason why LaSalle is the greatest high school ever.

As if you needed any more reasons...What! What!

DaTruRochin wrote:
I hope to make it to a few Timbers games this season (haha its easier to get tickets and WAY cheaper than games up north), and no PPT I won't show up wearing the rave green, I have SOME scruples...

May 30 and 31 will be an epic weekend. Saturday is the Vancouver match--self-explanatory. Then there's an exhibition with Club America's reserves (CA is one of Mexico's biggest clubs, up there with Chivas) on May 31. A little ultra told me the club expects a sellout and is considering putting in temporary grandstands on the east side.

There's also Bayern Munich's reserves on July 2. Valencia was going to be the "big" friendly until they canceled their summer US tour. But...rumor has it another "big" club is coming...

For the Rose City, 2-nil!
For the Rose City, 2-nil!

When the Timbers scored the second goal, right after "You Are My Sunshine," the North End went nuts. I mean, just exploded. I've never seen anything like that, not even at Merlo.

At the tailgate today, one of the guys in the TA I know was introducing me to someone and said, "PPT's first Timbers game was Thursday, but you'd never know it."

Watched the match on usllive.com. Fantastic result and thoroughly deserved. Hopefully Cronin can pick up where Seitz left off.