Copa America Centenario Preview: Jamaica
Group C Schedule: Venezuela (6/5 Soldier Field, Chicago), Mexico (6/9 Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena), and…
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Preview: Portland Timbers at Chicago Fire
By Matt Hoffman The lack of a credible “socialist party” is to blame for failure…
Wild West: Portland edges Whitecaps to snap two streaks
It can take only a full ninety minute effort to win a game, but only…
Preview: Houston Dynamo at San Jose Earthquakes
The Once de Mayo MLS Event (five games over five hours!) concludes with the Houston…
Preview: Timbers at FC Dallas
By Matt Hoffman Prost Amerika has taken the Up Goer Five Challenge by writing a…
Timbers Player Ratings vs. Vancouver
By Matt Hoffman Thirteen shots on goal? In Saturday’s matinee the Timbers withstood 26 shots by…
Timbers at Vancouver: Match Preview
By Matt Hoffman (@mhoff) With it being Week 10 in MLS play, we are quickly…
Player Ratings: Portland at New England
By Matt Hoffman ‘You know, it’s a tough field to play on. Obviously, New England…
Match Preview: Portland at New England Revolution
By Matt Hoffman Follow on Twitter at @mhoff It’s a match between contestants in the…
Timbers demise made complete by Dallas destruction
by Matt Hoffman (follow on Twitter @mhoff) The body language said it all. Down 3-0…
Timbers player ratings at LA Galaxy
by Matt Hoffman (@mhoff) Player Ratings are usually, but not always, indicative of the…
LA Galaxy v Portland Timbers Match Preview
Two teams with high expectations, but lowered than desired results, square off in a marquee match Sunday night.
Preview: Portland Timbers at Orlando City SC
by Matt Hoffman Three games into the season, Orlando City managed to both overachieve and…
MLS silence speaks volumes over Georgia “anti gay” bill
by Matt Hoffman Georgia House Bill 757 (HB 757) is, according to its sponsor Senator…
T2 season preview: developing seasoning in the land of barbeque
The 2016 MLS season is well underway, now USL soccer begins this weekend as Timbers 2 (T2) face Swope Park Rangers, Sporting Kansas City’s USL affiliate.
Timbers set for a physical test against Earthquakes
by Matt Hoffman In remarks to the media this week, Timbers coach Caleb Porter reiterated…
10 Crazy MLS Predictions for 2016
By Matt Hoffman On Sunday, a new season was under way. With any new season…
Same as it ever was: Timbers triumphant 2-1 over Crew
By Matt Hoffman The cloudburst had subsided leaving only a slight breeze to mitigate the…
Preview: Columbus Crew at Portland Timbers
The Portland Timbers “attack” of their MLS Cup title begins Sunday against the Columbus Crew (March 6th, 1:30pm PST, ESPN), a rematch of last year’s MLS Cup final. For the Crew, the narrative is redemption. For Portland, it’s finding the formula to become only the fourth team in league history to repeat back-to-back titles.
Timbers blanked in season dress rehearsal
The Timbers finish preseason on a sour note losing 2-0 to the Chicago Fire.
The seven most highly anticipated MLS transfers in 2016
With kickoff of the 2016 MLS season only days away (!!) time for some predictions, sure to be wrong. Today: new faces in new spaces.
Timbers, Whitecaps both see positives in Whitecaps win
The positives outweighed the negatives in the Timbers 2-0 loss to the Whitecaps in the fourth game of the Simple Invitational on Wednesday.