I was pleased to hear this taunt too, even though some of our more-focused supporters had no idea who Nate McMillan was. It was fingernails on chalkboard for the Seattle fans.... The one guy in the beer garden bleachers roared a shout down at us...then flipped usthe bird...then smiled and raised his pint.
These are the best types of chants. They show an understanding of local sports rivalries, and in this case, was very timely. I found it funny when I heard the TV replay. I couldn't hear it live at the match. Seattle supporters gets lots of leeway when we do those kinds of cheers, but ANYTHING with swearing or that even appears "degrading" to women...well...the soccer moms hit the aisles to complain. Example: "She Fell Over!" A female soccer player in her 20's came down and told us that the chant was an insult to women soccer players everywhere, then walked off disgustedly. However, at the Sounders-US NATS UNDER 21 team match in April the soccer-mom crowd roared at two simple cheers: "Does Not Play Well With Others!" and "It must be past your bedtime!"
A good thoughtful post. As long as soccer is in it's growing stage, I think it would be useful to cooperate among various fans rather than cast silly aspersions about. We can get mean and nasty when all clubs or on solid footing, but until that day arrives, I think it would be wise to continue to promote soccer in both Canada and the US.
I would just like to comment on Timbers Army and the other USL club supporters. The passion ya'll bring to the game surpasses many MLS clubs (mainly FC Dallas and KC). Many supporters' clubs in the MLS learned from Timbers Army and Emrald City Supporters, even in the NASL. Congratulations!
Hmmmm, well, this flag (and its variations) seems to be pretty popular among the bio-region types, the ones who are the most serious about Cascadian "reunification". I also think it is the best flag I've seen to represent a real Cascadian nation. Does that flag look familiar to any ECS'ers? - Paul
He-he. No way, Bright! Timbers Army would hate it because of the photo below. Emerald City Supporters would hate it because of the gosh-darn tree! This offseason, when rivalry juices calm down just a bit...I'll float the idea of commisioning "Cascadia Cup" flag design for all three supporters groups. It will be one design, but can have the name of our cities to individualize them: The Timbers CC flag can have "PORTLAND" on it. The Whitecaps flag can have "BURNABY." The Sounders CC flag can have..."TUKWILA."
the Nate McMillan chant is classic, but i think an appropriate response would've been "Win-ning Rec-ord" given its logical application to.......all of the Seattle major league sports that Portland actually has.... may the Timers Army's delightfully negative influence spread throughout our developing soccer nation, and being a Sounders fan i like the symbolism in the union of the Timbers and Fire.
Well, Portland should put this game away here in a few minutes. If that holds true, BRING ON SAN JOSE.
Quite a nice result for Portland. They really fought hard and wanted this match! Too bad their "best" forward will be out v. San Jose. Byron Alvarez got 2 yellows/red tonight. Best wishes against the Quakes!
Hey, awesome match and my first timbers game. I saw lots of scarves and was wondering where i could get the white and dark green one that says timbers army on it. Any help would be appreciated!
Glad you had a good time, go here http://www.soccercityusa.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=merch Also, people have them before and after the match at the bullpen, just ask around.
You'd be surprised how easy it is to condition a 7-year-old to tune out the swearing, or learn to listen and not repeat, with a bit of education. Probably doesn't hurt that her Mom swears just as much as the TA. Of course, she's a charmer. She gives the scarf off her neck to another one of the little ones up in Tukwila Saturday (possibly another kid of TA, but I can't testify to that), and since I had a replacement for her, she ends up giving one up in Kelowna to one of the Calgary newlyweds who accompanied us behind the north goal. If you're the first one to catch my daughter at one of the August matches coming up in Portland, you might get lucky... and I might have to put in for more. In all reality, if it wasn't for the Army, I may have continued on being a vagabond stuck in Idaho but traveling wherever for MLS and whatnot. I most certainly live closer to Salt Lake City, but the only game I've gone to down there so far this year was the USA DH. Well, I am a Portland native, but more importantly, the Timbers Army provides a lot of reasons for me to enjoy the drive up. The drive back, eh...
Very nice! You guys look great with such a big turn out all of the time. So, how do you coordinate the scarves being all on the "no pity" side, and right-side up? That seems to, er....be an issue with us. Oh well, I guess we are getting a bit better... Keep up the impressive work, TA! The ECS (Seattle) admires all you have accomplished!
um The side NO PITY goes up when something bad happens to the other team. (inj, card, ect..) and we sing NO PITY IN THE ROSE CITY.... The TIMBERS ARMY side of the scarf goes up when we sing WISE MEN Now we have a new scarf with the sunshine flag background (yellow & green). One side reads TIMBER JIM the other YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE. When we sing YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE that scarf goes up. -CHEERS K-Man missed you in Kelowna...Oh shoot you guys don't do road trips. HA!
Also nice to see that the Shittle POD is on the verge of overtaking the Wankcouver Softciders in fan support for their club. -CHEERS VIVA CASCADIA
No, I don't support the farming away of home games. There's no way I'd go up there and support what the Whitecaps did. Thats the best you got? Here's a question for you. Does your team have enough money to finish the season? HA!
With a Sunderland friendly this Saturday and a San Jose Open Cup match scheduled for August 3rd, hopefully the Timbers will have enough cash to play out the season. This current lack of ownership is not only frustrating to the Timber following, but IMO not a good sign for USL Soccer. I wouldn't be terribly surprised if minor league baseball is doing their utmost in trying to sabotage a competitive and growing USL franchise.
Damn straight. The PCL is holding up the sale of the team to our new ownership group because they are a bunch of baseball dickheads who are doing everything in their power to not allow the Timbers to be successful. Even if we get 10K for the US Open Cup match the PCL dickheads are going to complain we did not get 12K. Never mind it is a bonus match - this is how those bean counters think. Right now they are the sole reason the Timbers are unable to move any players to shore up for late season push. Dickheads indeed.
What the hell is all this crap?!! I just figured the Timbers were having an off season, didn't know anything about the ownership issue being a problem. Any extra info on the ownership problem would be greatly appreciated.
All I know is that a whole lot of noise was made about our new ownership group headed by this Iranian guy name Abe Alizadeah in early season. He even came and joined us in 107 for a meet and greet. Now the sale has been held up over some stalling point or negotiation that we mortals are not privy to. The only thing we do know is that the PCL still owns the Beavers and Timbers. PCL and AAA baseball guys are clueless about soccer or why the 1st Division is most certainly not AAA. Why? Cause the fans and the players care about the result of the games. Right now they are unwilling to release any more money for something they are about to sell. Kind of like not wanting to fix the plumbing on a house you are trying to sell. The thing is they have a repsonsibility to put the best product on the pitch possible and a responsibility to the fans and the team.
Well I don't know about that. It seems to me that minor league baseball would rather have the field to themselves rather than compete with soccer every summer. Sabotaging a soccer team isn't out of the realm of possibility, and from my paranoid viewpoint, it looks to me that is is happening right now in Portland Oregon.
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