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Saturday, April 30, 2011
Timbers lead the best team in the MLS 1-0 AT THE HALF. #rctid #portland #timbers #mls
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Friday, April 29, 2011
#portland #timbers Fox Soccer Channel promo for next weeks featured game #rctid #mls in Rose City!
Thursday, April 21, 2011
#Portland #Timbers vs Real Salt Lake 4/30, San Jose 5/3, Philadelphia 5/6 at PGE Park http://TimberTickets.com #rctid #mls
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Let's GO #Blazers Beat #Dallas just like the #Portland #Timbers did Sunday. #rctid - http://RoseCityTIX.com for Tickets.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Portland #Timbers enjoy 2nd consecutive victory (3 games unbeaten) vs #Dallas in #Portland #mls #rctid
| April 17 Sunday | ||
 | 3 - 2 Final |  |
| Portland Timbers | FC Dallas | |
| Goals | ||
|---|---|---|
| Jewsbury | 13' | |
| Cooper | 35' | |
| Wallace | 55' | |
| 83' | Ferreira | |
| 86' | Shea |
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Timbers survive furious late rally to beat FCD
PORTLAND, Ore. – A memorable first weekend of MLS soccer in the Rose City concluded with another Timbers victory in front of a loud sellout crowd at JELD-WEN Field as Portland survived a furious late rally fromFC Dallas to grab another three points at home with a 3-2 win on Sunday.
Jack Jewsbury and Kenny Cooper each scored in the first half, while Rodney Wallace added the third for Portland in the second. That three goal advantage, however, was whittled to one in the final 10 minutes byDavid Ferreira and Brek Shea.
FCD nearly tied the game in extra time, when Ferreira fired a potential game-tying shot that hit the upright.
GOALS
| VS | |
| PORTLAND | FC DALLAS | |
| 3 | 2 |
| Jewsbury | 13' |
| Cooper | 35' |
| Wallace | 55' |
| 83' | Ferreira |
| 86' | Shea |
COMPARISON
| PORTLAND | FC DALLAS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHO | 10 | 9 | SHO | |
| SOG | 5 | 5 | SOG | |
| SVS | 3 | 2 | SVS | |
| F | 10 | 8 | F | |
| OFF | 9 | 6 | OFF | |
| CK | 3 | 6 | CK |
In addition to it being the Timbers’ second win of the season, Portland moved into a league-leading tie for goals scored with nine. Seven of those tallies have come in the two-game home-opening weekend that started with Thursday's 4-2 win over Chicago.
The Timbers got on the board in the 13th minute when midfielder Kalif Alhassan found Jewsbury at the edge of the box. The Timbers captain took a shot that ricocheted off the post and FC Dallas goalkeeper Kevin Hartman to find its way into the net.
Then, in the 34th minute, Cooper took advantage of his 6-foot-3 frame to rise above the defenders and get a head on a Jewsbury corner kick. He directed that cross masterfully over Hartman and inside the left upright.
In the first two minutes of the second half, Portland appeared to add to their lead. A cross from Steve Purdy skipped through Hartman’s hands and onto the path of forward Jorge Perlaza, who calmly tapped it in. However, the goal was ruled offside and the goal was called off.
It didn't take long for the Timbers to again break through FCD's defense and, in the 55th minute, they would add their third goal. Alhassan made a brilliant move to slip through four defenders. He poked the ball ahead and defender Rodney Wallace finished it into the back of the net.
FC Dallas pressed for a goal in the final 30 minutes, but could close any of their chances and were unable to sustain effective possession. That would change in the 83rd minute, when Ferreira finally made his presence felt. The reigning MLS MVP slid onto a pass from Shea and directed the ball past goalkeeper Jake Gleeson.
Less than two minute later, Ferreira and Shea woudl connect again, but this time, it was Ferreira who served the assist. The Colombian sent a chipped pass over the defense and into the path of a streaking Shea, who got onto the end of the pass to beat Gleeson.
Dallas scrambled to find the equalizer in extra time, but an intervention from Gleeson and the post kept FCD from tying the match.
With the win, Portland improved their record to 2-2-1. Dallas, meanwhile, are now 1-3-1.
