Monthly Archives: February 2014
Portland 1 Portmore 1 as Preseason continues…
For most folks this was the first chance to see some of the newer lads get stuck in with the reserves from last year who continue to battle for critical places on the substitution bench for Porter. That is no easy task and getting minutes will be hard for many guys as Portland looks to […]
Rose City Invitational – San Jose win by a head in preseason match with the Timbers
Well wasn’t it great to see the Timbers again after nearly 3 months off? It was for me and I certainly hope it was for you! I couldn’t help but get that slight shiver as the roar of the crowd hit peak at the completion of the National Anthem; ah… to be in JELD-WEN, errr […]
Timbers draw nil-nil with Sounders in chippy preseason affair
For the hearty supporters who traveled to Tucson and by-passed the snow storm here congratulations on your superb timing! And while there weren’t any goals scored the game looked an exciting one to watch from the stands, in a balmy 60 degrees, as offered up by Corey Cox in a tweet around game time! Now […]
Portland pounces with possession, purpose, passion and patience as they put 2 past Houston in pre-season
Still early days but things might be fleshing out pretty quickly for Caleb Porter as the first team took it to Houston tonight. It all started with some rather choppy, stop-start play in the first 60 minutes as the newer players for both teams vied for vision to show their worth; in considering the success […]
Soccer statistics – home and away…
I won’t take up much of your time with this article so here goes… I took a look at www.whoscored.com as well as www.squawka.com and then went back to www.mlssoccer.com and here’s my impressions about what soccer stats are available. All three sites are using some very good graphics and the former two have even […]
Schillo shines as Long lobs left fullback for wicked assist as Timbers draw Sporting 1-1 in Tucson
Preseason is really all about warming up for the regular season and getting a look at the new/younger lads and how they hold themselves. And while it is early days my man of the match was Aaron Long; others contributed and Schillo got the goal but in considering the entire 45 minutes Long stood out […]