OT: Timbers and others

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  1. Uther TheGardener

    Uther TheGardener Tall Timbers

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    How many here are looking forward to Portland Timbers FC being promoted to the MLS?

    I am curious since it would be our 2nd pro team and since on the 8th I watched Liverpool FC destroy West Brom Albion 3-0 and that Portland is Called Soccer City USA!

    plus what would you name our future (yeah i know i know) NFL, MLB and NHL teams?

    Oregon Orcas (MLB)
    Portland Pioneers (NHL)
    Oregon Loggers (NFL)

    i am not so sure about the loggers maybe Oregon Ocras would be better for the NFL team...i dont know.
     
  2. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    I would LOVE to have my Timbers in the MSL!
     
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    Paxil Active Member

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    I like soccer. I watched more soccer during the olympics than anything else. I'd go.
     
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    maxiep RIP Dr. Jack

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    I am old enough to remember when the Timbers were in the NASL. The days of the Timbers/Sounders/Whitecaps rivalry were awesome.
     
  5. Uther TheGardener

    Uther TheGardener Tall Timbers

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    they lived in the USL as well HERE IS TO THE TIMBER GETTING PROMOTED!!!!!

    HCP? your TIMBERS? hmmmm :P your dad work in washington? :P

    as for the other part of the question you did guys didnt answer!
     
  6. BlazerFanForLife

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    I hope they get promoted and i also hope there is never a mens sports team called the Orcas, I understand its a killer whale but i still think of little girls clutching a keiko doll.
     
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    Willie Anderson rules!
     
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    dpc BBF refugee

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    I don't live in Oregon, but I would love it if Oregon's team got moved up to MLS.
     
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    boatsandstars Lilywhite.

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    The first professional soccer match i ever saw was the Timbers years ago. Someone scored a hat-trick and the lumberjack guy kept cutting off slices of a big tree on the side of the pitch.

    It wasn't until much later that I properly got into the sport and now I'm a season ticket holder for New York but I would be very happy for Portland to be a part of the league, someday when I end up in Portland again it would be nice to have a team to follow.
     
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    Crimson the Cat Well-Known Member

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    This would be cool. I'd support the team.

    Is this something that's being talked about?
     
  11. tlongII

    tlongII Legendary Poster

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    Me too. Those were good times. :cheers:
     
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    tlongII Legendary Poster

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    BTW, I don't think "promoted" is the right phrase to use in this case. MLS would have to award Portland a franchise. We could name it anything we want, but I think the prevailing sentiment would be for "Timbers." The current Portland Timbers team would cease to exist.
     
  13. Uther TheGardener

    Uther TheGardener Tall Timbers

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    yeah Portland is one of the 6 iirc group looking to buy a franchise of MLS expansion for 2011. m l s n e t .com the message boards talk about the other cities that put bids in and we are waiting till dec or early jan/feb to find out who gets the two teams.
    off the top of my head:

    Portland Timbers FC
    Montreal Impact
    Vancouver White Caps
    St Loius
    Atlanta
    Miami
    Ottawa

    there is one more us group but i cant think of it right now. PGE Park will look sweet when done being converted,
     
  14. ehizzy3

    ehizzy3 RIP mgb

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    it'd be fun. i'd goto a few games but it would be hard to keep up with since they'd never be on tv
     
  15. The_Lillard_King

    The_Lillard_King Westside

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    I would love to see the Timbers in the MLS and think this city could support an MLS team.

    But when it comes to soccer events, I have found a litle gem. I can drink, watch good soccer and flirt with college girls all in one venue . . . UoP women's soccer. Laugh it up . . . but scoring occurs on all levels at those games.
     
  16. Uther TheGardener

    Uther TheGardener Tall Timbers

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    actually the MLS does have tv deals with FSC or GolTv and ESPN iirc so you could see them play!
     
  17. Entity

    Entity some guy

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    This would be one of those "it's about time" things for me. Not that MLS is really that popular in the US, but I know Portland would be all over it.
     
  18. BrianFromWA

    BrianFromWA Editor in Chief Staff Member Editor in Chief

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    I went there for a semester, and was part of the "Adidas Spirit Club". $5 an hour to cheer like a maniac at the women's games (Tiffany Milbrett and Shannon MacMillan...mmmm), sing along with the drums, run up and down the field with flags after goals...the whole nine yards.

    Never scored myself, though. Them's the breaks.
     
  19. talman

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    So is Portland considered a front-runner?
     
  20. BrianFromWA

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    I would imagine it got a little tougher since Seattle just got the Sounders FC. Would they put a NW team in 2 expansions in a row?

    I'd love to see it. Rooting for Portland teams is much more fun than Seattle teams.
     

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