Scoring Summary:
POR -- Jack Jewsbury 2 (Kalif Alhassan 2) 13
POR -- Kenny Cooper 2 (Jack Jewsbury 1) 35
POR -- Rodney Wallace 2 (Kalif Alhassan 3) 55
DAL -- David Ferreira 3 (Brek Shea 1) 83
DAL -- Brek Shea 1 (David Ferreira 1) 86
Misconduct Summary:
POR -- Rodney Wallace (caution; Reckless Tackle) 15
DAL -- Marvin Chavez (caution; Reckless Tackle) 40
POR -- Kenny Cooper (caution; Delaying a Restart) 79
POR -- Eddie Johnson (caution; Reckless Tackle) 80
Lineups:
FC Dallas -- Kevin Hartman, Zach Loyd (Jackson Goncalves 60), George John, Ugo Ihemelu, Brek Shea, Marvin Chavez, Daniel Hernandez, Andrew Jacobson (Maykel Galindo 72), Fabian Castillo, David Ferreira,Milton Rodriguez (Jair Benitez 64).
Substitutes Not Used: Eric Alexander, Eric Avila, Ruben Luna, Chris Seitz.
Portland Timbers -- Jake Gleeson, Steve Purdy, Eric Brunner, Mamadou Danso, Rodney Wallace, Jeremy Hall(Darlington Nagbe 65), Jack Jewsbury, James Marcelin, Kalif Alhassan (Sal Zizzo 72), Kenny Cooper, Jorge Perlaza (Eddie Johnson 77).
Substitutes Not Used: Kevin Goldthwaite, Adam Moffat, Ryan Pore, Troy Perkins.
Referee: Mark Geiger
Referee's Assistants: Peter Manikowski; Claudio Badea
4th Official: Landis Wiley
Weather: Sunny and 50 degrees
Attendance: 18,627
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#Timbers Army get big-time National Exposure of opening home match from #ESPN. #portland #mls #rctid
As FCD come to town, Timbers faithful back in the spotlight
MLSsoccer.com
April 17, 2011
(Photo courtesy of Craig Mitchelldyer)
So where does Timbers Army go from here?
After wowing an ESPN audience with its non-stop enthusiasm for singing, flag-waving and bouncing up and down Thursday night, the supporters group in the north end of JELD-WEN Field was lauded and discussed as much as the Timbers themselves after a 4-2 victory over the Chicago Fire.
The second home game comes Sunday against FC Dallas. Dave Hoyt, president of the 107 Independent Supports Trust, the non-profit booster group behind Timbers Army, said the goal now is to maintain that level of energy while continuing to grow.
“Anything we can do to make (Thursday) night happen again, that’s what we want to do,” Hoyt said. “We want to see if we can make that the regular experience.”
After the game, Timbers head coach John Spencer called the atmosphere the best he’d ever seen in American soccer.
“We have some glow on us (Friday) morning,” Hoyt said.
The Timbers Army is comprised of smaller groups located in the sections at the north end of the stadium, centered around section 107. It is not an exclusive club and its ranks are swelling.
Even the 107ists, which has membership fees, has topped 1,000 members – with 200-300 new members joining in the past month.
The level of organization was evident in the giant triptych banner displays that were hoisted up by elaborate rigging prior to the game.
The group’s design team began with a spit-balling session to discuss ideas. Supplies were ordered. Then the group rented a warehouse big enough to work on the project and store it.
Photo courtesy of Craig Mitchelldyer
Hoyt said good ideas tend to rise up and find the right people.
“We try to be very open,” Hoyt said. “Some of our greatest things happened because someone showed up at a pub and said, ‘I’m from here, we do this, we could do it like this, and no one else in the U.S. is doing it.'
"Sometimes the ideas are too familiar and sometimes we go, ‘Wow, we should have done that yesterday.’”
Timbers Army takes many of its cues from supporters’ traditions in Germany, central Europe, Turkey and Greece.
“We try to take the best parts of that, the less strident parts, and marry that with an English sense of community,” Hoyt said. “We use some alchemy.”
The end result was equal parts mosh pit and revival on Thursday night.
John Strong, the 25-year-old radio and TV voice of the Timbers, said the most satisfying part of opening night was seeing two years of buildup and promises of a great atmosphere live up to, and exceed, expectations.
“How many people that were not soccer fans before Thursday said, ‘That was cool. I want to go to a game?’” Strong asked. “That was pretty significant.”
Strong was a proud member of Timbers Army before moving into the broadcast booth in 2006.
“As much as Portland now says how do we keep up with ourselves," Strong said, "other cities have to figure out how to match Portland."
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