Monthly Archives: November 2012
Timbers U-18’s continue development with road trip to California
A good tough weekend on the road for Timbers U-18’s; one win against Cal Odyssey and a hard fought loss to San Jose Earthquakes, first place, U-18 Academy. Forward Christian Desir (Portland, Ore.) and midfielder James Nosack (Ridgefield, Wash.) each scored two goals over the weekend to help the Timbers U-18 Academy (3-4-2, 11pts) split […]
Timbers U-18's continue development with road trip to California
A good tough weekend on the road for Timbers U-18’s; one win against Cal Odyssey and a hard fought loss to San Jose Earthquakes, first place, U-18 Academy. Forward Christian Desir (Portland, Ore.) and midfielder James Nosack (Ridgefield, Wash.) each scored two goals over the weekend to help the Timbers U-18 Academy (3-4-2, 11pts) split […]
Dike called up by Nigerian National Team – Read the details here:
Portland Timbers News Release: TIMBERS’ BRIGHT DIKE CALLED UP BY NIGERIA NATIONAL TEAM Forward earns first international call-up for friendly against Venezuela PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland Timbers today announced that forward Bright Dike has been called into camp with the Nigeria National Team for a friendly against Venezuela on Wednesday in Miami, Fla. It […]
Portland Timbers Training Today at Jeld-Wen Field & The Academy
A short update on Portland Timbers activities: Some younger players continue developmental training during the off-season and those lads, plus two Academy players, trained at JELD-WEN Field today. The two Academy players joining were Christian Desir and Issa Hassan. Christian Desir plays with the U-18’s and Issa Hassan is with the U-16’s. In considering their […]
End of Season Part II – Who stays and Who goes?
PTFC End of Season Part II- Taking off the “Rose City” colored glasses… Grab your bevy, get some eats and settle in… To begin, if you read my “End of Season Part I”: http://www.columbian.com/weblogs/port… you’ll recall that I offered some general performance statistics of players relative to their salaries… looking to answer a simple question… […]
Portland Timbers Academy Part 2 (Timbers U-18’s 3 – Crossfire Premier 1)
An engaging game for the Timbers U-18 Youth Academy team Saturday. If you’re not familiar with this team you might consider it worthwhile to get to know these players. Here’s a link to their Roster for this year: http://www.portlandtimbers.com/2012-13-portland-timbers-u-18-academy-roster Most of you probably know this already but the best pipeline for developing the first team […]
Portland Timbers Academy Part 2 (Timbers U-18's 3 – Crossfire Premier 1)
An engaging game for the Timbers U-18 Youth Academy team Saturday. If you’re not familiar with this team you might consider it worthwhile to get to know these players. Here’s a link to their Roster for this year: http://www.portlandtimbers.com/2012-13-portland-timbers-u-18-academy-roster Most of you probably know this already but the best pipeline for developing the first team […]