Dave Knows: Portland

Timbers news continues to materialize, despite the season ending weeks ago.
Portland Timbers website - Grab 2008 season tickets and own a piece of history

Sign up for 2008 full-season tickets and get a slice of Timbers history. The first 100 fans who purchase prior to December 1 will recieve a wood slab from Timber Jim’s [...]

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Update: Erika at Kick it PDX has a good recap of the evening here. My friends and I were seated right behind Erika at the match, so I think it was me she quotes saying “Man, she’s fast” in reference to Natasha Kai.
Last night the US women beat a tenacious, though out matched, Mexican [...]

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Put your chicken dance shoes in the closet, the summer festival season is over.
Though the calendar is relatively bare, there are still some things to keep us amused through the wet and 40 degree season knows as Fall/Winter in Portland.
Saturday

Much of Portland’s Burning Man contingent will be “decompressing” Saturday under the Fremont Bridge at Diversion. [...]

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In The Oregonian today: MLS sets second expansion-study Portland visit
According to the article, Don Garber, the MLS commissioner, is visiting Portland today. He is here to negotiate with Merritt, see PGE Park, and catch the U.S. and Mexican women’s soccer match tonight.
As I see it, Merritt Paulson was so impressed by the Portland Timbers fan [...]

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The good news is that Dallas now has more time to spend with Daria and his little dogs.
Midnight Monday was the deadline for contract negotiations between the Professional Lacrosse Players’ Association and the National Lacrosse League. Tuesday morning there is no agreement on the Collective Bargaining Agreement. Reports are that the league is keeping [...]

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I happen to agree with Hope Solo’s assessment of her coach’s decision in the infamous World Cup semifinal loss to Brazil. Hope won’t win any awards for the display of tact, but she knows how to stop shots at goals. (Plus she possesses one of the best names in sports.)
And she’s on the [...]

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Oregon Reddit//

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The Rose City holds up well in America’s Favorite Cities at the Travel & Leisure website. Eric Stepp, at TPMCafe, anticipating an influx of Southlanders to Portland as a consequence, has compiled a list: Top 10 skills required to survive in Portland, Oregon in his post The City of Roses Smells Just as Sweet.
He [...]

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Timbers news continues to trickle out . . .
Portland Tribune - Portland Timbers
Gavin Wilkinson operated this season on a one-year “gentleman’s agreement” with then-team president John Cunningham. Now Wilkinson, the United Soccer Leagues First Division coach of the year, wants a contract, preferably for three years as both coach and general manager again.
The Oregonian - [...]

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If it turns out to be anything like the August legends match, Saturday’s Game of the Stars between the Mexican Legends and the World All-Stars at PGE Park will be electric. The passion and excitement of the fans alone will draw me to the match, but the intriguing lineups of the two teams should [...]

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