[MLS] The newest Timber to sign an MLS contract isn’t new at all; Colombian forward Jorge Perlaza has been with the team for most of thepreseason. His acquisition became official Monday, three days after scoring Portland’s first goal in a 2-0 triumph over Northwest rival Seattle in the Cascadia Summit at theSounders’ training facility in […]
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Kenny Cooper: Back in MLS and revved up for rivalry
[MLS] Kenny Cooper is fired up about just about everything he’s seen and felt in his new home city, but it’s the billboards around Portland hejust has to talk about. “I’ve been so impressed with the support for the team since I’ve come to the city with all the billboards and everything,” he said afew […]
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2011 PDL schedule
[DATEBOOK] The Premier Development League will have 64 teams when it kicks off its 2011 season the weekend of April 30-May 1. Eight first-yearteams have joined the PDL: — Akron Metro FC Summit Assault — Fredericksburg (Va.) Hotspur — Hamilton (Ont.) FC Rage — FC Jax Destroyers (Fla.) — North SoundSeaWolves (Wash.) — RGV Grandes […]
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Zizzo heads up the coast
[MLS] Former UCLA midfielder Sal Zizzo, who played 10 games for Chivas USA after the team won his rights in a weightedlottery, is headed to the expansion Portland Timbers in exchange for allocation money. Zizzo, 23, left the Bruins in 2007 after two collegiate seasons to play in Germany forHannover, for which he played eight […]
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Spencer's plans for 'soccer-crazy' Portland
[MLS Q&A] After five seasons as an assistant coach in Houston, John Spencer is heading into his first season as a head coach with expansionteam Portland. About two weeks into preseason he took time discuss the transition for him, his players, and the organization in an interview with Soccer America’s Ridge Mahoney.SOCCER AMERICA: You were […]
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Cooper is 'great, great signing' for Timbers
[MLS] After less than two seasons in his second stint abroad, Kenny Cooper, one of the USA’s most prolific youngstrikers, is back in MLS, this time with the expansion Portland Timbers. Cooper made just 13 appearances in two seasons at German second division 1860 Munich and seven appearances, alloff the bench, while on loan during […]
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Tickets selling fast in Portland
The expansion Portland Timbers have sold more than 10,000 season tickets for the 2011 Major League Soccer season and are closing in on their cap of 12,000 to allow room for some same-day ticketsales. Only 700 season tickets are left for the Timbers Army sections. The Timbers have sold out 33 difference sections, and all […]
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Forest wins race against time
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Billy Davies, the manager of English League Championship club Nottingham Forest, says John Spencer, the new head coach of MLS’s Portland Timbers, played a role in the signing of Real Salt Lake striker RobbieFindley. Davies said the arrival of Findley, who must receive a work permit before the deal is finalized, could result […]
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Timbers roll dice on Findley and Bornstein
[MLS EXPANSION DRAFT] Starting with the first overall pick, the expansion Portland Timbers didn’t surprise anyone by taking FC Dallas midfielder Dax McCarty (whom they immediately traded to D.C. United — along with allocation money — for Rodney Wallace) but a feweyebrows when up later when they selected two members of the U.S. 2010 World […]
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Portland fans want to travel — need tickets
MLS’s expansion into Portland and Vancouver gives the league three teams with rabid fan support in the Pacific Northwest, but it must ensure tickets will be available for fans wishing to travel toaway games. Current rules require that teams make available only 150 tickets to away supporters. It’s a particular concern for the two Seattle-Portland […]