Let’s start our weekly Timbers news roundup with . . .
Kenny Cooper Rumors
MLS expansion Portland Timbers interested in former FC Dallas star Kenny Cooper by Steve Goff at Soccer Insider at the Washington Post
The Portland Timbers have taken interest in American forward Kenny Cooper, a former FC Dallas star seeking to return to MLS from Germany this winter, two sources familiar with the situation told the Insider. [more]
Portland Timbers interested in Kenny Cooper by Dan at Dropping Timber
Update: Former Timber Ian Joy found this article on kicker.de (translated from German) which seems to indicate that this deal may actually happen. [more]
The Super Draft and MLS Combine
DT 2011 Mock SuperDraft (Version 1.0) by Kevin at Dropping Timber
With the MLS Superdraft less than a week away and the combine set for this weekend, draft coverage is going to really start flying. [more]
MLS Player Combine Rosters Announced by paulsepp at Dropping Timber
The future of MLS is headed to Central Broward Regional Park in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. this weekend for the 2011 MLS Combine. [more]
My SBNation Mock SuperDraft Picks…. Discuss! by Geoff Gibson at Stumptown Footy
For my first SuperDraft pick I chose: Perry Kitchen. [more]
Supporter News
The Saw Has Been Shipped! by Timber Joey at The Official Timber Joey Blog
Yesterday “Maddy,” the Shindaiwa 757 carried at PGE Park, was shipped to Baltimore in order to be the loudest part of the 2011 Super Draft! The draft is said to be picked up by ESPN on the 13th of January at 12:00 pm (EST). [more]
PGE Park Updates
PGE Park Renovation Update — 1.5.11 at The Nerd is the Word
Happy New Year! It’s been an extra week between updates, what with the holiday season, and I’m sure you’re as eager to see the stadium as I was this morning. [more, including lots of photos!]
Club News
Spencer on an MLS mission at Evening Times
The likes of Maurice Edu, Andy Dorman and now Freddie Ljungberg have proved in recent years that the MLS can be a happy hunting ground for SPL clubs.
However, there are a handful of Scots, with former Rangers star John Spencer the most prominent among them, who have shown that the flow of talent across the Atlantic is not simply one-directional. [more]
New Timbers goalkeeper receives second chance by Geoffrey C. Arnold at The Oregonian
Troy Perkins welcomes an opportunity to reboot his Major League Soccer career. [more]
Kerrea Gilbert’s Road to Portland by Joseph Gallivan at PortlandTimbers.com
Right back Kerrea (pronounced Kerry) Gilbert comes to the Timbers via a circuitous route, one that has seen him touch the heights of club football—appearing in the Champions League for English club Arsenal—and some of the lows—getting relegated from the English Football League Championship to League 1, which is two divisions below the English Premier League. [more]
Former Timbers
The Portland Boys of Bo’ness at FC Media Field Notes
Of all the towns and cities in the world, Bo’ness happens to be the hometown of two very important members of the Portland Timbers Football Club family: Stewart Scullion and Ian Joy. [more]
Report: Josh Wicks Signs For Finnish Club IFK Mariehamn by Zac Lee Rigg at Goal.com
Former D.C. United and Los Angeles Galaxy [and Portland Timbers!] goalkeeper Josh Wicks will continue the next portion of his career with IFK Mariehamn in Finland. [more]
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