15,833 Timbers fans crammed into PGE Park Thursday night. Of course the North End was electric all night, and some of the fans on the west side of the stadium were actually standing during the match too! The crowd was the largest for the Timbers since they joined the USL in 2001, and brought the average attendance to 6,838 per game, an increase of 22.47% over last year (according to Allison’s calculations). The Timbers Army collectively pinched itself after the game and asked Did that really happen?
In the 79th minute defender Justin Thompson volleyed a beautiful and opportunistic shot into the back of the net for his first goal as a Timber, and Josh Wicks and the defense achieved their 12th shutout of the year.
Thursday night’s home win was the first since the July 17th 2-1 victory over Vancouver (not counting the Timbers’ 2-1 exhibition win against Preston North End July 28th).
The Timbers now go on the road for four matches to finish the regular season. When they return for the first playoff match the 18th Street Ladder Brigade will be back, and the Timbers will almost certainly see another record crowd.
Coverage:
- 15,833 see a historic win at PGE Park, 1-0 over the Battery – SoccerCityUSA.com
- Record crowd lifts Timbers in home finale – Oregonlive.com
And even more:
- 15,833! – a pretty move
- Portland Timbers’ Record Night: An Anthropological Study – Center Holds It
Another nice post.
BTW: surely by ‘east side’ you mean ‘west side’ — the Ladder Brigade on the east side *always* stands.
Yours in being the Pride of the Northwest,
Bickle
Damn, I have a horrible sense of direction . . . fixed – thanks!
As I mentioned last night in my blog equivalent of drunk dialing…y’all army fans don’t have a lock on being Timbers fans. We scream and shout from the west side in what we consider to be a tactically superior position for haranguing opposing players. Just drop a line if you ever want to see how other groups (moist coalition) do it…definitely w/o the awesome coordination of the army, but we bring some flair of our own. Bickle/strom, yer ticket’ll be on me..
cheers
rick
I absolutely cannot believe I missed this due to being out of town. I’m asahmedlike.
God bless the intarweb and the ability for me to catch up on the match.
Hi Dave,
Thursday was a blast. Bummer about the loss to PR yesterday.
Any idea when playoff tickets go on sale? I saw a TA Myspace bulletin about calling a Dan Z. but I have yet to pick up the phone.
Thanks!
Laurie
Oy, I should have kept reading. Thanks for the link in your later post regarding play-off tickets.
~Laurie