Given what we know about health issues… Perkins Jewsbury Futty Horst Smtih Zizzo Chara Nagbe Songo’o Fucito or Mwanga (I favor Fucito – love his energy – get their back four tired quickly) Boyd Subs data not available and unclear…

I’m hearing and reading that the weather in Denver is supposed to be absolutely brutal this weekend and the Rapids have had limited practices and even cancelled one due to heat. In reading additional stuff about their manager it appears…

A coupla days ago I quoted some percentages that used to be accurate back in the mid-nineties – and rightly so some good folks asked if they were still up to date. so… i did a bit of digging and…

Headline – Central Defenders Win this game for Timbers; Central Defenders lose this game for Seattle. Hard to figure out where to start on this one so let’s first cover what happened versus what we were watching for… Win the…

Well the odds on lineup for Sunday probably has Futty and Horst as centerbacks with Jewsbury and Smith as the fullbacks in a flat back four. I am offering that we may see Nagbe on the left and KAH on…

Win the battle of corners and free kicks – set pieces win games and are the best way to create opportunities to score goals – instead of playing to the 18 yard box maybe the wingers or overlapping defenders should…

Energy right off the go in this game – lots of ball movement – lots of pace – some good chances early on for both teams. I thought the first fifteen minutes of this game were electric. Timbers held their…

Here’s my first blog on the LOGJAM Portland has with midfielders… plenty of thoughts out there I’m sure. Not everything I see, feel or think is down here today – more time for that as the season progresses. For now…

Click on this link http://www.stumptownfooty.com/ and scroll down the screen to click on the John Spencer interview with Canzano – look for a light green shaded box. The blogger says “there is a slight undercurrent of “get off my lawn,…

To the Chase… I understand that John Spencer will be running a traditional 4-4-2 in LA this Sunday. I am thinking that with injuries and players being overseas the lineup will probably flesh out like this… Back-four (Jewsbury, Mosquera, Horst,…