Timbers Army Night at UP/Stanford Discussion

I only found out because of Facebook. But, the Timbers Army will have a presence at the UP game vs. Stanford. I am personally very excited for this.
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=119664298131062

I'm not sure how I feel about it....

The more people in the stands rooting for the Pilots the better I think

As long as they shower first...

as long as they clean up their cheers for all the younger pilot fans in attendance.

Call security! Timbers Army tends to scare small children without even trying. Wow, this will bring a weird vibe to Merlo. I imagine I will be alternately laughing and shaking my head at the Timbers Army antics.

purple haze wrote:Call security! Timbers Army tends to scare small children without even trying. Wow, this will bring a weird vibe to Merlo. I imagine I will be alternately laughing and shaking my head at the Timbers Army antics.

Plenty of small children are IN the Timbers Army.

The "antics" of the TA are part of what makes Portland Soccer City USA. Add ECS and the Southsiders to the mix and soccer fans around the country and the world are looking very favorably on the Pacific Northwest.

I hope they just follow the Villans cheers

RipCityPilot wrote:I hope they just follow the Villans cheers

I hope they realize how great the student support is by college standards.

PurplePrideTrumpet wrote:

RipCityPilot wrote:I hope they just follow the Villans cheers

I hope they realize how great the student support is by college standards.

Or even by most professional teams' standards. How many supporters groups in North America have bigger and louder support? I'd wager most if not all MLS teams, but aside from Montreal at the lower levels, I don't think there are many.

So much for the fans. Now let's talk about the foe. Stanford may come into Thursday's game ranked No. 1, depending on the final results of Tuesday coaches poll. Their record is 6-0-1. They've scored goals in bunches, up to 6 in a game. They've shut out 4 teams. They've beaten Penn State and Notre Dame. I doubt the Pilots are quaking in their boots, but this shapes up as an extremely tough match for the home team.

I was talking to the fish guy and we both agree on this:

Let the Timbers cheers be the Timbers Cheers. I hope the Drum/ Student section can always try keep it's cheers unique to UP.

"When I root I root for the (insert name here). Duh......

That's a fun one.

The Pilot rooting section has been unique and trendsetting for US collegiate soccer. Lets hope it stays that way. The Merlo environment should be a Merlo environment not a "insert name here" cheer Timber offshoot environment.

Back to the game itself. I was checking out the Stanford website for key players to watch and noticed that Courtney Verloo is not listed as playing at all this year. Is anyone aware of her status?

By the way, one of their leading scorers is a freshman. They've scored 24 goals in six games this year. We're going for 24 in seven on Thursday.

Courtney unfortunately tore a meniscus just before the season started. If you recall, she had injury issues at the end of the last season and wasn't 100% during the tournament( missed the first two games)

Hope she gets back all the way for next season. For this game, she joins Kendall on the sidelines.

Trenchcoat Wally wrote:I was talking to the fish guy and we both agree on this:

Let the Timbers cheers be the Timbers Cheers. I hope the Drum/ Student section can always try keep it's cheers unique to UP.

The Pilot rooting section has been unique and trendsetting for US collegiate soccer. Lets hope it stays that way. The Merlo environment should be a Merlo environment not a "insert name here" cheer Timber offshoot environment.

I understand your concerns, but in the football world very few songs anywhere are "unique."

Songs get adapted by supporters groups around the world. Whatever songs you sing, someone somewhere is singing them too. Someone hears one, it sounds cool, they change the words, it catches on in a new stadium. It's the way of the football world and it's especially easy these days with the internet.

The student section is and will be unique because it's a group of students who want to make the student section something like a supporters group. And I find that really cool.